Ha! Yeah, we really should try to address it Nick. We also get called Grandma and Grandad by some of our viewers too! We'll have to make a video about it! Sorry I've been slow to respond. Somehow this one slipped through the cracks.
I use both US & UK slangs when I am speaking in English (I am not a native speaker), but when it comes to the word "can't" , I always pronounce it like a British because I think it would be easier for people to understand me ☺️
I am from the U.S. and only very rarely ran into an issue with differentiating between 'Can' and 'Can't' but I do agree the British way is better. I could start pronouncing 'Can't' like the British, but as a native American English speaker, I am sure to be laughed at and considered a snob if I did.
안녕하세요 , 내 이름은 사마타입니다. 만나서 반갑습니다 신지호. Hi Shin Ji- ho, I'm an Indian and my mother tongue is Telugu. I'm learning Korean. I really love Korea a lot.... My name is Samatha 😃. Bye. 인녕.
And not just the military. Anyone who relies on clear and accurate communication (air traffic control, emergency services) especially over radio in situations where 'interference' is likely - eg background noise, static. Technically, 'affirmative' = 'yes' not 'can', 'negative' = 'no' not 'can't'.
Not perfectly, but if you listen you can definitely hear the difference between can't and can. The way Jay said "I can't open jars" also had a negative impression. You could easily go by that if you can't hear the difference. I pronounce "can" as "kæn", like the way "can't" is in British English (but without the t sound at the end). Even though I'm used to that, I can still understand a negative tone and a positive tone.
After many years living with Jay I can hear a difference between his 'can' and 'can't'. It's not a big one because there's a stop on the t in can't and the vowel sound stays the same. But I'm confused destiny. We don't say kænt in British English.
Thanks Thap. We try to. We're a relatively small channel so it's always been possible in the past. We have been getting a lot of new subscribers recently and it's led to a (very happy) problem - lots more comments. But Jay and I will continue to try to respond to everyone for as long as we can.
I'm an Australian native speaker, and I cannot understand the difference between 'can' and 'can't' when Americans say it. They both sound like 'can' to me. As I'm an ESL teacher this is sometimes are problem because most of my students studied American English in school.
Great to meet you Roz. I have the same problem when I'm listening to Jay, (as we illustrated in this video.) It's getting a little better with practice, but it's a constant challenge. :-)
I, to be honest, find American English easier because I'm reckoning it was because I was exposed to the American accent more often. What a great video, thanks a lot Simple English Videos, wonderful and entertaining channel!
I discovered your channel recently and I am totally fascinated by the content and everything! You're both really awesome and I'm having so much fun every time I see your videos. Much love and peace!
Thanks for the video. Hopefully it won't take me long till I'm able to fully understand and distinguish both of them without depending merely on negative/positive tones
@@SimpleEnglishVideos 👍👍 l love the British accent and if l have been taking an accent is most the British one, but it's very pedagogical every video aims to teach the differences between different English languages as this one. So, well done 👍
Grown up with British English. The can and can’t in Hollywood movies are so confusing to me. In formal conversation, I use “cannot” to avoid confusing.
I'm an English teacher in Spain, in my 40's, I love that these guys, who are 20+ years older than me, can give me ideas for my English classes, rather than the ramblings of 20-somethings who think that they are good. They are fantastic at English teaching without it feeling like the only people who teach are young people, and they come without the ego's that you usually see with young folk on TH-cam.
Stuart, that is most gratifying for us to hear. We are so pleased our videos are useful for you. Thanks for letting us know and thank you so much for watching.
sometimes eastern people (most of them Slavic) can say another word that begins with c the last letter is t and at the middle you find the synonym of the world pistol but without g at the beginning
I'm from Russia and I feel something native and personal to me in American English. I really love it. P. S. British English is great for me at fantasy movies. It opens the door to the magic medieval world...
Hello Robert. This is Jay writing back to you. One thing that Vicki pointed out to me when she first came to America, is that men with British accents were often the 'bad guys' in American movies. So there's another example of British accents in movies. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our videos.
I didn't know this for a long time (I'm French in first place). I just learned the difference recently. And I think this is great for non-native English speakers that "can" find it confusing, depending on their speaker's accent. That's very useful! 😊
Hi Pink Lion. We're very pleased we were able to add to your knowledge of English. There is another video that you might find interesting on the same subject. th-cam.com/video/kkSBXBSOyoc/w-d-xo.html. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
Feel free to pronounce the t in can't even when learning an American accent. No one will notice. I just said it out loud and I would never notice if someone else was speaking and pronounced the t instead of using a stop. It's extremely subtle.
Both presenters are absolutely cute. I love the way they act out. Charming!!! I just keep smiling all the way through the video. Am I the only one hypnotized? Guess no))
It's even more difficult to understand the American version when the following word starts with a T. I can touch it I can't touch it Sounds exactly the same to me
Hello I am from Argentina, and I think British pronunciation it's only easier in the RP dialect which is the less common to hear unless you are all time watching BBC, on the other hand American could be easier with less different accents and dialects if you will. Words in American English tend to be pronounced more like he are spelled, specially if you are latin, you will find American more open. That's my humble opinion. Though British is my favorite! Congrats, for your videos!
Yeah. Especially in this topic "can't/ can US English vs British English. But British English also has several words that hardly to understand than American English.
I remembered an instance when I was speaking to a guest over the phone and I already used both accents and still got misunderstood so I just used 'can not'. I started using it since then especially over the phone.
I'm Italian and it's hard for me to recognize the differences. It's strange that two sentences with opposite meanings sound similar. Thank you anyway, funny video.
Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker but I kept hearing cXnt everytime the lady said can't. Shame on me. Nice video, very entertaining, fun and well explained.
Unless the speaker is applying extra emphasis, for some reason, the word 'c*nt' has a similar but shorter vowel sound in 'British' English - and a very different short vowel sound in American.
Hi Jeymenson. Understanding is the key to communicating with other people in any language, and that's what's most important, regardless of which accent you use. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
Hello Jade and Vicki, I'm studying for a english degree in argentina, and my phonetics teacher focus on british accent, I lived for a whole year in North Carolina and my accent became strong, unfortunately it is required for me to adapt to british accent since that's what my teacher is going to review, I will be checking your videos often to study for this subject, I appreciate the sharing of your knowledge with us non-native speakers.
In America we also have a problem with the can and can’t we also struggle to we be like can or can’t and the other have to emphasize on the last letter so we know like caN or can’ T
Very interesting blackheavyblans. This is Jay writing back to you. Saying 'can't in American English can sometimes be a problem. I often have to repeat my sentence to Vicki by emphasizing the 't' in can't or by saying cannot. Americans, though, usually can understand. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
Hi Bizim. Vicki here and this sounds like a great idea to me because I think the British 'can't' is easier to distinguish from 'can'. Now are you taking any exams? I ask because some exam boards require consistency, so either American or British (or Australian, or Irish, or Canadian, or whatever) is acceptable, but they require you don't mix them up. I've never understood why mixing them up should be important, but unfortunately, that's what they do.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos I am 15 years old . And I love English sooo much and we are responsable for the subjects that are turgut in school and teacher do not care whetever words belongs AE-BE cuz in school it is mixed which eng is taught I am just curiously about eng cuz i fall in love with eng i only study accent , pronunciation grammer and vocabulary or in school it is like that -I love red colour at vacation you got it ? Some words belongs AE and some words belongs BE ! I hope i could write with no mistake what i wanted:)
What makes me say that🤔? Let's see I know 7 languages, offcourse including English but English is the one which emphasizes on stupid pronounciation (Which doesn't make sense) A lot of words in this language are spelled so differently than how they are pronounced or rather I would say how we all are supposed to say it. It is like some drunk lecturer read a couple of words and now people are supposed to follow it. Also how we mention our relations with people is quite limited compared to any other languages I know Again this is completely my view and I don't intend you'll to agree
it's actually not so difficult. it's easy to know he is saying "can't" because if the word "can" was being used in those sentences, it would have the "kun" pronunciation. "i kun open the jar" versus "i can't open the jar." the vowel sound used tells you he said can't and not can.
I'm American, and I can't NOT hear the difference between the two. "Can't" doesn't quite sound like a full "t" at the end, but it doesn't sound like "can" either.
Hi Fingol - Vicki here. I've found that the final t has become a little easier to hear over time (though I still find it hard). Hopefully you'll find the same.
I think it can vary Fingol. But for example, in much of the UK, our R sounds are less fully pronounced. We made a video about that here: th-cam.com/video/hWjcoajXRVg/w-d-xo.html
I'm American and I say "can't" - pronouncing the "t". It's in the informal speaking - speaking quickly - that we say, kuhn, and kan'. Very good video of the differences between the two varieties of the same language: English!
I had 2 great tutors in the English course. They had different English; one was British English, and one was American English. Me and my friends were struggling to pronounce can and can't in American English, so the tutor kept making us pronounce them correctly. When the other tutor appeared, it was a glimmer of hope; she introduced us to the British pronunciation of can't. Immediately we used it, and the other tutor who used American English was just okay with it.
@idip6151, this is Jay writing back to you. Even though my accent is clearly American, I appreciate the fact that it is much easier to understand the British pronunciation of 'can't'.
I don't watch American movies because their English pronunciation is too bad to understand for none native English speakers. So I decided to watch only British movies, BBC TV shows and all. British English is really posh.
I’m from Brazil, my mother language is Portuguese, my second one is English, I can understand American English much better. Most people say British English sounds more beautiful, but I think British English is pure, I prefer American English, It has more sauce. I don’t know if it makes any sense, I meant it has something that attracts me more. Great video, keep going!
Can you hear me? *BIG SMILE* He can't open the jar! *BIG SMILE AGAIN* I don't want you to see I can't see Wait let me try it again Why?I can't see *DEEP BREATH*
Can you make a video about the pronunciation of "Apartment" and "Mountain" ❓ In american english is like APARTmmm with the nose at the end, MOUNnnnn. 🤷🏾
Hi Manson. Vicki here and I'd either pronounce the final t in apartment t clearly or I'd put a glotal stop on it if I were speaking fast. Jay would nasalise it, as you say.
i'm really glad to find this video. i've never been able to tell if american people say can or can't. i can hear a slight difference between them but i don't know which one is which. i used to ask one us girl but she seemed to just realize at that moment she pronounced these 2 words the same way and couldn't really explain the difference to me. it has bugged me for years. now, i still dont think i can really differentiate the two, but at least you give me some guideline.
Hi Sahelian. I don't think there is any one best pronunciation. What's most important is that whatever accent you have, you are understood by the English speakers with whom you are communicating. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
Wow! Old people on TH-cam are surprisingly entertaining! More videos, please.
Ha! Not sure how to respond to this comment, but we'll try to make more videos before we keel over.
This comment is complementary and insulting simultaneously. Please make a video on this phenomenon.
You made me laugh :-) And I've learned a new word: to keel over. thanks for that!
I've just found this comment Mim Moon. Sorry for the delay in replying. So glad you liked the video and thanks for writing.
Ha! Yeah, we really should try to address it Nick. We also get called Grandma and Grandad by some of our viewers too! We'll have to make a video about it! Sorry I've been slow to respond. Somehow this one slipped through the cracks.
*I actually know these things I watch it just because they're cute.*
Ha! Well thanks Kawaii, and we're glad you're watching, for whatever reason.
I just watch these when I’m bored but it’s kinda funny with face expressions
I'm from Germany. I didn't know anything about that haha
I know you watch anime cuz of 'kawaii'
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2:47 the lady is so cute.
Thank you Anuska.
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I use both US & UK slangs when I am speaking in English (I am not a native speaker), but when it comes to the word "can't" , I always pronounce it like a British because I think it would be easier for people to understand me ☺️
Great to meet you Last Uchida. This is Vicki writing. I think the British can't will be clearer too.
I am from the U.S. and only very rarely ran into an issue with differentiating between 'Can' and 'Can't' but I do agree the British way is better. I could start pronouncing 'Can't' like the British, but as a native American English speaker, I am sure to be laughed at and considered a snob if I did.
Completely agree. In this case i go for British accent. American "can" is very confusing.
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yeah, ditto to avoid confusion.
This channel is the best for studying english.
Thank you so much! Please tell your friends! :-)
안녕하세요 , 내 이름은 사마타입니다. 만나서 반갑습니다 신지호. Hi Shin Ji- ho, I'm an Indian and my mother tongue is Telugu. I'm learning Korean. I really love Korea a lot.... My name is Samatha 😃. Bye. 인녕.
that's why the military uses affirmative and negative
Oh I hadn't thought about that before. Interesting. Thanks Rizal.
I can negative. I doesn't work.
God man you almost killed me hahahaha
Better yes and no?
And not just the military. Anyone who relies on clear and accurate communication (air traffic control, emergency services) especially over radio in situations where 'interference' is likely - eg background noise, static.
Technically, 'affirmative' = 'yes' not 'can', 'negative' = 'no' not 'can't'.
I'm American and didn't realize how our "can't" was so hard for other people to hear. I could understand Jay perfectly in the video.
Thanks for this Paul. You're not alone. Jay thinks I should understand him too. :-)
I just mix the both accent 😎
We're working towards that too Bhien. It's just taking us a long time. :-)
I love your accent 😊😊😊 always love british accent.
I do the same 😂
That would sound kind of weird to both of us. I think it’s better to pick one accent or learn both but use one.
Me too 😁😅
Can = can, can't = can. Can Americans communicate telepathically?
Ha! Good question DonLoranikus. :-)
That's the result of being visited by the aliens every year😂
DonLoranikus you didn’t know we could?
@@gourd3 omg! xD 😨😱😁😂
Takitty Love have you been living under a rock?
The lady is a good teacher i have ever seen
Thanks so much Woodpecker Honeybee. :-)
I'm American and I could perfectly hear Jay pronounce the T sound after "can't" (at 4:08).
You think it was perfectly pronounced Destiny?
Not perfectly, but if you listen you can definitely hear the difference between can't and can. The way Jay said "I can't open jars" also had a negative impression. You could easily go by that if you can't hear the difference.
I pronounce "can" as "kæn", like the way "can't" is in British English (but without the t sound at the end). Even though I'm used to that, I can still understand a negative tone and a positive tone.
After many years living with Jay I can hear a difference between his 'can' and 'can't'. It's not a big one because there's a stop on the t in can't and the vowel sound stays the same. But I'm confused destiny. We don't say kænt in British English.
I'm not American or British I'm Russian, but I also heard it.)
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I want to appreciate the fact that they answer every comment
Thanks Thap. We try to. We're a relatively small channel so it's always been possible in the past. We have been getting a lot of new subscribers recently and it's led to a (very happy) problem - lots more comments. But Jay and I will continue to try to respond to everyone for as long as we can.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos can or can't?
@@jazkoming I kaen see what you did there.
about can and can't ..British English is easier to understand
I agree, though Jay doesn't :-)
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I totally DISAGREE! I can never understand what they’re saying
just beware to not say something not in place
I carn't !
I am so glad that l found this channel.I'm from Serbia and l am studying English.It's good to know the difference between British and American English
HI Ollie. We're so glad our videos are helpful. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
I love how delighted you are, Vicky, to be speaking about the topic of English. Me too hun. Me too.
Ah, another English lover. Nice to meet you Kyle. :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideoshaha so polite. So British.
You're adorable, very entertaining and very good teachers. I'm neither English nor American but I enjoy this and find it very helpful. Thank you.
So glad it was useful. Thanks for writing MAbduser.
Thank you so much to both of American and British teachers. Here, we can learn both accents at the same time. 😊
We're so glad we can help. :-)
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1:30 omg I can't stop replaying this 😂 her reaction is just too cute and funny
I'm an Australian native speaker, and I cannot understand the difference between 'can' and 'can't' when Americans say it. They both sound like 'can' to me. As I'm an ESL teacher this is sometimes are problem because most of my students studied American English in school.
Great to meet you Roz. I have the same problem when I'm listening to Jay, (as we illustrated in this video.) It's getting a little better with practice, but it's a constant challenge. :-)
I'm a brasilian. What's the acronym ESL ?
@@guilhermeoliveira1854 English as a Second Language.
I'm American, and I can't NOT hear the difference. It doesn't quite sound like a full "t" at the end, but it doesn't sound like "can" either.
You can't touch this
you can touch this
I don't know the difference :,,v
I love so much British accent.
I been learning English listening British people.
Henriques, thank you so much for watching our video. We're pleased to know that our video is helping you learning English. Thanks for writing to us.
you two are amazing! well done!
Thanks Marcelo! Much appreciated.
Both? :)
Can : Can I help you?
Can't : I can't do it.
We can learn English with you but we can't touch you.
But we can communicate. :-) Great to see you Mollie.
American: *pronounces can*
British: LOL such an American't
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I love the way lady explains. It's really fun.
So glad you liked it Gabriel. Thanks for writing.
I, to be honest, find American English easier because I'm reckoning it was because I was exposed to the American accent more often.
What a great video, thanks a lot Simple English Videos, wonderful and entertaining channel!
We're so glad you liked the video Ozan. And thanks for watching our videos.
I discovered your channel recently and I am totally fascinated by the content and everything! You're both really awesome and I'm having so much fun every time I see your videos. Much love and peace!
I’m not native English speaker, and British speech and pronunciation always seemed to me more clearly to understand than American speech😁
Thanks for sharing this. Some other viewers have reported this too, and other shave reported that they find American English easier to understand.
Екатерина Кабанова I’m born and raised in England and I completely agree with you.
American eng is way easier to mimic, i am a parrot so to speak and cockney i cannot do that. Properly, that says a lot
At last a good video that shows clearly the difference between Can and Can't in American and British Pronunciation. Thank you so much!👏😀
So glad you like it D'juna Kosmo. Thanks for writing.
Thanks for the video. Hopefully it won't take me long till I'm able to fully understand and distinguish both of them without depending merely on negative/positive tones
I wish I could have parents or relatives like you! You're so cute and I'm learning a lot of things from your videos! Thank you from Italy 💙
Rebecca, that's such a nice compliment. Thank you very much and we are very pleased you are learning from our videos. Thank you so much for watching.
Thank you too 😁
These are wonderful English teachers! Lady is cute! Way of teaching and her expresions are catchy! Best channel for english learning!!
Lol from India!
Dr. Chevan, thank you so much for those very kind words. And thank you for watching our videos.
I live in London and honestly l do really love the British accent...!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing this video, 👍🙋🙋🙋🙋
You are most welcome, Giulia. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos 👍👍 l love the British accent and if l have been taking an accent is most the British one, but it's very pedagogical every video aims to teach the differences between different English languages as this one. So, well done 👍
Brilliant video as always guys! You two are my guilty pleasure!
Good to hear from you again Tao of David. So glad you're enjoying the videos.
Grown up with British English. The can and can’t in Hollywood movies are so confusing to me.
In formal conversation, I use “cannot” to avoid confusing.
That sounds like it will work and alleviate the problem Sonnenabend. Cannot is pretty formal though, as you indicate.
There was one time I said "You can't" in British accent and a student thought I was cursing. SMH.
Oh that's funny! Keep practising. It's just a matter of getting the vowel sounds right.
Oh my xD
I can relate to that! 😂😎
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Thanks! 😊
@@BernardoPatino 😊, it was an awkward situation. Haha.
I'm an English teacher in Spain, in my 40's, I love that these guys, who are 20+ years older than me, can give me ideas for my English classes, rather than the ramblings of 20-somethings who think that they are good. They are fantastic at English teaching without it feeling like the only people who teach are young people, and they come without the ego's that you usually see with young folk on TH-cam.
Stuart, that is most gratifying for us to hear. We are so pleased our videos are useful for you. Thanks for letting us know and thank you so much for watching.
I love British granny omg her accent is so warm😍😍😍
Hi Error 274. Thank you for the kind words! :-)
Very clear and very useful videos...
Thanks Tibor! Glad you like them.
sometimes eastern people (most of them Slavic) can say another word that begins with c the last letter is t and at the middle you find the synonym of the world pistol but without g at the beginning
I'm from Russia and I feel something native and personal to me in American English. I really love it.
P. S. British English is great for me at fantasy movies. It opens the door to the magic medieval world...
Hello Robert. This is Jay writing back to you. One thing that Vicki pointed out to me when she first came to America, is that men with British accents were often the 'bad guys' in American movies. So there's another example of British accents in movies. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our videos.
I am fluent in English but I still love these videos.
So glad you like them Blastaux. Delighted to have you with us.
Really helpful. A very useful video indeed for non native speakers. I didn’t learn English hard when I was young. But, I’m serious now. Happy studying
Me too 😂
Terry and Mourad, we're so glad we're able to help. Thanks for watching.
Thank you now I understand the pronunciation
That's great to hear David. So glad it was useful.
So entertaining! This channel deserves more subscribers! Already subscribed just now! 💕
Thanks so much Gesta and welcome to our channel! :-)
It's really interesting and very confusing.
I need to practice. Thanks.
I'm sure you'll get it Jose.
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I didn't know this for a long time (I'm French in first place). I just learned the difference recently. And I think this is great for non-native English speakers that "can" find it confusing, depending on their speaker's accent. That's very useful! 😊
Hi Pink Lion. We're very pleased we were able to add to your knowledge of English. There is another video that you might find interesting on the same subject. th-cam.com/video/kkSBXBSOyoc/w-d-xo.html. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
Vicky speaks very clearly.
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Feel free to pronounce the t in can't even when learning an American accent. No one will notice. I just said it out loud and I would never notice if someone else was speaking and pronounced the t instead of using a stop. It's extremely subtle.
Thanks for this idea Typical Lib. :-)
It s realy interesting thank you
So glad you like it.
I think they should do some of British English vs southern English, or Cajun-English..
That would be nice. I'm not sure where we'd find the Cajun speakers in Philly though. Thanks Chris West.
Both presenters are absolutely cute. I love the way they act out. Charming!!! I just keep smiling all the way through the video. Am I the only one hypnotized? Guess no))
Алексей, thank you so much for your kind words. And thanks for watching our videos.
i love this channel. I usually listen american english and sometimes i can't understand what they say (because i learned british english).
Ignacio, we so glad the channel is working for you. Thank you so much for watching.
It's even more difficult to understand the American version when the following word starts with a T.
I can touch it
I can't touch it
Sounds exactly the same to me
Ah yes. Great example. I think these would sound the same Q.
Interesting, as always! I think the British pronunciation is easier to catch (sorry Jay ;-) )
I agree Philbert! :-) (from Vicki)
Hello I am from Argentina, and I think British pronunciation it's only easier in the RP dialect which is the less common to hear unless you are all time watching BBC, on the other hand American could be easier with less different accents and dialects if you will. Words in American English tend to be pronounced more like he are spelled, specially if you are latin, you will find American more open. That's my humble opinion. Though British is my favorite! Congrats, for your videos!
@@shakeo Nah, both American and British don't pronounce the words like how they spell it
Yeah. Especially in this topic "can't/ can US English vs British English. But British English also has several words that hardly to understand than American English.
English is overrated!
I say cannot, kenot! I never say cant
Well that's another solution to the problem, Appleman. And my guess is it's a very smart solution when communication is key! Thank you writing.
@Sapien where?
We've now made another video about this that you can see here: th-cam.com/video/kkSBXBSOyoc/w-d-xo.html
I remembered an instance when I was speaking to a guest over the phone and I already used both accents and still got misunderstood so I just used 'can not'. I started using it since then especially over the phone.
Great solution... 😂
I have seen many videos on this subject I must say that YOU ARE THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST !!!! Thank you very much!!
Wow, thanks Olivia! Much appreciated. :-)
This channel is a better idea than many others english teaching channels not doubt
That's so kind of you to say, Nobody Tagota.
I'm Italian and it's hard for me to recognize the differences. It's strange that two sentences with opposite meanings sound similar. Thank you anyway, funny video.
So glad you liked it barbaglio79.
Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker but I kept hearing cXnt everytime the lady said can't. Shame on me. Nice video, very entertaining, fun and well explained.
Ha! It sounds like we need to do some videos on English vowel sounds Gera. Glad you liked the video.
Ha! It sounds like we need to do some videos on English vowel sounds Gera. Glad you liked the video.
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When she said c’n
I heard c*nt...
Same with Can’t
Unless the speaker is applying extra emphasis, for some reason, the word 'c*nt' has a similar but shorter vowel sound in 'British' English - and a very different short vowel sound in American.
I prefer english British, cause is more easy to understand
Hi Jeymenson. Understanding is the key to communicating with other people in any language, and that's what's most important, regardless of which accent you use. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
Both accent at the same time in one video. I'm Enjoying!
Hi Alex. We're really glad you like it. Thank you so much for watching.
Hello Jade and Vicki, I'm studying for a english degree in argentina, and my phonetics teacher focus on british accent, I lived for a whole year in North Carolina and my accent became strong, unfortunately it is required for me to adapt to british accent since that's what my teacher is going to review, I will be checking your videos often to study for this subject, I appreciate the sharing of your knowledge with us non-native speakers.
We're really glad we can help, Jesús Vera. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
We Filipinos already know British and American, we are major in both English 😉
That's great King Payla. :-)
I prefer British, sorry Jay 😄❤ I love british accent! I'm trying to learn it. I'm finnish/hungarian 💞 and yay Jay is lefthanded too! I'm lefthanded 😄❤
Great to hear from you, Alma and good to know we have a lefthanded viewer. :-)
I agree with her, American English is hard. British sounds more beautiful and easier :)
Thanks Thiago. Vicki here. I think British English is easier too, though Jay would disagree. :-)
I agree with her too
- absolutely agree with you, particularly: take=toik, father=fava, mother=mava etc. Real english!
both of them are so cute!! the smile 🥺
Thanks kiwi kiwi.
i love them and i want to protect them
How kind of you Shia. Thank you so much for thinking of us.
In America we also have a problem with the can and can’t we also struggle to we be like can or can’t and the other have to emphasize on the last letter so we know like caN or can’ T
Hello Faithful Rose. Thanks so much for writing. It's great to hear I'm not the only one struggling. :-)
You are both adorable 💙
Love from Iraq 🇮🇶 ♥️
New new. Thanks for the kind words. Greetings from Philadelphia. :-)
I found this channel today, I hope learn more English now, greetings from Chile!!!
Hello Matias, greetings to you in Chile and welcome to our channel. It's great to have you with us. :-)
Educational yet entertaining! Great job grandpas and grandmas
Thanks you! :-)
perfect way to retire. I love you guys
Thank you Izustic. Glad you're here.
I can't open jars.
American: " I can open jars"
What I hear:
"I can dopen jars."
Very interesting blackheavyblans. This is Jay writing back to you. Saying 'can't in American English can sometimes be a problem. I often have to repeat my sentence to Vicki by emphasizing the 't' in can't or by saying cannot. Americans, though, usually can understand. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
I wanna learn american eng but I just like saying can't like british like u! Will it be wrong?
Hi Bizim. Vicki here and this sounds like a great idea to me because I think the British 'can't' is easier to distinguish from 'can'. Now are you taking any exams? I ask because some exam boards require consistency, so either American or British (or Australian, or Irish, or Canadian, or whatever) is acceptable, but they require you don't mix them up. I've never understood why mixing them up should be important, but unfortunately, that's what they do.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos I am 15 years old . And I love English sooo much and we are responsable for the subjects that are turgut in school and teacher do not care whetever words belongs AE-BE cuz in school it is mixed which eng is taught I am just curiously about eng cuz i fall in love with eng i only study accent , pronunciation grammer and vocabulary or in school it is like that
-I love red colour at vacation you got it ? Some words belongs AE and some words belongs BE ! I hope i could write with no mistake what i wanted:)
8minute for learn just how to pronounce can and cant... But it worth it... Because... I miss my grandpa and grandma..
Hi Yusri. We're so glad you found this video worthwhile. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos well.. TH-cam recommendation is weird though... That is why im here... (*•∆•).. Hahaha
I like Vicki, she looks and expresses the words so kindly. :)
Thank you so much! You've made my day. :-)
you two look so lovely
Thank you @HZ!
You are so beautiful! I’m so glad I found you! With love from Russia ❤️
We're delighted you've found us and welcome to our channel. :-)
Hi.I'm from Russia.
Their show reminds me of “Dr Sheldon Cooper presents Fun with flags” from Big Bang Theory
Am I alone?
Hi MilenLight. You're not alone. Several people have mentioned they thought so too! :-)
English is overrated!
What makes me say that🤔?
Let's see
I know 7 languages, offcourse including English but English is the one which emphasizes on stupid pronounciation
(Which doesn't make sense)
A lot of words in this language are spelled so differently than how they are pronounced or rather I would say how we all are supposed to say it.
It is like some drunk lecturer read a couple of words and now people are supposed to follow it.
Also how we mention our relations with people is quite limited compared to any other languages I know
Again this is completely my view and I don't intend you'll to agree
I adore the way she is. God save this English" queen! 🇬🇧
Thanks for your kind words. :-)
The video is done in the first minute.... old school youtubers are the best
The American version is so confusing.
Ha! Vicki here Akbar. I agree! I doubt if Jay does though. :-)
it's actually not so difficult. it's easy to know he is saying "can't" because if the word "can" was being used in those sentences, it would have the "kun" pronunciation. "i kun open the jar" versus "i can't open the jar." the vowel sound used tells you he said can't and not can.
I'm American, and I can't NOT hear the difference between the two. "Can't" doesn't quite sound like a full "t" at the end, but it doesn't sound like "can" either.
Thanks for sharing this Kevin. It can be so hard to pick up the difference when you're not used to it, but there is a difference there.
That why I'm lost my English.. I think US is good to hear..
I can't hear the final T.
I prefer the American accent, but British pronunciation always is clearer in this aspect.
Hi Fingol - Vicki here. I've found that the final t has become a little easier to hear over time (though I still find it hard). Hopefully you'll find the same.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Is just me or, in British pronunciation are less silent vowels and consonants compared with American?
I think it can vary Fingol. But for example, in much of the UK, our R sounds are less fully pronounced. We made a video about that here: th-cam.com/video/hWjcoajXRVg/w-d-xo.html
These videos are awesome, they help me a lot because i am an Argentine student and i'm learning english.
We're so glad you like them santiago nader. Greetings to you in Argentina. :-)
British Accent i s simply Marvelous! I love it.
Thanks AstronoyBrasil. :-)
I’m American and I never realized we pronounced it can and kin but we totally do
Ah yes, there's so much we do unconsciously von Hessen.
The British is what i prefer
Hi Saqib. That's great and hopefully you'll like American more too as you hear more of it.
We italians must be careful with the brit way of can't as we easily say the c... word 😆
It's all about the vowel. :-) Thanks Ale.
As Russian native speaker I completely agree with Italians so I always say "can not". I don't want to swear. :)
Hello @@const.z. Well that will certainly fix the swearing problem. :-)
We've now made another video about this that you can see here: th-cam.com/video/kkSBXBSOyoc/w-d-xo.html
Oddio😂😂
I'm American and I say "can't" - pronouncing the "t". It's in the informal speaking - speaking quickly - that we say, kuhn, and kan'. Very good video of the differences between the two varieties of the same language: English!
I had 2 great tutors in the English course. They had different English; one was British English, and one was American English. Me and my friends were struggling to pronounce can and can't in American English, so the tutor kept making us pronounce them correctly. When the other tutor appeared, it was a glimmer of hope; she introduced us to the British pronunciation of can't. Immediately we used it, and the other tutor who used American English was just okay with it.
@idip6151, this is Jay writing back to you. Even though my accent is clearly American, I appreciate the fact that it is much easier to understand the British pronunciation of 'can't'.
American English for the win... however not all Americans and British have accents/pronunciations like these two
Thanks for pointing that out The Sun Will Rise Again. Yes, there's a lot of regional variation in both the US and UK.
Just say Cannot instead problem solved for us Americans lol
Ha! Well, it's one solution SDSen. It will make you sound rather formal though.
I don't watch American movies because their English pronunciation is too bad to understand for none native English speakers. So I decided to watch only British movies, BBC TV shows and all. British English is really posh.
Hi Gopal, whichever variety you watch, it's great that you watch movies and TV shows. It's such a good way to improve you language skills.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos thanks for your reply.
I’m from Brazil, my mother language is Portuguese, my second one is English, I can understand American English much better.
Most people say British English sounds more beautiful, but I think British English is pure, I prefer American English, It has more sauce. I don’t know if it makes any sense, I meant it has something that attracts me more.
Great video, keep going!
Hi Rodrigo. I loved this description: 'It has more sauce.' :-)
I realized that it was a little difficult for me but after this video I can say it properly .
Thanks.
That's great fannyrenecito. Keep up the good work!
Can you hear me?
*BIG SMILE*
He can't open the jar!
*BIG SMILE AGAIN*
I don't want you to see
I can't see
Wait let me try it again
Why?I can't see
*DEEP BREATH*
It sounds like you enjoyed this video. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
It is easier American English
Hi Yalile Nunez. This is Jay writing. I certainly agree with you but I suspect Vicki might not. But as she always says, choose what you prefer.
Can you make a video about the pronunciation of "Apartment" and "Mountain" ❓ In american english is like APARTmmm with the nose at the end, MOUNnnnn. 🤷🏾
Hi Manson. Vicki here and I'd either pronounce the final t in apartment t clearly or I'd put a glotal stop on it if I were speaking fast. Jay would nasalise it, as you say.
This couple is fantastic! Really outstanding!!!
Thanks so much for the kind words Giliardi. :-)
i'm really glad to find this video. i've never been able to tell if american people say can or can't. i can hear a slight difference between them but i don't know which one is which. i used to ask one us girl but she seemed to just realize at that moment she pronounced these 2 words the same way and couldn't really explain the difference to me. it has bugged me for years. now, i still dont think i can really differentiate the two, but at least you give me some guideline.
So glad it was useful cxxx. Vicki here. I am still learning to differentiate too, but I'm getting better with practice. :-)
us and uk talks about who has the best pronounce
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Hi Sahelian. I don't think there is any one best pronunciation. What's most important is that whatever accent you have, you are understood by the English speakers with whom you are communicating. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos i more like british accent