I think Boba just has more of a unique way of speaking than a specifically noticeable accent. She enunciates everything and adds a little extra emphasis to a lot of words. She is very interesting to listen to. Boba is a rare case like Christopher Walken where they just sound like themselves and nobody else.
I have a friend who has the same speech cadence/emphasis as Boba but without the American accent, I think she's from the southwest (of England) originally but it's a rare but not unique, and apparently not regional, way of speaking!
The American version of this quiz is fascinating (and mostly correct) too. Placed me about equally between Hawaii (where I was raised), Washington state (where I've lived the longest outside of Hawaii), and San Diego (where I've never been before).
It's funny because as a Brit, you just sound American, though occasionally you'll say something that my ears pick up as odd, like it's somewhere between American and British. But when I was younger we had the same thing with a girl at my school who had moved from Canada. After she'd been here for a few years she said her Canadian family said she didn't sound Canadian at all, while we all thought she sounded Canadian as heck! I guess we all just pick up the slight deviations from our own accents more than anything, due to them being such a massive part of our every day interactions. Also I just want to say that I think the most listenable British accent is the Leicester accent. Not Ped's atrocious one that sounds way too northern, but more like Gary Lineker and Jonnie Irwin. I'm from the Midlands so the accent is familiar to me, but strong Brummie and Black Country accents just sound half-witted, while the Leicester accent has similar tonal qualities but softer.
From a North American pov, Boba just sounds American, unless she actually says tomato the British way when not around brit friends. It's funny because a few brit yogscast members say tomato the american way sometimes. I think Boba just has a very unique way of speaking which some people may mistake as an accent, when it's just own thing.
After finally getting around the paywall, the quiz correctly guessed that I'm not a native English speaker. However, my answers most closely matched the general area around Bristol.
"Roly polys" have a surprising number of names in the US. Pill bug, roly poly, and potato bug are the ones I'm most familiar with but I know there's several more.
@@EddThe19th oh for sure. Didn't mean to imply it was US only. A bug (actually a crustacean now that I looked it up) with many names across the English speaking world.
@@belgianstar Dutch is one of those languages that's just close enough to English that it has lots of fun cognates. Spectacular. If I had a lot of time I'd love to learn it.
I used to call them when I was little 'Settee' but nobody else did and over time it's changed to sofa. It hurt to not select settee on the quiz, but I haven't used it in so long. I feel old now.
red sauce is actually a distinct sauce in some places, its like a different type of mayo basically, got it here and it kinda sucks just like mayo does xD
It put me in Wales and a few miles into the midlands, but I grew up in the south with Geordie parents, so maybe the quiz doesn't work on poor sods like me :P
One of the questions was whether 'but' and 'put' rhymed, but that would depend on which definition of 'put' you use. To place something would not, shot put would not, but to put in golf would.
The only time I’d find it understandable is if you’re specifically offering someone a choice of brown sauce or that (e.g. Greggs breakfast) Even then I wouldn’t do it personally
It will be a corporate thing like pubs or KFC when you ask for a coke but they don't sell Coca-Cola and they have to ask cola? Same thing with Ketchup if it ain't Heinz they cant sell it as Heinz ketchup.
I think Boba just has more of a unique way of speaking than a specifically noticeable accent. She enunciates everything and adds a little extra emphasis to a lot of words. She is very interesting to listen to.
Boba is a rare case like Christopher Walken where they just sound like themselves and nobody else.
I have a friend who has the same speech cadence/emphasis as Boba but without the American accent, I think she's from the southwest (of England) originally but it's a rare but not unique, and apparently not regional, way of speaking!
Gee’s confusion about the rolly-polly is because in Aus they’re the size of a cat and they carry a switch blade.
The American version of this quiz is fascinating (and mostly correct) too. Placed me about equally between Hawaii (where I was raised), Washington state (where I've lived the longest outside of Hawaii), and San Diego (where I've never been before).
It's funny because as a Brit, you just sound American, though occasionally you'll say something that my ears pick up as odd, like it's somewhere between American and British. But when I was younger we had the same thing with a girl at my school who had moved from Canada. After she'd been here for a few years she said her Canadian family said she didn't sound Canadian at all, while we all thought she sounded Canadian as heck! I guess we all just pick up the slight deviations from our own accents more than anything, due to them being such a massive part of our every day interactions.
Also I just want to say that I think the most listenable British accent is the Leicester accent. Not Ped's atrocious one that sounds way too northern, but more like Gary Lineker and Jonnie Irwin. I'm from the Midlands so the accent is familiar to me, but strong Brummie and Black Country accents just sound half-witted, while the Leicester accent has similar tonal qualities but softer.
From a North American pov, Boba just sounds American, unless she actually says tomato the British way when not around brit friends. It's funny because a few brit yogscast members say tomato the american way sometimes. I think Boba just has a very unique way of speaking which some people may mistake as an accent, when it's just own thing.
dad who was a proper cockney always called it a settee
After finally getting around the paywall, the quiz correctly guessed that I'm not a native English speaker. However, my answers most closely matched the general area around Bristol.
Y'all is just the best, it's the natural conjunction of you and all!
"Roly polys" have a surprising number of names in the US. Pill bug, roly poly, and potato bug are the ones I'm most familiar with but I know there's several more.
Not a US thing. They have an awful lot of names pretty much everywhere in the world they are found.
@@EddThe19th oh for sure. Didn't mean to imply it was US only. A bug (actually a crustacean now that I looked it up) with many names across the English speaking world.
'Woodbug' in the northwest
We call them “pissebed” in Dutch. And yes, it also sounds like “piss bed” in Dutch
@@belgianstar Dutch is one of those languages that's just close enough to English that it has lots of fun cognates. Spectacular. If I had a lot of time I'd love to learn it.
Yep. Got me bang on with West Yorkshire
As a person from Gloucestershire, I feel honoured to share some dialect boba!!! ❤️
Can't argue with you there, alllright my loverrr!
1:04 I'm having flashbacks to the Dorito consomme
I used to call them when I was little 'Settee' but nobody else did and over time it's changed to sofa. It hurt to not select settee on the quiz, but I haven't used it in so long. I feel old now.
Chow-daire? Chow-DAIRE?
It's chow-DUH. Say it, Frenchy!
Yep, the quiz got me pretty spot on, that was fun :)
red sauce is actually a distinct sauce in some places, its like a different type of mayo basically, got it here and it kinda sucks just like mayo does xD
Im from Texas, and the region it said i was the most similar to was western Ireland.
Birmingham/Killarney. I'm Swedish and use a kind of neutral US English.
The drier the shreddie, the richer the flavour
This man gets it
It put me in Wales and a few miles into the midlands, but I grew up in the south with Geordie parents, so maybe the quiz doesn't work on poor sods like me :P
Red sauce is marinara!
for sofa my grandmother called it a davenport. that would have been in the 40,s
Cheltenham represent! Funny how I lived in cheltenham for my entire life and according to the quiz Boba sounds more Cheltenham than I do!
I’m snacking on some oatmeal squares by Quaker right now!!
I'm surprised Doritos didn't get mentioned during the food discussion.
Charva is the only option
Oh God; you three should start a podcast
Kinda like woman's Triforce.
@@najemokadlez1638 Yeah, no concept, just these three talking about their lives and past would be amazing.
Okay, they're not exactly oatmeal squares, but they're definitely quadrilaterals.
The quiz got my accent right, put it between Lincoln and Scarborough (I'm from Grimsby)
Most Americans speak "broadcast English" for an accent, if they don't have some other regional accent. Boba speaks Broadcast.
One of the questions was whether 'but' and 'put' rhymed, but that would depend on which definition of 'put' you use. To place something would not, shot put would not, but to put in golf would.
If I could just be pedantic for a moment; in golf it's 'putt' so it's a separate word completely
@@tilaron You know, I realized that about an hour after I'd posted.
I HATE that there are people who call “ketchup” red sauce.
The only time I’d find it understandable is if you’re specifically offering someone a choice of brown sauce or that (e.g. Greggs breakfast)
Even then I wouldn’t do it personally
It will be a corporate thing like pubs or KFC when you ask for a coke but they don't sell Coca-Cola and they have to ask cola? Same thing with Ketchup if it ain't Heinz they cant sell it as Heinz ketchup.
@@Sandown2.0 then call it tomato catsup. Which in the non-branded term