Why are British place names so hard to pronounce?

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  • @EpicScizor
    @EpicScizor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13814

    Pronouncing english names is easy. Pronounce the word like you think it should be pronounced, then repeat it faster and faster until you've swallowed three syllables. That's the actual pronunciation

    • @joshuarosen6242
      @joshuarosen6242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +920

      You can speed up the process by drinking a few pints of bitter.

    • @whoeverest_the_whateverest
      @whoeverest_the_whateverest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Isn't it how pronunciation works in general in most languages?

    • @joshuarosen6242
      @joshuarosen6242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +537

      @@whoeverest_the_whateverest No. Lots of languages are fairly regular in their pronunciation. If you know how to spell something in, for example, French, German or Welsh, you can be pretty certain of the pronunciation. That is not true at all of English. There are also languages such as Chinese where you cannot derive any useful information about the pronunciation from the spelling so you don't even have a starting point unless you already know the word.

    • @deservingcomplexionm8111
      @deservingcomplexionm8111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@joshuarosen6242 yeah no.

    • @neuvilpanindra2581
      @neuvilpanindra2581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      @@deservingcomplexionm8111 no yeah.

  • @Szaam
    @Szaam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8375

    "Could you mispronounce Frome for me?"
    "Portsmouth."
    "That'll do."
    That joke was made even funnier by Mark deciding to wear a wig very briefly for no reason.

    • @anshitkumar6347
      @anshitkumar6347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Should've said Ports-Mouth xD

    • @daos3300
      @daos3300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      yes. the very brief reasonless wig wearer's wig.

    • @Clivestravelandtrains
      @Clivestravelandtrains 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      It's Pompey, anyway.

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Had a Fry and Laurie feel to it. Amazing.

    • @brendanroberts4866
      @brendanroberts4866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i come from a place called thisvideoisshit

  • @Donald_Chung
    @Donald_Chung 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2601

    Programmers: Ransomware
    People from England: Rampisham-ware

    • @samgamgee6508
      @samgamgee6508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      (slow clap)

    • @Donald_Chung
      @Donald_Chung 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      @@samgamgee6508 I have achieved comedy.

    • @hawaiianrobot
      @hawaiianrobot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@Donald_Chung that's a good one hahaha

    • @Azmythometre
      @Azmythometre 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Donald_Chung
      Achievement unlocked!
      Comedy

    • @fyorr110
      @fyorr110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Programmers and English people, the two genders.

  • @thomasoates3003
    @thomasoates3003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3896

    An extra 'map' this time. I see you like to keep us on our toes.

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      HOLY HOLY!!! I can proudly say that I have the two HOTTEST women on this planet as MY GIRLFRIENDS! I am the unprettiest TH-camr ever, but they love me for what's inside! Thanks for listening thomas

    • @reimarpb
      @reimarpb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think this is the third time they've done it

    • @thomasoates3003
      @thomasoates3003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@reimarpb Really? I thought they usually repeated the word 'men'.

    • @juneguts
      @juneguts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@AxxLAfriku Axxl really should be blocked from most channels, it's basically just a spambot. @Jay Foreman

    • @redyellowpink01
      @redyellowpink01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Spoilers!

  • @JagoHazzard
    @JagoHazzard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1314

    Fun fact: Cirencester used to be pronounced "Sissister." Fun lie: if you use the True Pronunciation of Cirencester, you can control anyone from there.

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  4 ปีที่แล้ว +400

      Been watching LOTS of your channel lately! Big fan!! :D

    • @JagoHazzard
      @JagoHazzard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +275

      @@JayForeman Thanks! I feel like Elvis just complimented my karaoke performance.

    • @RedmarKerkhof
      @RedmarKerkhof 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I knew it! :D

    • @ssephi
      @ssephi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Needed more Loughborough

    • @saintinho
      @saintinho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jago I love you

  • @nessai00
    @nessai00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2847

    "contain nonsensical phonetic traps that are impossible to predict"
    That should be a warning on English language textbooks.

    • @SupaDanteX
      @SupaDanteX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      *May contain
      :D
      And yes. Have a like

    • @zero_gravity5861
      @zero_gravity5861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Not suitable for use as a lawnmower.

    • @hamjohnson2319
      @hamjohnson2319 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No you haven’t now brush ya teeth m.th-cam.com/video/OEuaNorcY1c/w-d-xo.html

    • @NicolaW72
      @NicolaW72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      :-)

    • @cheesecrackersandpickles2331
      @cheesecrackersandpickles2331 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He said British not English , you are so wrong I won't even bother explaining.

  • @AaronMichaelLong
    @AaronMichaelLong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1323

    I don't know if it's the double margarita I just had, but "BELGIC OPPIDVM which was sensibly renamed 'Braintree'" has me quite literally in tears of laughter. You guys are geniuses.

    • @manmanman2000
      @manmanman2000 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      There is a village called 'brain creek' in Austria and a town called 'cat's brain' in Germany

    • @mogscugg2639
      @mogscugg2639 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      NOT THE BOPPIDUM

    • @aaron_905
      @aaron_905 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@manmanman2000there's a Catbrain in Bristol too, near Cribbs.

    • @ladyserenity5
      @ladyserenity5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We have one in Massachusetts, USA as well. Whatta name.

    • @secretsfullofsaucers
      @secretsfullofsaucers 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      My favourite thing about Braintree is that there's a 'secret nuclear bunker' which is signposted everywhere on official road signage

  • @callistogarnet
    @callistogarnet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1427

    Once heard an American man on a train very patiently saying “no mother it’s pronounced ‘Ip-sich’, they don’t pronounce the W here” when he and his mum were on the way to Ipswich. He would have been right for 99% of the words with a similar ending...

    • @ixlnxs
      @ixlnxs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @Rodolfo Ramos Anker. ;)

    • @joshporter741
      @joshporter741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      As someone from Ipswich, I’ve never noticed anyone say it wrong, but now can’t get this out of my head 🤣

    • @millertas
      @millertas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      ough can be pronounced many ways so Slough (where my wife's cousins lived) was often pronounced 'Sluff' but the best pronounciation (by an American on the bus) was Slug.

    • @konrad7572
      @konrad7572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@joshporter741 its pronounced ippy

    • @joshporter741
      @joshporter741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@konrad7572 Uppa Townnnnn buhhhh

  • @graf
    @graf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8744

    the -cester cities seem pretty manageable when you find out that Cholmondeley is pronounced chumly (/tʃʌmli/)

    • @nevreiha
      @nevreiha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      Gumster
      Keith leigh

    • @Dorgpoop
      @Dorgpoop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      Wymondham
      Wind-um

    • @rogerdines6244
      @rogerdines6244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      Depends on the family-some call ithemselves Chumley, and others Cholmondeley: same with Featherstonehaugh, which can be pronounced as written, or if from the 'other' family, Fanshaw: ditto Powell which can be as written, or pronounced Pole!

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Remarkably, Boris Badenov taught me how to pronounce Cholmondeley almost exactly sixty years ago.

    • @ilyamosin3090
      @ilyamosin3090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Chumly?
      C H U M L Y ?!

  • @Yitewewoteli-dQw4w9WgXcQ
    @Yitewewoteli-dQw4w9WgXcQ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2308

    Didn't expect the Liam Dutton nails pronouncing Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch parody, but I'm happy it's there.

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Me too

    • @AB-gw6uf
      @AB-gw6uf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Original video for those curious:👌
      th-cam.com/video/fHxO0UdpoxM/w-d-xo.html

    • @gui18bif
      @gui18bif 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well, he also was doing sort of a parody.

    • @ChallengeCommander
      @ChallengeCommander 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's the very video I used to learn it

    • @jca111
      @jca111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ChallengeCommander He gets the ending slightly wrong.

  • @jorambannister1624
    @jorambannister1624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +816

    I once heard a story about an Australian hitchhiker in the UK who was asking for a ride to "Loo-ger-bar-oo-ger"
    After much head scratching from the locals they realised he was wanting to get to Loughborough! (pronounced Luffburuh) 😀

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11526

    The only channel where the AD VERTs are just as good as the rest of the video.

    • @joshuaduplaa9033
      @joshuaduplaa9033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      If you enjoy funny ads, you should check out internet comment etiquette with Erik. Btw i love your videos mr. Beat, you're my favorite social studies teacher.

    • @badbadbadkarma12
      @badbadbadkarma12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +292

      Second to internet historian I'd say.

    • @evy2031
      @evy2031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I see that you too are a man of culture, Mr. Beat.

    • @variousthings6470
      @variousthings6470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Ad-verts, ad-verts
      Ad-ad-ad-verts verts
      (Verts)

    • @TheKewlPerson
      @TheKewlPerson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Also Drew Gooden does really funny adverts

  • @christopherdeangelis6383
    @christopherdeangelis6383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2887

    As an american, I was having trouble understanding the video, but after that "yippie kay-ay" I get it now. Thank you Map Men for great translations.

    • @pseudotasuki
      @pseudotasuki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Head up to New England for a little taste. Take a quick drive between Worcester (Woostah) and Leominster (Lemon-stir).

    • @christopherdeangelis6383
      @christopherdeangelis6383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@pseudotasuki I am a New Englander lol

    • @pseudotasuki
      @pseudotasuki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@christopherdeangelis6383 Well… okay. Fair enough.

    • @kindauncool
      @kindauncool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +@@pseudotasuki I always got so pissed at Worcester's pronunciation, but 5:33 kinda helped me understand though. I'm finally at peace.

    • @adailydrawingmustache4604
      @adailydrawingmustache4604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@christopherdeangelis6383 Me, as actual American: 💀

  • @arnie_soup
    @arnie_soup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3005

    This is basically adult Horrible Histories and I’m not complaining

    • @BennyJ69
      @BennyJ69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      But adult Horrible Histories is Horrible Histories

    • @swaggyfrog
      @swaggyfrog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Underrated comment XD

    • @not_lewis2649
      @not_lewis2649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ...Portsmouth

    • @penumbra0182
      @penumbra0182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@BennyJ69 Yes.

    • @imadeyoureadthis9124
      @imadeyoureadthis9124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      but better

  • @NovaAge
    @NovaAge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    "Mousehole"
    "Braintree"
    "Speen"
    Gosh I love the UK

    • @tairneanaich
      @tairneanaich 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      My personal favourite is Wye in Kent. Love hearing it come up as though the bus or the news are having an existential crisis

    • @JRS06
      @JRS06 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      If you want to have some more fun with UK place names, may I suggest "Cockermouth", "Wetwang", "Suckley", or "Lickey End"?

    • @dysr
      @dysr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Speen sounds like the perfect place for a certain streamer.

    • @davepayne164
      @davepayne164 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sad not to see Wrotham in Kent mentioned.
      Pronounced “root-am”. Obviously.

  • @mollychristman4866
    @mollychristman4866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4260

    I once saw something that said "English is what happens when Vikings learn Latin and use it to yell at Germans"

    • @psychodrummer1567
      @psychodrummer1567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +412

      no, it's when the French hear Vikings shouting Latin at Germans.

    • @Morningstar_37
      @Morningstar_37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @@psychodrummer1567 no, it's when anglo-saxons watch vikings and romans yell at germans

    • @luckiller019
      @luckiller019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +248

      my favorite is "English doesnt borrows from other languaga, it drags them to dark alley where it beats them and robs them while heavily breathing in their ears"

    • @RoganGunn
      @RoganGunn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      More like, "When Celts learn Latin then German and use Old Norse to yell at French Vikings..." 🤔

    • @gnosticagnostic7
      @gnosticagnostic7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Modern english is 'spelled' - the ruling caste fiddle with the words - for manipulative cultural disintegration effects.
      Now they tell people that the commoners used to be as nasty as the ruling caste are ... having destroyed the old culture, and schooled everyone, they now control the stories ... and the narrative of today too ...

  • @azunzaia8172
    @azunzaia8172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1675

    "Could you misprounounce Frome for me?"
    "Portsmouth"
    "that'll do"

    • @timh2356
      @timh2356 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      They actually already did that joke in this video, so you're not being original. Thanks though.

    • @williamg209two
      @williamg209two 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@timh2356 are you stupid or acting dumb?

    • @T0nyDuckler
      @T0nyDuckler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@williamg209two normally people like them don't respond as they normally realise (or not) that they just made a r/wooosh

    • @abccanada6248
      @abccanada6248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As a cyclist i thought froome in my heade because that came to my head yet i was still surprised by it

    • @melodycervantes4167
      @melodycervantes4167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@williamg209two He's not saying "Oh, didn't you realize that comment was from the video?" He's saying "Repeating a joke from the video isn't funny." I don't quite agree (While it's not funny in a "let me tell you a joke" way, it is a shortened way of saying "I liked that line, did you like it too?" which I don't see a problem with.), but I wouldn't say he missed the joke. If anything, you misunderstood him.

  • @whycantiremainanonymous8091
    @whycantiremainanonymous8091 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2574

    "Frome" would have been pronounced correctly by any English speaker around Shakespeare's time. The /oυ/ diphtong the letter o makes when followed by a consonant and a silent e is quite recent, and was pronounced /u/ in Early Modern English. That includes the name "Rome", which was pronounced identically to the word "room". Shakespeare has a pun on that in one of his historical plays: "here we are in Rome, and room enough".

    • @nialltracey2599
      @nialltracey2599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Ah, really? I was assuming that Frome was one of those examples where "u" got closed over to distinguish it from the vertical lines of the adjacent m (similar to "sun"->"son", "wunder"->"wonder" etc)

    • @XaliberDeathlock
      @XaliberDeathlock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Oh crap that's interesting. In Arabic Rome is pronounced as 'room'. Wonder if it's related.

    • @major7thsharp11
      @major7thsharp11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      For 'Rome' this is likely true, but other words would not typically have been pronounced as /u:/. /oʊ/ was pronounced /ɔ:/ before the Great Vowel Shift, so /u:/ would not have been on its normal trajectory (we have some direct evidence for this; Shakespeare rhymes "alone" with "gone," which wouldn't have been homophonous with "goon").
      was different, because the Old English variant already existed.

    • @XaliberDeathlock
      @XaliberDeathlock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@major7thsharp11 you telling me Old English wrote Rome as Rūm? How did they get there? I mean that's also how the Arabs wrote it.

    • @major7thsharp11
      @major7thsharp11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@XaliberDeathlock The Arabs wrote it like that because Classical Arabic didn't have an /o:/ vowel, so they used the closest vowel they had. The similarity to Rūm in Old English dialects is just cosmetic, I'm afraid.

  • @ScottA2345
    @ScottA2345 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I live in New England in the USA and we have many towns and cities named after those in England - and yes, we use the same English pronunciation which drives those from outside of New England - crazy. But i love it. 😇

    • @cartologist
      @cartologist 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Usually but not always. Berkeley is not pronounced Barkley. Hartford came from Hertford but spelled with an a.

    • @ptorq
      @ptorq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      As a midwesterner who lived in the Boston area for a couple of years, I (quite sensibly) thought "Peabody" was pronounced like "pea body" and "Leominster" was pronounced "leo min ster." My new neighbors found this briefly confusing and then hilarious ("Do you mean 'pee buddy' and 'lemon stir'?").

    • @davidyoung5114
      @davidyoung5114 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'm from Nova Scotia, and when I mention places like Truro, Weymouth, Dartmouth, Preston, Halifax, Liverpool (my home town!), Chester, Yarmouth, Colchester, Richmond, and others, you'd think I was talking about England. But the British tourists love seeing these places!

    • @ScottA2345
      @ScottA2345 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidyoung5114 I love the name, Halifax, for some reason.

    • @davidyoung5114
      @davidyoung5114 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ScottA2345 And did you know that a person from Halifax is called a Haligonian?

  • @NickRoman
    @NickRoman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +701

    "which was sensibly renamed Braintree" why did that make me laugh the most?

    • @jaredwoolgar6434
      @jaredwoolgar6434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Big up the btown massive 😂

    • @LittleDogTobi
      @LittleDogTobi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So many of these names exist in Massachusetts, as you can imagine. There's a Braintree in the Boston area.

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I mean Braintree is way nicer than Skegness(the physical manifestation of the word shit) or many other horrid places in Britain such as Wales or Hell I mean Milton Keynes, or the home of depression... Luton...

    • @electron8262
      @electron8262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I keep imagining a tree with brains growing on it instead of fruits...

    • @jaredwoolgar6434
      @jaredwoolgar6434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@electron8262 come to the town and you’ll realise no brains grow here 😂

  • @gazoakleychef
    @gazoakleychef 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3921

    probably my favourite video you've ever done

    • @srp5230
      @srp5230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @avantgardevegan It's also one of the most vegan videos they've ever done. 😊 Hope you are well, Gaz. 💜

    • @raheemabdul1066
      @raheemabdul1066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh, there's at least 5 better mapmen videos than this!

    • @maga6403
      @maga6403 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ure gae

    • @SW_Sarah
      @SW_Sarah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i mean you're not wrong
      jay went out of his way and spent ages learning how to pronounce llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch though
      that's brilliant

    • @doublenikkel
      @doublenikkel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Favorite*
      Sorry, as an American, I just had to do it

  • @elizabethvanek3164
    @elizabethvanek3164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +940

    I'm loving the prediction on the evolution of place names.
    2000 "W'ster"
    2200 "Wrr"
    2400 "Beep Boop Boop"! 🤣

    • @AndrewTJackson
      @AndrewTJackson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If you think that's funny, go watch the movie Idiocracy. :-)

    • @junio0o768
      @junio0o768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@AndrewTJackson the most passive aggressive insult ever lololol

    • @AndrewTJackson
      @AndrewTJackson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@junio0o768 I'm not insulting @Lizz, I'm recommending a good movie! :-)

    • @junio0o768
      @junio0o768 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AndrewTJackson ok sure

    • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic8158
      @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic8158 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A Homo niewiadomo (a new 2400 species of human) individual: What is the way to Beep Boop Boop?

  • @therealjetlag
    @therealjetlag ปีที่แล้ว +598

    I moved to the UK 40 years ago and about 5 years in, I was invited to a party in Toaster. Being without satnav back then, I looked it up in a map but couldn’t find it. I was assured it was easy to find and signposted off of the M1. Just head north.
    I let out an “ohhhhhhh!” when I saw the sign for Towcester.

    • @zimriel
      @zimriel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      the only solution, of course, is to invite back the Romans.
      your food will get better if nothing else

    • @HeterosexuaI
      @HeterosexuaI 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@zimrieli think it's best we don't introduce the english to fermented fish juice and boiled wheat

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I learned about Towcester from
      PG Wodehouse.

  • @AlexWJ93
    @AlexWJ93 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Love how knowing languages can teach you even more things hidden in plain sight. Learning Norwegian made me realise that kirk is church and gate is street. So when I realised there was a street called Kirkgate, I went to google to see if it was literally church street, and it was!

    • @kjh23gk
      @kjh23gk ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "Church" is "kirk" in Scots too.

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In Dutch it’s kerk. Only the vowel is different.

    • @francesatty7022
      @francesatty7022 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      thats why there's so many kirkgates!!!! oh my god this makes sense now. ik that in york every road is named ___gate

    • @helenamcginty4920
      @helenamcginty4920 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And Stanegate runs from Corstopitum, nr Corbridge, to Carlisle so isnt really a street. More of a road.

  • @acathosh
    @acathosh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +789

    "Which was sensibly renamed to Braintree"
    I'm in tears 😂

    • @jamm6_514
      @jamm6_514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      i still dont get why it was named braintree out of all things

    • @scarletpimpernelagain9124
      @scarletpimpernelagain9124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@jamm6_514 the name ‘ Braintree’ is just intrinsically funny, like ‘Penge’.

    • @slyrox1183
      @slyrox1183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If you thought that Braintree was a bad name, you ain't heard of one of it's gants names, as the gant near the newsagents in the town centre is called "pig's head in the pottage pot gant". Annoyingly it ain't on Google street view but the sign is located on the red brick wall opposite.

    • @ImranKhan1976
      @ImranKhan1976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jamm6_514 seems like a corruption of the original Celtic name for the place after the Roman name was no longer used.

    • @petermaher8633
      @petermaher8633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Having worked in Braintree, they should have changed it to brain death!

  • @chandanasarkar1173
    @chandanasarkar1173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1113

    Now, the four 'Map's in the beginning is *INTERESTING* .

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *is the best version

    • @niceperson180
      @niceperson180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And there are normally tthree "men"s, right? They only did two this time

    • @BlueGangsta1958
      @BlueGangsta1958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      As was Jays pronunciation of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, bet he practiced 40 hours a day for that

    • @trialexol
      @trialexol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@niceperson180 the three men are actually the variation

    • @chandanasarkar1173
      @chandanasarkar1173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BlueGangsta1958 Sacrilegious

  • @kaollakitten
    @kaollakitten 4 ปีที่แล้ว +758

    "Bugger off, u're not from round 'ere" - Frome Resident

    • @Nadekuro
      @Nadekuro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Close enough

    • @hamjohnson2319
      @hamjohnson2319 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bugger off and brush your teeth m.th-cam.com/video/OEuaNorcY1c/w-d-xo.html

    • @cantcheatkarma3493
      @cantcheatkarma3493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wasson then cocker!

    • @amp2amp800
      @amp2amp800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Tran Ma bugger orf shurly?

    • @OfficialFFC
      @OfficialFFC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Tran Ma Frome* :D

  • @johnpotts8308
    @johnpotts8308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When you work in call centres, you can really impress people by learning how to pronounce (and spell!) places like Corstorphine, Launceston and Bleanau Ffestiniog (though since it's been a while, I did have to check the last one).

    • @gillmanningscox9662
      @gillmanningscox9662 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Laaanson not Launston and definitely not Launceston

    • @nansparry636
      @nansparry636 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Blaenau Ffestiniog . Spelling pls🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @joeschmoe9863
    @joeschmoe9863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +838

    Tom Scott and Map Men within 20 minutes of each other.

    • @violeteclipse3912
      @violeteclipse3912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes

    • @plebjames
      @plebjames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I been getting into some Jago Hazzard recently too (and he's super prolific)

    • @janssenmccormick7824
      @janssenmccormick7824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@plebjames Jago's Dire Straits video was so good

    • @melissakenfield5012
      @melissakenfield5012 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      truly a blessed day

    • @StratosTitan
      @StratosTitan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The 2 map men and Tom Scott: the British holy trinity

  • @lumbagogaming2129
    @lumbagogaming2129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3630

    “Excuse me can you mispronounce Frome for me”
    “Portsmouth”

    • @Chongo_657
      @Chongo_657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Poursmuff I think you'll find thanks very much!

    • @WardyLion
      @WardyLion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      That’ll do!

    • @WardyLion
      @WardyLion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Tyler Yuan Frome!

    • @wintrwunderland
      @wintrwunderland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Tyler Yuan Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

    • @mrpdofff
      @mrpdofff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I spat my tea out at this one....Hilarious !!!

  • @dmacarthur5356
    @dmacarthur5356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2654

    I was kindly corrected by a nice old lady at the York train station "love, Birming-ham is in Ahlah-bahma, Birming'um is in England" I grinned and said "And Birming-ham is in Ala-bama" She called me cheeky lol. She was alone so joined me and my family for a coffee and we talked for an hour. Good memory of England.

    • @BunchaFrames
      @BunchaFrames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Aw :)

    • @the_once-and-future_king.
      @the_once-and-future_king. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Us Yorkies are nice folks. Glad you had a lovely experience.

    • @LovelyAngel.
      @LovelyAngel. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Nah, I think American English is weirder (despite being more mainstream nowadays), I would never notice that a person saying Ahlah-bahma is saying anything wrong.

    • @dmacarthur5356
      @dmacarthur5356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@LovelyAngel. You would be deemed quite a fancy if you pronounced it that way. The truer southern pronounceation would be closer to owl-la-bama.

    • @lurategh
      @lurategh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@LovelyAngel. Eh, pronunciations all over the world are weird in some way. There are definitely non-phonetic ones in the US that only a native or someone who’s been here long enough would immediately know, but I think some of these British pronunciations are bonkers and hella non-intuitive, so like they say in the video, you can’t blame a non-native for assuming it’s pronounced one way when really it’s said a completely different way that doesn’t align with basic English spelling/pronunciation rules.
      The way I see it, and this goes for everyone, is that if one is so insistent on a visitor pronouncing something the local way, I’d hope they’re polite enough to make an effort to pronounce it the _other_ local way if they ever find themselves in that other part of the world, rather than claiming their one pronunciation is the “right” one.

  • @ilmarilah1195
    @ilmarilah1195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    These guys are the best at getting people to watch sponsorship

    • @jamieisausername
      @jamieisausername ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not even a competition, they dominate the field.. like a very assertive rabbit

    • @Muzikman127
      @Muzikman127 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2nd only to Erik from Internet Comment Etiquette

  • @aidanm5849
    @aidanm5849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +920

    Judgement day has come. Jay is uploading semi regularly.

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have two hot TH-camr girlfriends and I am the best TH-camr ever and YOUR savior. Good bye dear aidna

    • @TrimutiusToo
      @TrimutiusToo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Judgement day is 2200-2400 accordingt to this video... when it changes from Wrr to "Beep Boop Boop"

    • @renzo00
      @renzo00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Two map men episodes within one month??? The end is nigh

    • @martinlehtonen
      @martinlehtonen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Coincidentally I am also semi regular

    • @ΣκοτώνωΧαρά
      @ΣκοτώνωΧαρά 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At least the end will be a bit sweeter

  • @wilberforce95
    @wilberforce95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1030

    "Excuse me, could you mispronounce Frome for me?"
    "Portsmouth."
    "That'll do."

    • @chrisoneill5599
      @chrisoneill5599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Gave me a good laugh that one! 😄

    • @LucidFL
      @LucidFL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yes, that is the joke in the video.

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't get it.

    • @monkaeyes
      @monkaeyes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@festethephule7553 its making a joke of surveys and how people can be very selective for their results.

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@monkaeyes
      I'm sorry, but I still don't get it. What do you mean by selective in this case?

  • @zommy5re77
    @zommy5re77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    2:35 , sandwich is a town near me, and fun fact there is also a place called ham nearby. there is coincidentally a sign half way between the 2 that says 'ham sandwich' on it, and is also the most stolen sign in england

    • @Ravenesque
      @Ravenesque 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I thought that honour belonged to the village of Penistone? (penn-is-ton) t
      the sign is now a literal piece of granite

    • @4oursword
      @4oursword 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Ravenesque There's loads of Penistone signs and most don't get stolen - basically because there's fuck all there, aside from the name to laugh at! Source: used to live there, still find it funny.

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Is 'Lost' in Scotland ? I believe hat was/is famous for losing signs.

    • @nicholasalexander4743
      @nicholasalexander4743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@millomweb ...As is 'Fanny Street', in Saltaire.

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicholasalexander4743 Titus' daughter ?

  • @zahrazarqaa
    @zahrazarqaa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    1:49 "Mousehole" being pronouced "Mou-sel" MUST have been the inspiration for "Not Weaseltown its prounouced 'Weselton'!"

  • @NexebNoXV
    @NexebNoXV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2014

    "Could you mispronounce Frome for me?"
    "Portsmouth!"
    "That'll do."
    That bit got me so good I had to pause the video for a couple minutes to finish my laughing fit.

    • @NexebNoXV
      @NexebNoXV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      An open letter to Loughborough:
      Dear Loughborough.
      Seriously? The "lough" rhymes with tough? No other place in your country does that as far as we know, so your name feels like a prank. Are you sure? Please check your records just to make sure.
      With love, America

    • @robspiess
      @robspiess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      He should have pronounced it "Port's Mouth". Not only because "mispronouncing a completely different city" is funny, but because, American here, that's how I pronounced it for an embarrassing number of years, and it would just make me feel better. ... or worse, come to think of it.

    • @zero_gravity5861
      @zero_gravity5861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@robspiess I think there are plenty of Portsmouths in America.

    • @Yotanido
      @Yotanido 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@NexebNoXV To be fair, the US has a couple weird ones, as well.
      Arkansas, for example. Especially bad since Kansas is a thing.

    • @wibbliams
      @wibbliams 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Llanfairsomething

  • @mistertwister2000
    @mistertwister2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +444

    “Yipikaywee, buckaroo!”
    Someone please, PLEASE make a t-shirt of this

    • @Andrew-yl7lm
      @Andrew-yl7lm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @The smore emperor just visit Braintree and get one lol

    • @nightwind1989
      @nightwind1989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Darn tootin indeed

  • @johnson941
    @johnson941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2022

    As a danish person, I have a hard time taking Grimsby serious.
    Yes, Grim was a name, but in danish today, we use the word "Grim" when talking about something ugly (an ugly house = et grimt hus).
    With "by" meaning Village, Grimsby basically translates to "Ugly Village".

    • @barbaralloyd7993
      @barbaralloyd7993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +507

      If you go there you would understand!!!

    • @Afreon
      @Afreon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +470

      That's pretty much what it means in modern English too. Grim could be used in "grim tidings" (bad news) or "mate, that's grim!" (that is disgusting) etc.

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@Afreon Just like Grimmauld Place in the Harry Potter stories is supposed to sound like 'Grim Old Place'

    • @chri15-.-
      @chri15-.- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hard to take your comment seriously when the place isn't called Grimtsby

    • @chri15-.-
      @chri15-.- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@barbaralloyd7993 I strongly suspect you never have.

  • @kenlewis2668
    @kenlewis2668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    Actually, Welsh place names are very easy to pronounce. The spelling is consistent. There are only 15 or so pronunciation rules and almost no exceptions. (Except for Hirwaun, which should be pronounced heer wine but the locals say er-win)

    • @samuel.j.barker
      @samuel.j.barker ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree, but there's a caveat...
      Many place names contain the same word as others, or are just very similar. Like 'Hirwaun' and 'Hirwaen' for example; but there's loads.
      Not to mention the fact that a lot of the names are also just words for certain things; like 'LLan', which is 'Church.' So it kinda just adds difficulty of another kind, rather than pronunciation

    • @Evan490BC
      @Evan490BC ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Oh God... I prefer to use the generic name "That place in Wales" for all Welsh towns.

    • @alganhar1
      @alganhar1 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@Evan490BC Welsh is purely phonetic, unlike English. If you are not interested in what the names MEAN, you can learn how to pronounce them fairly quickly. And unlike English those pronunciation rules stay the same.
      The most important thing people need to remember is that the Welsh Alphabet is very different to the English Alphabet. People often complain Welsh has too few vowels for example, it has 7 compared to 5 for English (Y and W are vowels in Welsh, not consonants).
      Also some sounds are represented by two letters, LL for example, there are others including CH, NG, FF and DD.
      When you realise for example that Llan is not four letters, but three, with the LL having a specific sound it starts to make more sense. I have less trouble with Welsh place names than with English because of the huge number of pronunciation traps in English, which literally do not exist in Welsh....
      Also helps I speak Welsh.... But for pronunciation that does not matter. You can learn how to pronounce Welsh fairly easily without having to learn to understand it.

    • @Evan490BC
      @Evan490BC ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alganhar1 Thank you very much for your detailed explanation! I must say learning how to pronounce Welsh sounds tempting. I will give it a try!

    • @HS-ig4ly
      @HS-ig4ly ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i agree however, the welsh language is a sin so no

  • @lmlmd2714
    @lmlmd2714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    This is a 100% accurate depiction of how Brits see Americans.

    • @mikespearwood3914
      @mikespearwood3914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And Australians?

    • @Alkatross
      @Alkatross 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I'm an American and your impression impressed me. You pretty much nailed it. Yee haw!

    • @DeusSalis
      @DeusSalis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brits have eyes between their tooth gaps

    • @CCNYMacGuy
      @CCNYMacGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Alkatross Ah, but he didn't get to the few exceptions, such as for those of us from New York City who periodically throw in a EYYY I'M WALKIN HEAHHH to our YEEHAWs

    • @butcherofblav1ken874
      @butcherofblav1ken874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DeusSalis but do either of them have tooth gaps, also every child in England that has wonky teeth get braces free, completely free. About 30 percent of brits get braces

  • @richardsmith2370
    @richardsmith2370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +627

    Just to add extra confusion. Aberystwyth is actually located at the mouth of the River Rheidol and the mouth of the Ystwyth is located just outside of the town in a place called Tan-y-Bwlch.

    • @richardsmith2370
      @richardsmith2370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@thatotherted3555 when I first moved to Aberystwyth I thought it meant Pass of Fire and thought “wow that’s exciting.” One place around there I’ve never understood the meaning of is “Cnwch Coch” pronounced “CNOOCK CORK” with rhaspy Ks like in scouse. I know Coch is Welsh for Red, but never got to the bottom of what a Cnwch was, even after speaking to local fluent welsh speakers.

    • @eleanorcawte532
      @eleanorcawte532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@richardsmith2370 interesting! I don't know any Welsh at all, but I just looked up cnwch as it reminded me of the Irish/Gaeilge word for hill, cnoc. According to wiktionary both descend from the proto-celtic 'knokkos' (hill). Cnocc in old Irish also would mean lump/swelling apparently, and a 'Wales Online' article says cnwch is a word for swell. So cnwch coch means red hill/swell/mound? :) all the best!

    • @richardsmith2370
      @richardsmith2370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@eleanorcawte532 thanks for the info. That kind of makes sense, thinking of where the village is located.

    • @IndigoJo
      @IndigoJo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@richardsmith2370 There's a part of Aberystwyth called Buarth Mawr (I lived there for my second year at uni, it's basically between the railway line and the A44) and I was told that it meant big hill. When I mentioned that the dictionary said 'buarth' meant yard, they told me, "no, that's a Northwalian thing".

    • @richardsmith2370
      @richardsmith2370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@IndigoJo yes the difference between northwalian and southwalian dialects can be very confusing. I speak southwalian but I would say hill is “Bryn” in southwalian and Buarth is a enclosed space like a courtyard, walled garden or school yard. However Aberystwyth, being where it is, on the north-south divide does through out some welsh curveballs. I know a Farm near there called Troedrhiwlwba. Troed and Rhiw would come together to mean “foot of the hill” so I guessed the hill was called “Lwba hill” but the farmer who’s family has farmed there since the year dot said, “No! Lwba means middle-sized” so it means “Foot of the middle sized hill”. However, to this day I’ve never come across the word anywhere else.

  • @leocervidae
    @leocervidae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I got told in school the Normans also changed a lot of Anglo-Saxon place names that they struggled to pronounce, and were responsible for a lot of the shortening. They were also responsible for the very creative name “Newcastle”, named after the new castle they built there 😂.

    • @siarhian10
      @siarhian10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The city I'm from was originally called "Castell Newydd ar y Wysg" which is literally a description of what was there at the time. This got shortened down to "Casnewydd". In English, it's "Newport", for some reason. there are a few explanations (wikipedia suggests the old port was the Roman one in caerleon) but as far as We're concerned it's totally unknown why it's called that. there wasn't even a dock there at the time.

    • @paavobergmann4920
      @paavobergmann4920 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Wie have like 200 places called "Neustadt" in germany...("New city"). Founding new cities was all the rage in the 13th century.

    • @Satan-lb8pu
      @Satan-lb8pu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And even french name pronunciation is apparently fucked. Beaulieu is not pronounced at all how it would be by french pronunciation rules

  • @SportyMabamba
    @SportyMabamba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    In MK (Milton Keynes for Americans and other Aliens) we have Woughton, Loughton and Broughton.
    Pronounced “Woof-ton”, “L-ow-ton” and “B-roar-ton”
    The town is only 50-ish years old but the villages who donated their names to districts range from Domesday Book onwards.

    • @danpreston564
      @danpreston564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Famously (to us in MK, at least) all the standard ways of saying those words. Weirdly, I couldn’t imagine any of those being said differently. Woughton is obviously Woofton. Loughton is obviously Lowton.

    • @gurrrn1102
      @gurrrn1102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      /ˈləʊtən/ or /ˈlaʊtən/ though?

    • @danpreston564
      @danpreston564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gurrrn1102 its ow! Like you’ve been punched in the nose.

    • @torspedia
      @torspedia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Just to confuse it even more, with Loughton, as a Cockney speaker I'd pronounce it... Lau'en, lol.

    • @TheMajorpickle01
      @TheMajorpickle01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fellow MK'er, Everyone I know hates how we say buckinghamshire, or phonetically, buckunamsher

  • @trickvro
    @trickvro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1641

    Nobody:
    Cars in eastern Somerset: "vrome vrome"

  • @pirouette5212
    @pirouette5212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +904

    Can't wait in 2200 people will just say, "can you hand me that Wrrrrr sauce?"

    • @Bacopa68
      @Bacopa68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I have some Wrrr sauce in my kitchen cabinet.

    • @donatist59
      @donatist59 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Thanks to a grandson's mispronunciation we now call it "Shoosher sauce" in my family.

    • @hecatium4473
      @hecatium4473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Cyu hn m’tht wrr sos

    • @zeldadinosaur
      @zeldadinosaur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@hecatium4473 Sos!

    • @francesatty7022
      @francesatty7022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Americans already do that

  • @Rishi26007
    @Rishi26007 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Both of you radiate a huge amount of stephen fry & hugh laurie energy.

  • @MattColbo
    @MattColbo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1646

    had a really good laugh at 1:25 hahahahaha

    • @iaw7406
      @iaw7406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I loved your tom scott video, who is next ?

    • @AVeryRandomPerson
      @AVeryRandomPerson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      What's next? Basically A Jay Foreman Video?

    • @mickey4125
      @mickey4125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh hi, Matt!

    • @Jojozilla426
      @Jojozilla426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AVeryRandomPerson hopefully

    • @sallybradshaw4576
      @sallybradshaw4576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The fact that Matt watches MapMen is one of the least surprising things I've ever heard

  • @bens4044
    @bens4044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    Subscribed after "Could you mispronounce Frome for me?" "Portsmouth."

    • @kralik394
      @kralik394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too

    • @user-rx9ny4yo2e
      @user-rx9ny4yo2e 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Liar

    • @harroldyoungling1481
      @harroldyoungling1481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      imagine listing to imagine but being covered by imagine dragons and this is left on for no good reason //th-cam.com/video/fVJKfsRXUiw/w-d-xo.html

    • @effie1349
      @effie1349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@harroldyoungling1481 why would I listen to Imagine Dragons

  • @malcolmdale
    @malcolmdale 4 ปีที่แล้ว +506

    The lady Matilda de Belvoir
    was such a persistent decelvoir
    that the Bishop of Leicester,
    although he confeicester,
    would seldom, if ever, belelvoir.

    • @kittycatcrunchie
      @kittycatcrunchie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why is this place called Beve...

    • @2760ade
      @2760ade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I live in Leicester, and have found that even some people born here, get that one wrong😀

    • @Tuck-Shop
      @Tuck-Shop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That is the most crazy poem I've ever read.
      Doesn't look like it should work but it does amongst other things

    • @MrJoeshipley
      @MrJoeshipley 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@2760ade I live in Leicester and I've never seen this poem before but it's brilliant 🤣

    • @davidguthary8147
      @davidguthary8147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For those finding this difficult to read:
      The lady Matilda de Belvoir
      Was such a persistent deceiver
      That the Bishop of Leicester,
      Although he confessed her,
      Would seldom, if ever, believe her.

  • @peterv6343
    @peterv6343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your adverts are just as fun to watch as your shows! I never sit and watch all the advertisements but with your channel, I always do! Great job!

  • @bridgecross
    @bridgecross 4 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    It is true, every morning I wake up here in America and yell "ZIPPITY DOO DA!!"

    • @MsZsc
      @MsZsc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      i wake up to the smell of maple syrup in canada

    • @randomnobody660
      @randomnobody660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MsZsc freshly delivered by your mail moose i assume?

    • @evedaser24
      @evedaser24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And it is true here in Australia that we wake up and shout 'Wooloomooloo', as we all do.

    • @bridgecross
      @bridgecross 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@evedaser24 Fairilee dinkabum, matey!

  • @andyzhang7890
    @andyzhang7890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    I’ve never seen a video that simultaneously is so relevant to my interests content wise and fits my stupid sense of humour so perfectly...

  • @morganolai8926
    @morganolai8926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +682

    For those frustrated that the pronunciation of "Godmanchester" was not explained in the video, it's "Gumster".

    • @tito_zz9217
      @tito_zz9217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      W H A T

    • @Jojozilla426
      @Jojozilla426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@tito_zz9217 indeed

    • @jasonlee3247
      @jasonlee3247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      The name comes from football fans’ exasperation:- “god Manchester United are on tele again!”

    • @timpattenden8915
      @timpattenden8915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I live next to Godmanchester and trust me no one has ever pronounced it Gumster. It’s either pronounced “God Manchester’ or ‘Goodman-Chester” by locals

    • @garycalvert2195
      @garycalvert2195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Having worked there most people call it God -Manchester not gumster did you know there is a stately home on the Main Street through!

  • @hoid9407
    @hoid9407 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh wow I'd never heard of this channel, but between being a hopeless linguistics nerd and your dry humor, I'm DYING! You two are phenomenal, keep it up

  • @EddusPoet
    @EddusPoet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    I grew up near Haultwick which is pronounced: “Artic” they just threw letters out at random and stuck with it.

    • @lordgemini2376
      @lordgemini2376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lool

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As far as I can tell, the letters are still there, but the sounds have been lost.

  • @corruptedminds5679
    @corruptedminds5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    What's worse is when those Welsh place names transplanted over to America where they somehow manage to get even *more* mispronounced

    • @dropit7694
      @dropit7694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Whats worse is that places that sound exactly how you say it and mispronounced anyway e.g. Bangor. Despite what southern english think its not "Ban-ger" from Bangers and mash.

    • @rosiefay7283
      @rosiefay7283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I've just been exploring New England in Google Maps and came across Swanzey. I mean, seriously? Still, if it gets people to pronounce it right, that's one thing, I suppose.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@dropit7694 Bangor in Wales or Bangor in Northern Ireland? Similarly, there are Newcastles in England, Ireland, and Northern Ireland.

    • @jackroutledge352
      @jackroutledge352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Bangor? I hardly even know 'or.

    • @maffleet
      @maffleet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@qwertyTRiG There's also a Bangor Maine.

  • @Well_Earned_Siesta
    @Well_Earned_Siesta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    “Tourists who get it wrong risk being imprisoned, or killed”
    😅😂😂😂

    • @AdamTheMan1993
      @AdamTheMan1993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      If that law became official then every American visiting Britain will be in prison by now

    • @bwiebertram
      @bwiebertram 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Gizio the Jackal al'n w'k

    • @arwahsapi
      @arwahsapi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Or sent to Australia

    • @spg1126
      @spg1126 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sad. Many such cases.

    • @ukevo
      @ukevo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AdamTheMan1993 Not a place name, but every history podcast by Americans pronounce Geoffrey as Joffrey.

  • @HypocriticalElitist
    @HypocriticalElitist ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First video from your channel I've seen. You guys are... intense. I've never seen a TH-cam VPN ad that didn't suck before.

  • @vejovim
    @vejovim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    American here. Your American accent at the end of the video is spot on. You sound just like my late grandfather. I cried a little. Oscar worthy.

    • @1218omaroo
      @1218omaroo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yet, The attempt at an “Australian” accent was positively cringeworthy... LOL

  • @SabreVDM
    @SabreVDM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Woolloomooloo is an actual town in NSW, so that Australian accent at the end of the advert has levels. Well played, Map Men.

    • @DanielHowarth00
      @DanielHowarth00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its also arguably one of the hardest place names in aus to get right. Even for us locals

    • @rustynumbat
      @rustynumbat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@DanielHowarth00 Mandjoogoordap in Perth required a wider freeway sign to fit, but it's pronounced pretty phonetically.

    • @jesserowlingsify
      @jesserowlingsify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DanielHowarth00 What!? Woolloomooloo is a super easy place name to say.

    • @freeman10000
      @freeman10000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rustynumbat It always cracks me up travelling south on the Kwinana Freeway to see the exit signs to Mandjoogoordap Drive.
      A beautiful local language.

  • @nathancreek6086
    @nathancreek6086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +745

    I feel like the people who conducted that Frome survey weren't asking people to pronounce Trottiscliffe (Troz-ley) because that has got to be the most confusing nonsensical one there is

    • @Forestgravy90
      @Forestgravy90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      That simply needs to change

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Happisburgh, anyone ?

    • @HeidiLandRover
      @HeidiLandRover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@millomweb Yes, one of my fovourites too :-D

    • @vincentmoon9187
      @vincentmoon9187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Sitting here cackling at how ridiculous that is. I thought Milngavie was bad ("Mill-guy")

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vincentmoon9187 Not 'mull guy' ?

  • @irynakalychak6821
    @irynakalychak6821 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is hilarious! Can't how much time and effort went into recording this. Glad I came across this channel!

  • @rlp1998
    @rlp1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    When it comes to the english language, i always recall what my old english teacher used to say, "there are rules, but everything is an exception to those rules"

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I remember learning the “I before E except after C” rule as a kid but every time I went to apply it to a word, that word would be the exception to the rule lol.

    • @ckl9390
      @ckl9390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rachelcookie321 Most of those exceptions are German in origin.

    • @bartolomeothesatyr
      @bartolomeothesatyr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rachelcookie321 Weird, huh? :D

    • @pingucraft95
      @pingucraft95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In my opinion thats even more true in spanish, specifically with the conjugation of verbs.

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rachelcookie321 When I was at school they taught us that it only applies when the letters make an 'ee' sound, but even then there are exceptions due to various foreign words that have been imported into the language - caffeine breaks the rule in one direction and concierge in the other - so I believe in 2005 they stopped teaching the rule altogether

  • @victorharderson8782
    @victorharderson8782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    As a Californian, that was the finest American accent I've ever heard.. I was absolutely convinced.. great video too

  • @hunnyboi67
    @hunnyboi67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +957

    Looks like Jay's just started his fourth year at Hogwarts

    • @ala0284
      @ala0284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      “Harry potter and the year no-one got a haircut”

    • @iaw7406
      @iaw7406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wonder if he is related to daniel radcliffe.

    • @AlecWindmiller
      @AlecWindmiller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@iaw7406 no

    • @iaw7406
      @iaw7406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AlecWindmiller they have a similar ethnic background and they do look similar so its unlikely but still possible that they are related.

    • @MephLeo
      @MephLeo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@iaw7406 Everyone is related to everyone else if you go back long enough.

  • @Enjyu_666
    @Enjyu_666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Brilliant! I remember when I first arrived in the UK and got teased on how I'd pronuce Leicester or Gloucester, mind you I already spoke and read fluent English 😂 and as a sensible adult what I did was, of course, tease my visiting English -speaking friends into the same game, except now I have no idea how to pronounce Southwark like a foreigner 😱 but I can still laugh at the botched attempts

  • @zaker721
    @zaker721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    This reminds me of a story I wrote back in high school. I created a character called Lord Bliscester of Nocestril Hall. At least my English teacher got it.

    • @ashgreninja7521
      @ashgreninja7521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Lord Blister of Nostril Hall?Peak comedy

    • @GiraffeFeatures
      @GiraffeFeatures 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ashgreninja7521 let him live out his little ‘and then everyone clapped’ fantasy

    • @LawrenceSteps
      @LawrenceSteps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I, for one, found this hilarious.

    • @zaker721
      @zaker721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ashgreninja7521 Well, the sort of thing a high school kid finds funny, I guess.

  • @DanTheStripe
    @DanTheStripe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    You've absolutely mastered the art of getting people to watch the adverts by choice. Fantastic.

    • @louistracy6964
      @louistracy6964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not quite.

    • @BodywiseMustard
      @BodywiseMustard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah no, I'm not submitting to advertisement for anyone

    • @danikq2525
      @danikq2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BodywiseMustard so weak that you can't sit there for 2 minutes without buying something. do you close your eyes every 10 minutes when you watch tv too?

    • @alphabetaomega265
      @alphabetaomega265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They should open a marketing company

    • @andybowen1973
      @andybowen1973 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danikq2525 or maybe he just doesn’t wanna watch an ad and if he has the ability to skip it they will

  • @tjhc2397
    @tjhc2397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    "Which was sensibly renamed Braintree" is the perfect explanation for a perfect name.

  • @Flaminius_._GG
    @Flaminius_._GG ปีที่แล้ว +7

    7:48 the Australians would never say, "shrimp on the barbie" they would say prawn instead. Aside from that, this video is very GROUSE

  • @hueynsoe7586
    @hueynsoe7586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    The city of Gotham is so corrupt, only goatman could save them all.

    • @shredcycles2003
      @shredcycles2003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I live 5 mins from there, it’s in Nottingham, and btw we see goatman on a daily basis I honestly don’t know what we would do without him

    • @Randomizer903
      @Randomizer903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Did-- did you just make a HermitCraft reference?

    • @k4four615
      @k4four615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Doc.

    • @azuredragonofnether5433
      @azuredragonofnether5433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You goatme. XD

    • @sian2513
      @sian2513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The buses there have the batman symbol on them, just to add to the confusion 😂

  • @ekathe85
    @ekathe85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Seeing the names "Ordovices" and "Silures" in the map at 4:17 led me to discover that it's no coincidence that geological time periods were initially classified by british geologists.

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Geology was basically invented by Scots.

    • @ZGryphon
      @ZGryphon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      And then along comes the Jurassic, which is named after a mountain range on the Franco-Swiss border...

    • @TheoHiggins
      @TheoHiggins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      British geology really is incredible
      (Says the Geology student...)

    • @Red-in-Green
      @Red-in-Green 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheoHiggins And similar to New York’s, which is my favorite!
      (Says yet another geology student)

    • @PhilK114
      @PhilK114 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      British tribes who fought the Romans

  • @GiraffeFeatures
    @GiraffeFeatures 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    I’m from Quernmore and considering it has a population of about 100 people to say I’m surprised it’s featured is an understatement...

    • @mihaelaenasoiu5481
      @mihaelaenasoiu5481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We Moldovans pronouce it Cuormă! :)

    • @LindaTCornwall
      @LindaTCornwall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Want to try a few Cornish place names, these ones are always interesting lol... Doublebois, Hewaswater, Tywardreath, Zelah, Caerhays, Perranuthnoe, Pelynt. Nothing like summer to bring endless entertainment as you get stopped and asked were X, Y and Z are! Half of the time you haven't even heard of the place they're asking for. It's not until they show you that you laugh and explain yeah it's pronounced blah blah blah.. For some reason Londoner's seem to have the most problems. The Welsh usually do the best job and don't usually have an issue as out languages were both so similar that they can usually see how it's pronounced or work it out.

    • @crazysilly2914
      @crazysilly2914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@LindaTCornwall Cornish, Breton, and welsh were the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional elvish 'Quenyan' and 'Sindaren' languages

    • @ColossalDave
      @ColossalDave 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice internet speeds though

    • @nicholasscyther8755
      @nicholasscyther8755 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's just a funny moment in the age of the understatement, to my mind)

  • @CallumAtwal
    @CallumAtwal 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    2:49 I love how the W is silent 😄⚓️

  • @Sceadusawol
    @Sceadusawol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    "Try this one: Frome."
    *lives about 10 miles away*

    • @louiisez3563
      @louiisez3563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      init i was surprised thats the most mispronounced

    • @YTPEXPERT
      @YTPEXPERT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Somerset is number one!

    • @Sceadusawol
      @Sceadusawol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@YTPEXPERT I'm actually across the border in Wiltshire.

    • @pd4165
      @pd4165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm from Manchester yet I knew how to pronounce Frome. I just like knowing stuff, but I draw the line at Celtic names.
      There's always an exception to any rule (not necessarily, but it's a good get out).

    • @YTPEXPERT
      @YTPEXPERT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Sceadusawol I did suspect this. Still... Somerset is number one!

  • @miketacos9034
    @miketacos9034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +399

    “Wrr” is if you’re feeling posh. Most locals just make a low guttural grunt.

    • @theoceanistblu9346
      @theoceanistblu9346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sorry I ruined your 69 likes

    • @blagoevski336
      @blagoevski336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@theoceanistblu9346 Haha funi sex number

  • @andrewmole745
    @andrewmole745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    I once read that Rome used to be pronounced “room” before the vowel shift that you mentioned. I vaguely remember that this is found in Shakespeare. So if so, we shouldn’t blame the celts when the pronunciation of Rome shifted and Frome didn’t.

    • @adolflenin4973
      @adolflenin4973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      2400 : Worcester = Beep boop boop 😂

    • @thebandit0256
      @thebandit0256 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually people call it Roma

    • @JubioHDX
      @JubioHDX ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thebandit0256 it was still closer to "room-a" than "r-oh-ma"

    • @kenshii7404
      @kenshii7404 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thebandit0256frome was originally frāmā, so it probably shifted to froma at some point

    • @IdbaTheGreat
      @IdbaTheGreat ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ah that actually makes sense, in Arabic Rome is called Rum - with a long pronunciation like in Room.

  • @unneccry2222
    @unneccry2222 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    6:51 only Jay Foreman can break the fourth wall to make the story more believable

  • @burningmatch09
    @burningmatch09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    "We're the men..."
    "...and here's the map!"
    *Stands in front of a sign*
    WHY WOULD YOU LIE TO ME LIKE THAT? I TRUSTED YOU!

  • @bengrace8808
    @bengrace8808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    As an American, that accent was so flawless I instantly assumed he'd just been putting on an English accent for the rest of his career.
    But watching to the very end, it's clear he's actually Austrailian.

    • @electrostar5161
      @electrostar5161 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's british

    • @crazycjk
      @crazycjk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@electrostar5161 surely not!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

    • @a39tortoise40
      @a39tortoise40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@electrostar5161 Some one let the joke go over their head...

    • @electrostar5161
      @electrostar5161 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      looks like i knew that it was a joke

    • @Hakucho64
      @Hakucho64 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well played, Sir!

  • @matlam8876
    @matlam8876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    Hello! I am living in Hong Kong and I really appreciate your video (and others from your channel too!) as I am always frustrated by the pronunciation of places in Hong Kong like "Gloucester Road" (yea Hong Kong was once a British Colony) and I was even more frustrated when I learnt that Reading in the UK is not a place for reading!......

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Since Cantonese is the main language in Hong Kong, do people pronounce the English place names correctly or do they just pronounce them the way they look?

    • @universe1879
      @universe1879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@rachelcookie321 they use Cantonese to pronounce it but in rare cases they will use how it looks like it is pronounced

    • @samuell.foxton4177
      @samuell.foxton4177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fun Reading reading fact: the stairwell of Reading Central Library straddles a stream, which you can look down at from the windows

    • @beth12svist
      @beth12svist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reading is a place for getting ready, and it's definitely confusing to a foreigner.

    • @ElSpongerino
      @ElSpongerino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Is you study English at Reading University are you reading reading at reading?

  • @JASFMXL
    @JASFMXL ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this channel and his british humour

  • @YLCCOfficial
    @YLCCOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    For English you need:
    A base of Germanic Anglo-Saxon
    A healthy dash of Old Norse
    A huge “dollop” of Norman French
    Just a barely detectable hint of Celtic

    • @StandingRoom
      @StandingRoom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ...Why did I read that in Mrs Crocombe's voice?

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought it was just a novel way to get rid of your Christmas decorations.

    • @f1mbultyr
      @f1mbultyr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hate how the term "Anglo-Saxon" ignores the linguistic and ethnic contributions of Juts and Frisians. It wasn't just Agles and Saxons!

  • @marinodezelak1180
    @marinodezelak1180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    As a Slovenian, the way you pronounced Ptuj, killed me, lol
    Needles to say, we pronounce the letters themselves completely differently, so it's not quite "P-Tu-dsh" lol
    It's more like Ptu-ee.. like you'd say pfui, but with a T instead of an F

    • @gormster
      @gormster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      Ah yes, that classic English word, pfui

    • @marinodezelak1180
      @marinodezelak1180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@gormster more German... I guess...
      Did you get it though?

    • @falpsdsqglthnsac
      @falpsdsqglthnsac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      tbh ptuj sounds more like an english word than pfuj

    • @henrietteneuschwander219
      @henrietteneuschwander219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@marinodezelak1180 I'm German, so I got it, I think. Thanks!

    • @swunt10
      @swunt10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gormster pfui is the word germans yell at their dog when he tries to eat shit. we have a word for everything..

  • @andrewk9267
    @andrewk9267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Memes/jokes aside, absolute shootout to these lads for only putting out bangers, not a single bad video ever

    • @forwardslash1486
      @forwardslash1486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Quality over quantity...

    • @respectedgentleman4322
      @respectedgentleman4322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah good point. We all complain about the upload schedule but you cant have it both ways. Plus how excited were you all to see a new map men on your TH-cam feed? Map map map map men!!

    • @theblancmange1265
      @theblancmange1265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please don't fix "shootout".

    • @MephLeo
      @MephLeo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theblancmange1265 He did it... :(

    • @andrewk9267
      @andrewk9267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MephLeo lol I changed it back, I give the people what they want

  • @bitzbox
    @bitzbox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Was hoping Wymondham or Happisburgh would make an appearance. (Windham and Haysborough) I think we just make it up in Norfolk

  • @likebot.
    @likebot. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    "That's not my name"
    "It's spelled Raymond Luxury Yacht, but is pronounced Throatwobller Mangrove".

    • @alexroselle
      @alexroselle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      you're a very silly person, and I'm not going to interview you.

    • @Kris.G
      @Kris.G 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@alexroselle oh please!

    • @DanDart
      @DanDart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oooh, an aer o plane!
      F L A P.

    • @kimifur
      @kimifur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I scrolled for exactly this comment!

    • @rhaeven
      @rhaeven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DanDart Oh! AN HHOOP!

  • @Saber_Lover
    @Saber_Lover 4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    I swear they added another "map" in the intro.

    • @harleyokeefe5193
      @harleyokeefe5193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The do it a lot, watch season 1 of map men and they do little variations on the intro all the time

    • @phelpysan
      @phelpysan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And removed a man

  • @aadaman
    @aadaman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    4th upload of the year, we’re so lucky

  • @WhollyOdd
    @WhollyOdd ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I lived in Nottingham, I kept saying the village of Southwell as it was spelled, but would be corrected every time... "Suthle"

  • @Mole_45
    @Mole_45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    A region of the town I'm from is spelt Caldmore. It took 15 years of living here to put two and two together and realise this was the place everyone was referring to as "Karma"

    • @ianpodmore9666
      @ianpodmore9666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Walsall

    • @Szaam
      @Szaam 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Walsall folk unite

    • @ahmedamine24
      @ahmedamine24 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Caldmore's a bitch.

  • @rwboa22
    @rwboa22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    In the U.S., there are two cities named Newark - one in Delaware and the other in New Jersey - that lie on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between New York City and the District of Columbia (both having stations that are listed as stops on Amtrak's timetable). The Newark in New Jersey, a major transportation hub for Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and PATH to Lower Manhattan, is pronounced "New-erk", while the one in Delaware, which is a minor station and mostly used by SEPTA (through an agreement with the Delaware Department of Transportation) for morning and evening weekday commuter rail service, is pronounced "New-ark".

    • @joevaccaro6655
      @joevaccaro6655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I’m from New Jersey and I’m happy you posted this. “Newerk” is almost one syllable while the Delaware pronunciation sounds like 2 words. And there is a Newark in Britain, I wonder how they pronounce it.

    • @wayward4657
      @wayward4657 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh that’s weird. I always assumed the New Jersey one is pronounced “New-ark”

    • @CatWiddowson
      @CatWiddowson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I live in the same county as the Newark in the UK, as it happens! It's pronounced fairly similarly to the NJ variant - something like New-ukk or Noo-ukk, emphasis is on the first syllable and the second one is contracted.

    • @joevaccaro6655
      @joevaccaro6655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😃 That makes me a little more proud of where I grew up, we pronounce our biggest city correctly according to the place we got our language 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Thanks 😊 for sharing.

    • @DogsRNice
      @DogsRNice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually there are 18 newarks in the us two of which are in Wisconsin and there’s also two Newark valleys in New York

  • @rebecca-ld1dr
    @rebecca-ld1dr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    "is that the end of the sentence" is literally me when i'm speaking to someone new and i haven't figured out the flow of the conversation

    • @naresu
      @naresu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davidjacobs8558 same with japanese

    • @lordofgangstas
      @lordofgangstas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      naresh Is that the end of the sentence desu ka

    • @naresu
      @naresu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lordofgangstas yes that is the end of the sentence desu

    • @nikobellic570
      @nikobellic570 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is that the end of your comment?

  • @nikspring
    @nikspring 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks

  • @SarahSmith-nr2wj
    @SarahSmith-nr2wj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    We had some American guests to stay with us in the Cotswolds a while ago. They were so shocked that a small, local village was called Sheepscombe, pronounced sheep's-come

    • @johnjephcote7636
      @johnjephcote7636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I was told that my friend heard someone mispronounce Loughborough ('Luffburrer') as "Loogenburg". Well, how could he know?

    • @jackiedelvalle
      @jackiedelvalle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @john jephcote 🤣🤣
      Btw, I'd squish even more and say "Luff-bruh".

    • @ZGryphon
      @ZGryphon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I hope nobody told them about Scunthorpe.

    • @blackcountryme
      @blackcountryme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ZGryphon Which is the reason you cannot bad swear words on the internet!

    • @Silverythoughts
      @Silverythoughts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      just wait till they hear about the village of Butcombe 😂

  • @iandumont4731
    @iandumont4731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    I'm an American from Massachusetts and this is the most relatable thing ive ever seen.
    For example: Worcester, Billerica, Gloucester and of course Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

    • @gabiskone
      @gabiskone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Waltham and Dedham too haha

    • @tankinator451
      @tankinator451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I actually can't think of a town in Mass that isn't named after an English one
      I'm from Warwick in RI

    • @archiebellega956
      @archiebellega956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@tankinator451 There's a reason the region is called New England

    • @mdoherty9188
      @mdoherty9188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tankinator451 Natick (Native origin)

    • @beaucaspar3990
      @beaucaspar3990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ahhhh, New England

  • @gohanssj48
    @gohanssj48 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    "But contains nonsensical phonetic traps that is impossible to predict." Wait, doesn't this applies to ALL the english language?!

    • @gotioify
      @gotioify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes

    • @pauliedoodle1939
      @pauliedoodle1939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Unless it’s US English. They altered the written English language to get rid of all the historical letters that are their for no reason and changed spellings so they are more phonetic. The only smart thing the Yanks ever did. Lol

    • @siratshi455
      @siratshi455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Anles it's US Inglish. Dhey altered the riten Inglish længwaj tü get rid of ol dhe historical lettas that ar dher for now rizon end cheynjәd spelings sow they ar mor fonetic. Dhe onli smart thing dhe Yanks ever did. Lol.
      So, remind me, wæt Americans did?

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@pauliedoodle1939 No, they just turned -ise into -ize, colour into color, centre into center. The rest of the language is still a confusing mess.

    • @stuckupcurlyguy
      @stuckupcurlyguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@pauliedoodle1939 lol they changed like five things and kept the rest ridiculous. All that was achieved is that there are now TWO standard versions of written English to memorise.

  • @Oscar92839
    @Oscar92839 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:52 never thought I would hear mark say that

  • @mattexists133
    @mattexists133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    "and tonight we can expect to see heavy showers spreading in from the west into"..."wales" that one made me chuckle