1 LANGUAGE, 3 ACCENTS! UK vs. USA vs. AUS English Pronunciation!

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  • WATER = wor-tah or waah-derr? We speak the same English language in 3 very different ways - British vs Australian vs American English pronunciation! FREE audiobook: geni.us/audiobookFREE (Amazon affiliate)
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  • @EnglishwithLucy
    @EnglishwithLucy  Před 2 lety +89

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  • @cherrytae4704
    @cherrytae4704 Před 3 lety +2927

    British: Harry Pottah
    Australian: Harry Poddah
    American: Harry Podder
    Indian: Hari Puttar

  • @rishibarapatre5339
    @rishibarapatre5339 Před 3 lety +2432

    I have studied British English in school but I watch Hollywood so I speak the accent of "United Kingdom Of America"

    • @user-ce4ru1vs2i
      @user-ce4ru1vs2i Před 3 lety +115

      And watching cricket match in Aussie commentary

    • @xen2095
      @xen2095 Před 3 lety +95

      Literally the same.... I speak using American words but with British accent

    • @Gambol_25
      @Gambol_25 Před 3 lety +34

      @@xen2095 and my English is a damn mutant xD

    • @heyhey-rr3gb
      @heyhey-rr3gb Před 3 lety +5

      🤣

    • @sifaelnanono9077
      @sifaelnanono9077 Před 3 lety +4

      Hahaha

  • @Youngisgod
    @Youngisgod Před 2 lety +118

    When Lucy falls into an American accent, it sounds so natural. I always have to do a double take.

    • @BackRoadStoneRevival
      @BackRoadStoneRevival Před 2 lety +18

      She instantly becomes Paris Hilton when she hits her American accent

    • @H4K4N
      @H4K4N Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@BackRoadStoneRevival Or Phoebe

  • @Salchipapafied
    @Salchipapafied Před 2 lety +129

    To be fair, the way Vanessa pronounces "percentage" is clearly correct if you do so slowly and deliberately, but a lot of people (at least where I live) pronounce it more as "persennidge" in regular conversation.

    • @BackRoadStoneRevival
      @BackRoadStoneRevival Před 2 lety +4

      I was going to say I don’t pronounce the t at all. More of persenage

    • @eyecomeinpeace2707
      @eyecomeinpeace2707 Před 2 lety

      Same with Canadian pronunciation.

    • @kfelix2934
      @kfelix2934 Před 2 lety +2

      Correct? That would really depend on who think their version is "correct" . Correct by what standard is what I'm saying to suggest.
      The UK speaker is "correct", the down under is "correct" and the US speaker is also "correct".

    • @Salchipapafied
      @Salchipapafied Před 2 lety +1

      @@kfelix2934 Each version is indeed correct for the region they're in. Not sure why you think I was trying to dispute that.
      I'm simply stating that the more common pronunciation of "percentage" where I live is "persennidge".

    • @blackporscheroadster6415
      @blackporscheroadster6415 Před rokem +1

      I hate when accents drop the 't' glottalisation.

  • @marblesgrande1680
    @marblesgrande1680 Před 3 lety +1569

    I've been speaking with Australian accent my whole life and I didn't even know Aus accent sounded like that until now. LMAO.

    • @birsingh5388
      @birsingh5388 Před 3 lety +27

      So these ladies just fooling around and just joking? 😂

    • @chloebird860
      @chloebird860 Před 3 lety +18

      Same are you by any chance from England up north i am and was thinking the same this

    • @charlistagg
      @charlistagg Před 3 lety +5

      Lol 😂

    • @kingphatty578
      @kingphatty578 Před 3 lety

      Same occurrence for me too.

    • @JGD178
      @JGD178 Před 3 lety +1

      @@chloebird860 same🤣

  • @EnglishwithLucy
    @EnglishwithLucy  Před 3 lety +2608

    Aaaah it is nice to be back. Thank you for waiting so patiently for me. Something sad happened in my family. I hope you all are safe and well x

  • @jgphantom6
    @jgphantom6 Před 2 lety +39

    Im Australian and I gotta say I absolutely adore Lucy's accent. Its probably my favourite accent in the world haha

  • @lindasilvester
    @lindasilvester Před 2 lety +12

    Dear Lucy, I noticed that you pronounce 'either' the American way.
    Also, I always call a duvet a quilt. When they first came out, as opposed to sheets and blankets, we called them 'continental quilts'.
    A 'greengrocer' sells fruit and veg; a 'grocer' sells any foodstuffs. Linda (born and brought up in England).

  • @smitachauhan6022
    @smitachauhan6022 Před 3 lety +2229

    We INDIANS just speak each letter in the word😂😂😂.
    To us every letter must get justice😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣..

  • @0187663958
    @0187663958 Před 3 lety +3070

    I feel like the asturalian English pronunciation is mix of the British and american..and close a more to the British

    • @hello.princess7773
      @hello.princess7773 Před 3 lety +181

      As an Australian, I can confirm that’s true haha

    • @lzl4226
      @lzl4226 Před 3 lety +105

      That's because it is. There are also tons of first generation brits in Australia, I feel like I can do a British accent if I want, although it'd probably be completely wrong. To complicate things more, I feel like some Asian Australians do a bit of an American accent, for example a friend of mine likes to say "my gosh" it drives me nuts.

    • @alanrodrigues3258
      @alanrodrigues3258 Před 3 lety +38

      I think australian speek like a surfer mix old people in UK, and any other country try to speek like american, because of the actually culture, musical market, Hollywood etc, sell it.

    • @RoX-xo5fm
      @RoX-xo5fm Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah, it seems so

    • @saahirakhan4955
      @saahirakhan4955 Před 3 lety +6

      Yes, canada has a flag having mixed designs with US and Uk.

  • @davidlewis1524
    @davidlewis1524 Před 2 lety +1

    Another great video. It would be fun to sit and listen to the three of you have a casual conversation.
    Thank you again.

  • @KJones-qs7ju
    @KJones-qs7ju Před 2 lety +11

    I'm from Ohio (USA...just in case!) and we definitely have the same terminology and usage for "woods" and "forest" as the UK! I have never in my life referred to a generally "wooded area" as a forest unless it was as a joke or as part of a place that was legally designated as such (i.e., state forest, a very large part of land with dense trees in a national park, etc.).

  • @juguito127
    @juguito127 Před 3 lety +1891

    The moment when you realize you have a strange mixture of British, American, Australian and Mexican spanish accent 😅😅😅

    • @rigelkosako
      @rigelkosako Před 3 lety +17

      Julia De la Peña that’s a Mexican accent lol

    • @AFCKingDavid
      @AFCKingDavid Před 3 lety +6

      Rigel Guerra that’s french

    • @arkhenxi4745
      @arkhenxi4745 Před 3 lety +2

      DavidBakeCake YT our R are way more accentuated in a french way so unless you’re a native french or speak french perfectly, you can’t do a french accent

    • @axelgutierrez1093
      @axelgutierrez1093 Před 3 lety +4

      That's German... Change my mind

    • @rigelkosako
      @rigelkosako Před 3 lety +12

      So... Basically any foreign accent is likely to be a mix of the variants of English (American, British, Australian, etc)

  • @sher2513
    @sher2513 Před 3 lety +1213

    Looks like i've been speaking these 3 english mixed together all these years
    (edit:tq for the likes, turns out i'm not the only one who speaks mixed english)

  • @Dan_Ben_Michael
    @Dan_Ben_Michael Před 2 lety +9

    I’ve never been more self conscious about how I speak until this video. Emma has a more polished and enunciated accent than someone like me from the working class suburbs of western Sydney who speaks with a stronger accent and less enunciation. Australian accents do vary to a certain extent. Social class, education, upbringing, ethnicity, occupation and socioeconomic status all play a role in how we pronounce words. My wife from the Philippines says we swallow our words which is a very accurate description. I have been aware that my accent is different to British and American English but never realised how much we replace the letters such as “ch” and “d” for “t” and like “chewsday “ (Tuesday) and “boddle” (bottle) and sometimes we don’t use “t” at all such as “percennage” (percentage). Another thing is we tend to drop the “g” in words that end in “ing” such as come-en and gowen (coming and going). It would be interesting to see a video on the difference between how someone like Emma speaks and someone with my accent.

  • @periperi1951
    @periperi1951 Před 2 lety

    I love this video very much...I learned a lot of new vocabularies...thank you lucy,emma,vanessa🥰😘

  • @nafisa1029
    @nafisa1029 Před 3 lety +1337

    American: Dooty
    British: Duty
    Australian: *Judy*

  • @SpeakEnglishWithVanessa
    @SpeakEnglishWithVanessa Před 3 lety +3625

    This was a lot of fun! Thanks for letting me represent American English.😁❤️ If you want to use the American accent, just say "water bottle" (wah-derrr bod-ul) again and again.😂

    • @alcovendasjohnravenciervic1485
      @alcovendasjohnravenciervic1485 Před 3 lety +59

      Oh, that's nice!
      How about the Covid19 cases in the US?
      I hope that you're safe.❤️🇵🇭

    • @muhijennym.6259
      @muhijennym.6259 Před 3 lety +26

      Ms. Vanessa! ❤️ I just watched your latest video and surprisingly, got a notif from Ms. Lucy! My heart is so happy right now 😭😍😍

    • @alinecardoso9668
      @alinecardoso9668 Před 3 lety +32

      I used to use American English because for me is easier, but sometimes I mix up all the accents, because I have been studying with 3 teachers, one from Africa the other is American accent and the third one is British accent 🙂.

    • @sportlovers1508
      @sportlovers1508 Před 3 lety +17

      What about Harry poderrr

    • @EnglishwithLucy
      @EnglishwithLucy  Před 3 lety +290

      Thank you so much for your time Vanessa ❤️ 🇺🇸

  • @mohammadfaisalh.m.3301
    @mohammadfaisalh.m.3301 Před rokem +3

    I used to find English difficult, but after watching videos on this channel I felt I was able to learn it, especially with a British accent, thank you Lucy

  • @newyorkers7707
    @newyorkers7707 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank You again Miss Lucy for showing me the differences between accent. Thank you also Miss Vanessa and Miss Emma. I really love to watch your videos

  • @Iluvmakeup7
    @Iluvmakeup7 Před 3 lety +1480

    “1 language, 3 accents”
    Arabic language: hold my 99999999999999999999999999999 accents

    • @rahafh5372
      @rahafh5372 Před 3 lety +34

      +100,😂😂

    • @mohamedmarouan9999
      @mohamedmarouan9999 Před 3 lety +5

      خخخخ

    • @elhamredi
      @elhamredi Před 3 lety +8

      HAHAHAHHAHAH omg i only know some فصحى

    • @ivy3891
      @ivy3891 Před 3 lety +36

      You mean dialects. And dialects isn’t the same as accents.

    • @lilylily8918
      @lilylily8918 Před 3 lety +5

      I learned one word with meaning 😂 'maktub'

  • @jonsand8180
    @jonsand8180 Před 3 lety +2115

    I think i speak for everyone when i say: I missed you

    • @neftalisanchez2330
      @neftalisanchez2330 Před 3 lety +15

      Yep!! I missed her so much

    • @kaywtch6248
      @kaywtch6248 Před 3 lety +14

      Oh yesss! And so did I... I don't need to learn English, but I often watch you with my 8 year old nephew. He's in love! He finds you so pretty and funny. No need to say he hates Will 🤣🤣🤣
      Welcome back Lucy ❣❣❣

    • @theultimateamazing3722
      @theultimateamazing3722 Před 3 lety +8

      Correction dude : 'WE' missed you

    • @igorvyacheslavtherussianmu3142
      @igorvyacheslavtherussianmu3142 Před 3 lety +4

      same

    • @teacherdilo
      @teacherdilo Před 3 lety +1

      hey guys! How is it going!
      Come take a look at my channel. I've taught English for over 10 yrs. I hope you like my content, see you there!

  • @TheFireBurningWithin
    @TheFireBurningWithin Před 2 lety +44

    I love her bafflement at Australia's complete lack on consistency

    • @shivendrasingh2862
      @shivendrasingh2862 Před 2 lety +10

      Australians have many versions of the accents, Emma is from Western Australia and her accent is totally different from people in Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney , Brisbane and Darwin etc.

    • @mh017509
      @mh017509 Před 2 lety +3

      @@shivendrasingh2862 Not so different, I would say Emma's accent is Melbournian

    • @OldAussieAds
      @OldAussieAds Před 2 lety +6

      @@shivendrasingh2862 I'm from NSW and I don't find her accent very different to mine. I think the accents vary with location (e.g. urban vs rural) - more so than region.

  • @dharanyamuthukumar1945
    @dharanyamuthukumar1945 Před 2 lety +1

    I learnt plethora of words from you.
    I love your teaching and interactions

  • @youcancountonmelike1237
    @youcancountonmelike1237 Před 3 lety +754

    when they say : "harry potter"
    me : it's must be harry pO-TTAH

  • @adrianamartins0306
    @adrianamartins0306 Před 3 lety +613

    Americans: 'Little'
    Australians: 'Little'
    All i hear: Lidl

  • @magicalmystery1964
    @magicalmystery1964 Před 2 lety +21

    I live in the US and you must understand that we have even more accents than the British Isles do. The South Carolina accent, the south in general, sound very different from the east coast and west coast. I was listening to Vanessa thinking ‘nope, that’s not how we pronounce it in Nevada’

    • @jweber76
      @jweber76 Před 2 lety +3

      I totally agree. Born & raised in Colorado, but now live in SC. Vanessa doesn’t seem to have a strong southern accent, but she definitely pronounced words very differently from both CO & SC! 😊

    • @blackporscheroadster6415
      @blackporscheroadster6415 Před rokem

      British Isles has about 30 different accents.

  • @annabuzuel4754
    @annabuzuel4754 Před rokem

    It's amazing linguistic lesson about differents pronunciation and accents. Bravo ! J'adore ça !

  • @Kelsaang
    @Kelsaang Před 3 lety +480

    I'm indian and I use combination of all the accent. 😂 But majorly British influenced accent. While growing up, we used to think this is wrong, that is right..... But now we realise no one's wrong, it's just the variation of accents.

    • @BreakingEnglish
      @BreakingEnglish Před 3 lety +14

      You are absolutely right!

    • @mhyzelgabrielle4784
      @mhyzelgabrielle4784 Před 3 lety +26

      I think everyone who's learning English is like that😂 because I'm filipino and I mix everything up too!

    • @meenashideshmukh2044
      @meenashideshmukh2044 Před 3 lety +8

      I agree ! Same with me. I feel like I speak mixed accents.

    • @past5896
      @past5896 Před 3 lety +3

      Im Bangladeshi & Talk like my favorite CZcamsr judo sloth gaming

    • @xalpacazeu1332
      @xalpacazeu1332 Před 3 lety +9

      Yes indian english has a specific accent, hello welcome to Indian Tech Support

  • @ThalesBrunoM
    @ThalesBrunoM Před 3 lety +902

    Australian English Rules:
    There's no rule

  • @thankyou6864
    @thankyou6864 Před rokem +1

    I sm loving it. Thank you for making such a programs!

  • @JoeKier7
    @JoeKier7 Před 3 měsíci

    Love Lucy's explanations of the differences.
    Me being from the northern USA, I can often tell the difference between the north and south with Vanessa's pronunciations.

  • @ckspernicious4723
    @ckspernicious4723 Před 3 lety +153

    What I learnt from this video :
    So technically nothing is wrong, anyway you pronounce it becomes your accent until someone forces you to admit that their way of pronouncing is correct yours is wrong.

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      @user-ry4lt1qt2j Před 3 lety

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    • @TayoEXE
      @TayoEXE Před 3 lety +4

      The fact that I am American and hear both other accents and still understand what they are saying is evidence of a specific fact of languages. Some sounds are clumped into similar groups naturally since there aren't equivalent words for the slight variations, so the variations sound like the same thing to us. Same goes for other English speakers. For example, if an American sounds like they are saying "Chree" instead of "Tree," well, there is no English word (that I know of) like that, so it just still sounds like "Tree" to a British or Australian for example.
      So yeah, as long as you are understandable, you are fine. It doesn't matter what slight variations you decide to use as long as the people you talk to can understand you where you live.

    • @samanthab3292
      @samanthab3292 Před 3 lety +1

      Nothing is wrong it's all an accent! That's english 😂

  • @nithyakalyaniv9183
    @nithyakalyaniv9183 Před 3 lety +757

    British English : Biscuit
    American English : Cookie
    Australian English : Bikkie
    Tamil ( south indian language ) : maama biscothu 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @patraic5241
    @patraic5241 Před 2 lety +4

    American English pronunciation largely depends on what region of the country where you were raised. There can be a huge variation between individual States. Where I'm from in Duty the T sound is clearly pronounced. In many areas of the US when a word ends in ING the G is often sharply suppressed or entirely silent. I suspect that's because of the large influx of Irish in the 19th Century. Irish accents, especially Northern Ireland, have that characteristic which seems to have passed on the regional US dialects. I don't know where Vanessa lives in the US but where I'm from we don't substitute D for T very often if at all. I'm in the Great Lakes region of the US specifically NE Ohio.

  • @EngyAmr
    @EngyAmr Před rokem

    Please get those videos coming again! I really love watching this video and the other one as well of the 3 of u repeatedly every now n then ❤

  • @adhominem_
    @adhominem_ Před 3 lety +253

    I can't believe in that pronunciation of "Tuesday" in UK... all I hear is chew-sday everywhere :)

    • @euqhor
      @euqhor Před 2 lety +3

      i wanna like your comment, but its at 69-

    • @shaunmckenzie5509
      @shaunmckenzie5509 Před 2 lety

      It's because she's rich

    • @irrelevance3859
      @irrelevance3859 Před 2 lety +2

      @@shaunmckenzie5509 no just has an rp accent

    • @tom700
      @tom700 Před 2 lety +3

      She's what is known as a tory

    • @shaunmckenzie5509
      @shaunmckenzie5509 Před 2 lety

      @@irrelevance3859 RP is usually spoken by wealthier people...

  • @camrentoorealcam8437
    @camrentoorealcam8437 Před 3 lety +272

    I always thought Australian accent it’s like a mix of British with American closer to British accent. And yeah I was right haha

  • @NobodyAtAll420
    @NobodyAtAll420 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm from America and miss Benny Hill!! My dad loved his show and had almost all the VCR tapes! Great video!!

  • @p1t3n6
    @p1t3n6 Před 3 lety +310

    British: Nice
    American: Nice
    Australian: Noice

  • @shainaprasad104
    @shainaprasad104 Před 3 lety +788

    Staying in India, listening to this I guess we have a combination of everything🙈
    We study British English in school and watch Hollywood movies, so yeah that explains why!

  • @darkfiber_gs1711
    @darkfiber_gs1711 Před 2 lety

    This was great listening to the 3 different English accents. Great Video !!!

  • @Arariel3
    @Arariel3 Před 2 lety +3

    This is better than a music channel for me. Thank you ladies so much!

  • @supisaraangthong
    @supisaraangthong Před 3 lety +138

    Ok, so, I’m Thai and in school we mostly learn British accent. I was also staying in Australia for a year when I was 10 years old. And in my free time, I like watching CZcams, so I picked up American accent as well. As a result, I mixed all 3 accents. Lol

    • @MdJalal-nx3xu
      @MdJalal-nx3xu Před 3 lety +2

      Omg me too

    • @puwa3238
      @puwa3238 Před 2 lety

      Im thai too
      But many words ive learned it's from UK
      But i got the US accent
      When i heard some general words from US
      I cant recognize it from the school
      It's new word to me

  • @emersonbarros5718
    @emersonbarros5718 Před 3 lety +317

    I think I use the three accents when I’m speaking English 🤭

  • @KnowledgeandWisdomhub

    All of you people made me learn everything in English. thanks you so much.

  • @bittorrentsdownload
    @bittorrentsdownload Před rokem

    Hello there! Thank you very much for this wonderful video. I enjoyed it very much and hope to see a lot more of you guys together again.

  • @syberyah
    @syberyah Před 3 lety +300

    Some Americans drop the T entirely in "percentage" sometimes. Sometimes I say "percentage" and sometimes it's more of a "percennage."

    • @Equa11ysurl
      @Equa11ysurl Před 3 lety +19

      I said percentage out loud and realized it was basically missing the t. You learn something new everyday!

    • @aksprayday5744
      @aksprayday5744 Před 3 lety +10

      I say percennage and will never stop 😌

    • @classydays43
      @classydays43 Před 3 lety +6

      And in some places in England omit the t entirely
      Bo'le
      Wha'
      Suumingk
      Boo's

    • @hellofriend7416
      @hellofriend7416 Před 3 lety +2

      I was thinking the same

    • @iasked3371
      @iasked3371 Před 3 lety +1

      From the uk and that’s literally how I pronounce it aswell.

  • @Jasmine12324
    @Jasmine12324 Před 3 lety +333

    All my whole life I was mixing the three accents and I pronounce every word as I like to 🙂

    • @samanthab3292
      @samanthab3292 Před 3 lety +15

      That's how the English language is! The rules are all made up lol

    • @Eicee-yg6jh
      @Eicee-yg6jh Před 2 lety +3

      😂😂😂 best comment

  • @alsonnzimande260
    @alsonnzimande260 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much ladies, this is wonderful.

  • @bejeta7
    @bejeta7 Před 2 lety +1

    So fun! I'm studying my Ancestry right now and my Sheffield line comes from Bedfordshire

  • @lucasmt.
    @lucasmt. Před 3 lety +137

    I'll take that phrase for the rest of my life, at 4:34: "many people say it's wrong or lazy, it's not, it's efficient"😜

  • @patriciadurio562
    @patriciadurio562 Před 3 lety +408

    Please remember that different parts of America also have their own dialects and ways of pronouncing words.

    • @susanstetson3435
      @susanstetson3435 Před 3 lety +5

      My family is from southern MA (Boston) and they say r (or rather don’t) more as ah. My mother still has her accent so my son was the only FL born kid who was foah (four/4). So interesting all the different accents just within each country.

    • @hoodyboody
      @hoodyboody Před 3 lety +20

      Nobody forgot.

    • @wordsinahandle
      @wordsinahandle Před 3 lety +48

      I guess the same applies to dialects in uk and Australia too

    • @user-ry4lt1qt2j
      @user-ry4lt1qt2j Před 3 lety +2

      czcams.com/video/s-5B-jjPNSs/video.html

    • @keira9107
      @keira9107 Před 3 lety +3

      We know it the same and probably more with uk

  • @yelenaangeleski3354
    @yelenaangeleski3354 Před rokem +2

    English is my second language (though I've been using it far longer than my mother tongue by now) and I find British English far easier to understand than any other variety. It's the crispness of both the vowels and the consonants (those t's for example) that gives it a lovely clarity. To my ear, American English sounds somehow slurred, a little "muddy" in contrast. Of course, the British English variety I have in mind is the RP type, exemplified by Lucy's speech. Regional accents can throw me for a loop!
    Btw, I learned British English first and acquired an RP accent. After 40+ years of living in Canada, people often take me for a South African! 😂

  • @joaquinfuentes2318
    @joaquinfuentes2318 Před 2 lety

    I love this type of videos, thank you Lucy

  • @aleksandrakrawiec395
    @aleksandrakrawiec395 Před 3 lety +147

    Now I can see how much american movies and songs influence my pronunciation. In Poland we are taught British English, but because of the media i feel that I use American more

    • @user-ry4lt1qt2j
      @user-ry4lt1qt2j Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/nC1lLvq-MEU/video.html

    • @sayansingha6370
      @sayansingha6370 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah, same in India

    • @user-bl4sk2gz4e
      @user-bl4sk2gz4e Před 3 lety +1

      and with me in the Balkans

    • @psifoo
      @psifoo Před 3 lety +2

      American pronunciation and words are pervasive. It creeps into the Australian language and some people aren't aware that they aren't speaking the Aussie lingo. I'm sure it happens elsewhere as well.

    • @emre05x
      @emre05x Před 3 lety +1

      it's called soft power, unfortunately America is strong in this discipline

  • @raynerlopes1
    @raynerlopes1 Před 3 lety +301

    "One language, three accents"
    Brazilian Portuguese: 27 accents hahahaha

    • @raynerlopes1
      @raynerlopes1 Před 3 lety +1

      @T Doran of course I know that

    • @MariaMotast
      @MariaMotast Před 3 lety

      @@raynerlopes1 qkkdkskdks vdd

    • @uzytkownikgoogle9383
      @uzytkownikgoogle9383 Před 3 lety +4

      My language has only 108k speakers and like 25 dialects sooo

    • @strangledcat1945
      @strangledcat1945 Před 3 lety +2

      Mandarin has 200+

    • @CookingWithMichaelD
      @CookingWithMichaelD Před 3 lety

      My family is originally from Portugal so we live in Massachusetts and you got a mixture of this Massachusetts style Portuguese I'm not a very good speaker of Portuguese but I have a hard time understanding the Brazilian Portuguese

  • @lincolnisco1284
    @lincolnisco1284 Před 2 lety +1

    I often mix all accents when l'm speaking, thanks for making this lesson and got to know why sometimes l sounds differently when l'm speaking due to different accents l found myself using them 🤗😔

  • @marwanabdulamalek6715
    @marwanabdulamalek6715 Před 2 lety

    Thank you Lucy for this invaluable information. All my love to you

  • @tins369
    @tins369 Před 3 lety +239

    It's so funny for me to recognise, how much I mix British and American english. I think that's because in school we learned British english, but due to movies, tv series and music I often or almost use American english.
    And some words I pronounce in the Australian way... because I'm German? I don't know 😂 but I think that is the great thing about english. You can talk your way and the most will understand it 😊
    Thank you for your videos.
    Take care and stay healthy 🍀

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 Před 3 lety +7

      A lot of Germans seem to speak with an American accent, which always surprises me. The Dutch usually sound more English than American.

    • @alexz7914
      @alexz7914 Před 3 lety +1

      Same.

    • @dylanjacksongarcia
      @dylanjacksongarcia Před 3 lety +5

      In Spain people normally speak American, but my dad it's British, so I have kind of an Australian accent, though my dad says it sounds artificial. 😔😔

    • @khaleeda16
      @khaleeda16 Před 3 lety +5

      Heyyaaa I learn German at school😁✌🏻

    • @a.b461
      @a.b461 Před 3 lety +3

      Ich auch omg😂

  • @abiadabi8374
    @abiadabi8374 Před 3 lety +319

    British english: elegan
    American english: modern
    Australian english: simple
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    .
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    My english: still learning:(

    • @jarrahello877
      @jarrahello877 Před 3 lety +33

      Australian accent is probably the hardest to learn tho

    • @hunga13
      @hunga13 Před 3 lety +3

      really? Aussie accent is never simple to me

    • @Wooof_Meow
      @Wooof_Meow Před 3 lety +21

      American accent is the easiest to learn though

    • @jiminssi4483
      @jiminssi4483 Před 3 lety +7

      @@jarrahello877 let me be honest ppl here in Australia especially teens we all sound american british mixed language for some reason

    • @michakj4994
      @michakj4994 Před 3 lety +2

      Australian English is simple and elegant, too.

  • @tabbush7
    @tabbush7 Před rokem

    I was a teacher of English as a second language, and when I was a student we studied British English mostly in University level. But when I got to teach later I found all the early school classes have American English curriculum !!
    It was a fun experience nonetheless 😂 , you brought back so many memories while watching thanks for a great video or clip 😂👍🏻

  • @suliu4692
    @suliu4692 Před rokem

    Great video! Thanks Lucy😘

  • @bellafarmer5919
    @bellafarmer5919 Před 3 lety +155

    I fell on the ground laughing when American one said ‘hairy pottr’ 🤣🤣

  • @themajestic6406
    @themajestic6406 Před 3 lety +161

    Never been this quick... I'm a native but I like the way she teaches and that's why I'm here...
    Keep it up...

  • @mayajam9790
    @mayajam9790 Před 2 lety

    This is fun! Thanks for sharing!

  • @kingofthesands
    @kingofthesands Před 2 lety +3

    In Australian English, whilst you do hear people pronounce "water" with the T sound "waTah" (the way Emma pronounced it in the video). It is also very common to hear people say "waDah" where the D sounds more like a rolled r sound.

  • @ffhobbes8072
    @ffhobbes8072 Před 3 lety +159

    Actually, Vanessa's accent is slightly different than Americans from other areas of the country. Each region has slight variances. This also includes the names for everyday items.

    • @saraheart2804
      @saraheart2804 Před 2 lety +5

      I am American and I pronounce many of the words differently.

    • @michaelnurge1652
      @michaelnurge1652 Před 2 lety +6

      Her accent is not quite "standard American"; the most important metric of how you say stuff / what you call them is where you were raised, secondarily who you were raised by.
      It's a really large country, people in the San Francisco area don't talk quite like her, though you can tell her accent is U.S. The "t" in the middle of words here is more of a tongue flip than a full-on "d", but it's pretty far from the aspirated "t" you find at the start of many words. It can change depending on the word or what sound it's next to.

    • @yufenagain6031
      @yufenagain6031 Před 2 lety +1

      Her accent is definitely the everyday North Carolinian

    • @drluizpires
      @drluizpires Před 2 lety +1

      I wish I could tell the differences 💔🥲
      Yeah, the Boston accent is very different from the others... but in general I could never tell the differences 😥

    • @anarchy7535
      @anarchy7535 Před 2 lety +2

      You'll find the same is true of basically any country's accent, especially when they're large and/or in groups isolated from each other. Emma's from Perth and her accent is very similar to accents from more southern states of Australia, but there is drastic variation from her more British-Australian to the more cartoonish one that Americans always use when they put on our accent.

  • @Loremipsum6665
    @Loremipsum6665 Před 3 lety +217

    She protec
    She attac
    But most importantly:
    She's bac

    • @anaswajid
      @anaswajid Před 3 lety +3

      You are missing a k after the cs 😑

    • @user-so7nd5zl2b
      @user-so7nd5zl2b Před 3 lety +6

      Anas Wajid that’s the whole point. It’s a joke

    • @moniakter6734
      @moniakter6734 Před 3 lety

      @@user-so7nd5zl2b what are u talking about

    • @Loremipsum6665
      @Loremipsum6665 Před 3 lety +1

      @@anaswajid r/woooooooosh

    • @Loremipsum6665
      @Loremipsum6665 Před 3 lety +3

      @@anaswajid Is Anas your actual name? If that's the case then your parent's name choice was terrible.

  • @tammyjohnson7401
    @tammyjohnson7401 Před 2 lety

    That was fun, and so interesting. Thank you.🤗🌞

  • @zbuzdar
    @zbuzdar Před 2 lety

    Thanks for teaching me about English

  • @mohamedsilmy737
    @mohamedsilmy737 Před 2 lety +249

    The look on everyone's faces while it is paused... 😝

  • @DarinaGurkina
    @DarinaGurkina Před 3 lety +302

    Okay, I don’t wanna brag but when I speak I apparently use all 3 accents in one sentence😄🤦🏼‍♀️
    God, how on earth a non native can learn this?)

    • @bleonsalihu6645
      @bleonsalihu6645 Před 3 lety +18

      "God, how on earth a non native can learn this" ... First you'll have to learn the language before using accents.

    • @im1stupidnerd919
      @im1stupidnerd919 Před 3 lety +18

      We Asians do that also #asians

    • @biaestr3la
      @biaestr3la Před 3 lety +6

      @@bleonsalihu6645 it's not like that, I'm brazilian and at english course we must choose one country to start,cause they all have different pronunciations and words for the same thing
      example: Elevador (U.S) Lift (U.K)

    • @rinthi_s2644
      @rinthi_s2644 Před 3 lety +1

      Do ya think it’s really a mistake....?

    • @alpacafish337
      @alpacafish337 Před 3 lety

      same

  • @LinusOttosson
    @LinusOttosson Před 2 lety

    The "R" sound is so intresting! I speak English with a british accent because you drop the R-sound. I´m from a part in Sweden were we also drop the R-sound in many swedish words!

  • @kirknorman2403
    @kirknorman2403 Před 2 lety

    Really enjoyed part 1 and 2

  • @yentioe3761
    @yentioe3761 Před 3 lety +196

    This is a reason why I love British english because “can” and “can't” in British english are obviously what you can do and what you can't do. But in American english, both words sound similar😑

    • @jessesmotherman8211
      @jessesmotherman8211 Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah that gets annoying

    • @lukh8648
      @lukh8648 Před 3 lety +6

      Sometimes u will confuse, is it can or can't... And yeah i like british accent... And still learning....

    • @addielponce7533
      @addielponce7533 Před 3 lety +12

      "Can't" is almost always stressed.
      I CAN'T do it!
      I can DO it!

    • @ninahillman5523
      @ninahillman5523 Před 3 lety +2

      USA It’s English Colony Therefore

    • @kdbriar9809
      @kdbriar9809 Před 3 lety +7

      I wanna say as an American it's actually quite easy.
      The word *can* is always fully pronounced but when people say *can't* (since they don't pronounce the T), they shorten the N sound. Like, it almost comes to a direct stop once they've started the N.
      Sometimes clarification is needed of course and I've also come across CZcams videos where people describe the difference before as well.
      I caN do it
      I can- do it

  • @2WarriorJay8
    @2WarriorJay8 Před 3 lety +86

    I'm American and I switch between "Inerview" (silent t) and "Interview" (pronounced t) depending on the sentence it's used in or how I'm feeling

  • @AJCsr
    @AJCsr Před 2 lety +9

    I had a friend who was from Scotland. It was very hard to understand her English and damned near impossible after she'd had a few pints ! 🤣
    I would love to see someone from Scotland in this group...

  • @JD-go2qj
    @JD-go2qj Před 2 lety +1

    I just love the way you speak Lucy. Do you have an audio book? 🤣

  • @jamiev
    @jamiev Před 3 lety +222

    As a New Zealander, this is probably the first time I have ever gone for the Australian.

  • @cheryljewett-koblinsky7651
    @cheryljewett-koblinsky7651 Před 3 lety +1310

    American English really depends on what state they grew up in.

    • @rogen8094
      @rogen8094 Před 3 lety +82

      Very true. Pretty much every region has their own "twang". New England, Southern, Midwest, Appalachian, Texan, and many many more!!

    • @DollySantana
      @DollySantana Před 2 lety +31

      Exactly also we call different objects different things

    • @clerpington_the_fifth
      @clerpington_the_fifth Před 2 lety +47

      USA has lots of different cultures so doing all the accents would be seemingly impossible.

    • @arlequinacontostavlos2100
      @arlequinacontostavlos2100 Před 2 lety +47

      As all the countries in the world. Her accent was pretty neutral. That's what they wanted to show

    • @clerpington_the_fifth
      @clerpington_the_fifth Před 2 lety +5

      @@arlequinacontostavlos2100 Wouldn't call 2nd/3rd world countries culturally rich, but yeah that's a different conversation lol.
      If you mean the usa girl's accent, yeah i guess you could say "neutral". Definitely wasn't hard to understand her.

  • @aliceballah7094
    @aliceballah7094 Před 2 lety

    I have been having trouble here in Australia with people understanding my pronunciation which is more American. It was really frustrating for me as I am a Registered Nurse who is about to go to university to do my conversion program. I find it frustrating having to repeat myself all the time. Thank God I came across this Video, I was actually dreading the idea of going to school and work but I do not mind repeating myself all the time anymore

  • @Subxenox15
    @Subxenox15 Před 2 lety +5

    Almost every pronunciation in American English depends on how carefully you're speaking. Whether we drop or use the "T" heavily depends on people we're speaking to. Like with Interview, I'd normally say the T in most circumstances, but really it's just both. Most words we have at least 2 ways of saying lol

  • @mikeb605
    @mikeb605 Před 3 lety +153

    Lucy's American accent is so perfect it's jarring when she switches to it. I wonder if she ever switches accents unintentionally while speaking to people from different places?

    • @fredgilbert2032
      @fredgilbert2032 Před 2 lety +11

      I am sure she does. I grew up in the Northeast US and have lived in the South for all of my adult life. I speak 'Yankee' English when visiting home and 'Southern Twang' around my Southern friends and family. I also speak/understand 'Janglish/Engrish' as I have worked for a Japanese company for the last 26 years.

    • @builderbbob
      @builderbbob Před 2 lety +2

      @@fredgilbert2032 cool!

    • @neliara7
      @neliara7 Před 2 lety +1

      My accent definitely gets less British-sounding when I’m talking to people with a different accent, though if I realise I’m doing it, I try to make myself sound more British because I hate it when it changes by itself lol

  • @rafaelbrgnr
    @rafaelbrgnr Před 3 lety +143

    I would love to see different British pronunciations, like English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh.
    I actually asked it because I could not found a channel with a teacher with these accents here in YT. I already knew the other 2 teachers but until now I could not find teachers from Ireland, Scotland or Wales.

    • @lewishopkins5779
      @lewishopkins5779 Před 3 lety +6

      Good luck understanding the Scots as even English people can't

    • @doctor-atuti
      @doctor-atuti Před 3 lety +1

      Northern Irish*. Irish is quite different from Northern Irish :)

    • @lewishopkins5779
      @lewishopkins5779 Před 3 lety +2

      @@doctor-atuti you can say that about English aswell as a northerner sounds very different to a southerner

    • @doctor-atuti
      @doctor-atuti Před 3 lety

      @@lewishopkins5779 Ayem frum Luhverpewool

    • @rafaelbrgnr
      @rafaelbrgnr Před 3 lety

      I meant the British as British isles not just great Britain. If it had northern Irish and Irish it would be even better.

  • @mstiles3121
    @mstiles3121 Před 2 lety

    Thanks, this was fun. As a native (American) English speaker, I don’t think about pronunciation much. Now I feel I can better understand the differences.

  • @mylivelondon
    @mylivelondon Před 10 měsíci

    @englishwithhlucy as an Australian living in London, it does my head in when I hear people say the days of the week sounding like "Mondee, Tuesdee, Wednesdee and so on. The pronounciations of foyer and furore also does my head in.

  • @truebro77
    @truebro77 Před 3 lety +68

    Bear in mind there are hundreds of variations for each language. Even in Scotland, my country, there isn't one correct accent. It can change from 15 minutes along the road!

    • @EnglishwithLucy
      @EnglishwithLucy  Před 3 lety +21

      Absolutely! This is why I specified exactly where we are from, to add a bit more context. I love picking up on the minute little differences when I travel around the country!

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 Před 3 lety +1

      True, but people from other countries have to learn something, they can't learn different accents.

    • @emeritodizon5224
      @emeritodizon5224 Před 3 lety +2

      i think we all have to be quite open minded. As the purpose of a number of videos are not to frattle people who are not interested in changing their accent, however who ever are, are free to do so. Normally we click these type of videos out of intrigue in improving our way of speaking. The intuition we have, that we shouldn’t have to feel the need to change our pronunciations if we don’t want to, Lucy is just simply and very well teaching us very useful widely used words and phrases. She is a wonderful teacher.

    • @dimbasick
      @dimbasick Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah! )) I once tried asking an old couple in the street in Glasgow where's a shop or whatever. I just said thank you and went where the finger was pointing :D

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dimbasick The Glasgow accent is the most difficult to understand for other British people. I'm English and I have problems understanding it sometimes.

  • @jocelynlipa9729
    @jocelynlipa9729 Před 3 lety +332

    British always wants their English perfectly pronounced

    • @jadacamille6662
      @jadacamille6662 Před 3 lety +39

      Lmao come to England ull change ur opinion this is only a few English ppl that talk like this. Most of the time we dont pronounce our ts

    • @PurePoison90
      @PurePoison90 Před 3 lety +10

      Maybe people who live in the south of England. Midlands and Northern is completely different.

    • @mariaangelafausto4121
      @mariaangelafausto4121 Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah

    • @shaungordon9737
      @shaungordon9737 Před 3 lety +18

      This woman has a posh accent. They don't all talk that well

    • @bonboncustodio6292
      @bonboncustodio6292 Před 3 lety +1

      Hahaha not really... they too have different accents.

  • @bencodykirk
    @bencodykirk Před rokem

    Another great video, Lucy (and Emma and Vanessa)! As I have lived (and have citizenship of!) all three countries, people can never tell where I'm from. tbh, I don't consider myself "from" anywhere but Earth.

  • @pierreclinton
    @pierreclinton Před 2 lety +1

    I loved 🥰 British, French, and Spanish accents but I never had Australian accents and I learned them from T.V. shows and I’m good 🙂 at those accents and amazing 🤩 times I have with my life and that’s how I want to roll.👍

  • @fbshfhwbdbh
    @fbshfhwbdbh Před 3 lety +136

    I just realised that us aussies speak much faster, look at the way they say words and then look how fast the aussies say their words

    • @grandy2875
      @grandy2875 Před 3 lety +9

      a lota tha speed comes down t' tryin' t' keep tha flies outa ya mouth...especially in tha summa... ;))

    • @madinamohammad1161
      @madinamohammad1161 Před 3 lety +9

      It’s because the American and British ladies were speaking slowly and emphasizing the syllables to show the viewers a more clear difference between the words, but the Australian lady just spoke normally. I can guarantee you, Americans actually speak pretty fast too.

    • @fbshfhwbdbh
      @fbshfhwbdbh Před 3 lety +1

      @@madinamohammad1161 that’s maybe true since there is like many accents in America according to like the states, so some may speak faster but idk

    • @Dylan-bj4fx
      @Dylan-bj4fx Před 3 lety

      I wanna go to Australia lol

  • @pamboak2209
    @pamboak2209 Před 2 lety +60

    I’m Australian but my pronunciation of words is much more British. I am in my late 60’s and we didn’t have a television until I was 10. Television here showed a lot of American programs and I think that is why the younger generations have adopted or mixed accents.

    • @randomsprite7515
      @randomsprite7515 Před 2 lety +2

      Back in 20th Century Birtain owned the land of Australia do possibly after the country got their own land they might've kept the accent for few generations.

  • @meetabose6340
    @meetabose6340 Před 2 lety

    👍❤️👍Stubtle yet Very Very Informative & Interesting🙏Thank U!!!

  • @cassieandyesitsmyrealcolor5932

    I would love to see how you would rate my English. I grew up in the southern US. My dad was from Vermont but was first French American born in the states. So we learned some French. But they were French and immigrated from great Britain when they came over. I also took singing vocal lessons in so many languages. As it turns out I have such a great cooking knowledge from the French and British influences

  • @TowardsSelf
    @TowardsSelf Před 3 lety +161

    I wonder how many hours she had to put in editing. It must be a nightmare for CZcamsrs.

    • @hunga13
      @hunga13 Před 3 lety +6

      she has a team for that

  • @primroset2688
    @primroset2688 Před 3 lety +85

    American accent really pronounce the r. British accent sounds like they're going to pronounce it but decided not to in the end. While australian accent was like we ain't pronouncing that thing ever!

    • @ignore8752
      @ignore8752 Před 3 lety +4

      Yet Australians do pronounce the R sometimes--
      Including me. Depends on the word

    • @CookingWithMichaelD
      @CookingWithMichaelD Před 3 lety +6

      Not in Boston we don't 😃

    • @pensiveboogie
      @pensiveboogie Před 3 lety +5

      We don’t say “ain’t”, and we don’t not never use double negatives

    • @rdxboss3224
      @rdxboss3224 Před 3 lety +1

      blackpink in your area

    • @paranoidrodent
      @paranoidrodent Před 3 lety

      The pronunciation of the R is called rhoticity. It isn't all R's but it is the use of R's in certain situations. Most British accents are non-rhotic, but some are rhotic (West Country and Geordie are rhotic if I recall correctly). American accents tend to be rhotic, but a few major urban accents are not (Boston and some New York accents mostly). Scottish, Irish and Canadian English are generally rhotic. Australian and New Zealand English are generally non-rhotic. There might be a few minor regional accents that are exceptions but that's the basic trend.

  • @dr.strangelove9815
    @dr.strangelove9815 Před 2 lety

    Going into the reason as of why the accents differ is fascinating too. American English sort of froze in time in some ways, while having a quite a bit of Scottish influence in with the 'd's with words like "Duty". Really interesting.

  • @yawoheneoppong3166
    @yawoheneoppong3166 Před 2 lety

    Hey Lucy I love your English channels very education so cool I've got a thumbs up for ya