AMERICAN VS. SOUTH AFRICAN ACCENTS & SAYINGS | PRESTON & MONIQUE
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in South Africa BBQ is a flavour
In some parts of the South, that is true, too. There's an old saying here about that topic...
'Barbeque is something that you eat, not something tht you do.'
Braaiiiii for life
Fax!
OMFG I'm south African and I hate the American terms for everything like they think all THEIR ways are the right way and If its not their way its wrong like tf I forget that they think they're the only country in the world
Ellen Makhubele
That's so true
I don't think anyone in South Africa says JagYouAre except for Monique 😭
😂😂😂😂
So true😂😂😂
😂 😂 Right😅
Guys...check out the "our planet" series on netflix where david attenborough narrates is and in the 7th episode...he actually pronounces jaguar the same way monique did it...she can't be completely wrong 😂😂😂
@zipho.You are taking kak man. Almost all words in South African English are pronounced the same as in British English so her pronunciation of jaguar is correct.
"I haven't seen you in a long time"
In South Africa, we say "long time no see"😂😂
Mehlo madala 😂😂
SKAAARRRRRS
@@musaedmund3258 old eyes😅😅😅we should use this
I'm South African, I thought everyone says that
South African English has major British influence... since we were a British colony less than a century ago...
Yes in 1820 British settlers arrived in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, I missed that first wave and arrived in 1977.....:-) I'm still here in PE.
no it has more deutsche infuluence than british we hate british people
@@andrewbarley6941 😂
I believe they have more Dutch influence
Dutch Influence not British Influence.
He looks more south african than she does. He looks like your typical south african boerseun
hell yeaa brother
That's so true bruh 😅✊🏾
She says words with a slight American accent
Yea, most afrikaaners who go abroad to America (or places where they would teach and learn American English, like Korea, Japan, China etc.) Pick up the American vowels in their speech. It happened to all my South African Afrikaans friends! Was quite comical at the start (I still have a little chuckle every now and then)... But ya, it's what happens
Its not that cool and almost defeats the video
I say *Jaguar* Preston's way and im from SA
Karen Steyn me too
Same
Same dude
Who says jagUar
Karen Steyn me too
A few more:
flashlight vs torch
pick-up vs bakkie
apartment vs flat
emergency brake vs hand brake
jerky vs biltong (although the American stuff cannot even compete with biltong - my dog did not even want to eat jerky!)
sneakers vs tekkies
Wolks wagon vs Volkswagen
teeter-tooter vs see-saw
stroller vs pram
passifier vs dummy
zee vs zet
aluminum vs aluminium
co-worker vs colleague
color vs colour
bro vs bru
gear shift vs gear lever
cab vs taxi
jello vs jelly
jelly vs jam
elevator vs lift
diaper vs nappy
rest room/bathroom vs toilet
closet vs wardrobe
sidewalk vs pavement
@Willie Koorts. A stroller is not a pram, it is a pushchair, the American for pram is baby carriage. Also you are correct that a bakkie is a pick-up not a truck as Preston said. We would call a truck, a lorry.
@@Robob0027 Americans say stroller. And we say Volkswagon.
Flats and apartments are different
Monique’s accent, like most Africans who relocate overseas or spend a lot of time with westerners, is easily malleable and is slowly becoming American. I will fight to keep my accent when I travel to the USA one day...until I get pulled over by the police.
She pronounced Jaguar so badly shem. It's only you. He pronounced it right. The same way we pronounce it
The auto maker uses 'Jag-u-ar' in their adverts here in the States.
Yeah that one threw me off she sounded more American than he did
I am South African and I pronouns Jaguar like an American.
@@audreyvt3 🤣🤣🤣🤣
She said it kak
"Tsek"
Most used south african word
AWEH!!!😂😂
😂
MY MAN
Awe😂😂😂
Even black South Africans say bakkie
Lesedi Molefe No, we say Van
Jelly Baby they're synonyms Yaz you can say either everyone will know what you're saying
Lesedi Molefe 🙄
Jelly Baby hau Yini ?? No one was being mean babes 😕
Lesedi Molefe did I say that?
I'm South African and I say Jaguar like how Preston says it 🤔
In South Africa there’s a lot more than just Afrikaans and English people. Mxmxm
Malusi Mtshali I'm also South african
yea well she aint black
its true
Malusi Mtshali hahaha you are so right
No one cares
No I am so sorry its not nikeee its Nike, do you ever go up to a guy named Mike and day hi mikee
Ethan Roberts 😂😂😂😂 best comment
well Nike was created in the US so we can pronounce it however we want
Kyle Links then let us pronounce it how we wanted
Ethan Roberts lol bro I don't really care about your pronunciation, do whatever makes you happy, peace out
Kyle Links lol okay are you american
I don't like that the lady agrees that South African English is incorrect, remember where ever you go people pronunciation is different 🤔🤷♀️ that is why we speak different languages in different countries.
Now-now is a way to get rid of that person or people off your case. 😂😂😂
Best explanation ever! Must remember this one.
indeed...
😂 😂
I say jaguar the same as Preston since I'm south African
Me too
Same here
You said bakkie so weirdly lol
And you forgot to mention our overuse of be word "shame"
In my family if someone says 'now now', it means right now 😂 Anyone else?
...nope, just me
When my mother asks me too do the dishes i say ill do it now now and i end up soaking them till the next day
proudly South African nou gaan ons braai!🇿🇦
Yes Chomma 😂
Yes yes! Da vat hy nou!
Ja bro!!
Remember besides American English and South African English, there's also British English. So, some of those supposed South African words and pronunciations, like sweets and can't, is actually British English.
Because colonisation... so it'll be pointless to compare SA English to UK English because the difference won't be significant, at least the formal English
No, it would be good to compare SA English to UK English, as there would be plenty of differences, formal English or not. It's like comparing US English to UK English.
Yeah, why is it that Bri'ish people cannot pronounce the letter "t"? (mostly!)
The American and Canadian English have influence of English of Ireland (Ireland was part of United Kingdom until 1937) because a lot Irish inmigrants move to U.S to take a job and establish in the United States.
@@willactually7509 I believe you're thinking of a Cockney accent, which is one of many "British" accents. You might notice The Beatles have many instances of the letter T in their music.
Im so surprised that they didnt mention how za says Car-a-mel and the US says car-mel
Heather Tosh Haha we thought about that after the video! It’s so true!
Heather Tosh - Hmmm...I say “CAR-MEL” latte plz... every time they repeat it back to me and say you want a “CAR-A-MEL” latte .. yes one of those . Lol
I lived in America for 2 years and I met Americans who say car-a-Mel as well 🤷♀️
Depends on where you are in the US in the Midwest we sat Car-a-mel
Ive seen a lot of british/american vs. South african words/accents and so far this has been the one with most words. I grew up in SA (and im korean) so watching this is SO interesting coz i have never questioned the words i learned previously. Very fun thanks
in South African a nakpin is a baby's dipper 😂😂😂
Ellen Makhubele yessess best comment here
best comment
True
wait what
A nappie
This is great. I'm a an American living in Zambia and I have a list of at least 20 comparisons/differences like this. I know the video is old but it is still relevant and refreshing.
Please do not say "what normal people say" we also normal and unique in our own way!!!
Omfg butthurt
Ag shame.... you don't understand that he was joking
You guys forgot tomato sauce and ketchup
bietjie tamatie sous nè
Ketchup is not actually tomato sauce
I know they're not... But to me they taste the same😋
South African English is British English and American English is Stupid 👌🏻.
It's not true.
american english isn't stupid but yh pretty much everything she said we use in england
😂
Jalisa true
This is great! I’m from CT but moved to the UK when I was 6 and still say almost all these things. You forgot calling lib balm Lip Ice 😂
Robot is the the correct one
Mantele Mongale depends where you are in the world
+Mantele Mongale Yess!! How can anyone get it wrong?
Serviettes, is a north European word. In Sweden we say "Servett". I just love that you guys in SA use "Lekker", cause we say "Läcker" pronu (Leaker).
Swe Dish servett is the Afrikaans word too
I actually thing serviette comes from french.... it’s a loanword from french.
You will see veriations of that word in most of europe. Denmark, poland, germany, spain etc...
but probably it comes from france from the beginning since french have influensed many languages ;)
It makes more sense that it is french word that’s widely spread than a swedish😂
I prounce Jaguar as Tjakwa
Thabiso Chuene 😂
😂 me also
You're Pedi/Tshwana/Sotho right? 😂
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haha........
I'm South African and I definitely prefer how we say things. I find so many of the American terms so wierd 🇿🇦
07:30
I'm also S.A., but we say
Long time no see
I am also South-African
(Afrikaans)
Lekker man
Love julle channel♡♥♡♥
And in New Zealand they say Ute for a bakkie
Zurika Liebenberg Thank you!
Pleasure
Plesier
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Ek is mal oor die sê lekker man
We also put Diesel in our cars, in Afrikaans I say Brandstof, which would then cover Petrol or Diesel. We also have so many words for the same thing, especially in Afrikaans, which is what I like about SA!
As a deep, middle of the state Texan, I needed this 100%
You should compare the pronunciation of 'aluminium'.
Also, don't forget theres also the terms:
'now': In a little bit (few mimutes)
'now-now' (as you said) : In a while( in 10-30 minutes)
And 'just now': later (in an hour or so)
I loved this!
😉😁
So accurate 🤣🤣
Here in the States, there is no second 'i' in our spelling. So, it's 'aluminum.' :)
I love the different ways that both countries speak the English language, and, the different ways we say the same thing.
Oh well, there are Americans and South Africans who've said that there should be more cultural exchanges between the two countries. An example I'd say is with music, and an example is country music. Another is food, and an example is pumpkin recipes. South Africans generally tend to have a fascination for all things American. The two countries have also had similar histories. For instance both started as partly Dutch, and then British, colonies.
Preferably no politics.
It also seems like almost whatever happens in the one country also happens in the other. For instance in 1994 both moved more away from isolation and into the international community. In South Africa it was with the first democratic elections, and in the USA it was with the Soccer World Cup. (And then, South Africa moved more towards that with the 2010 Soccer World Cup.)
Wait, yall don't know sweets? I swear I thought everyone called them sweets
Just because she pronounces differently u don't have to put all these hate comments on her
We are all different
One of the best ones is Americans say gas station but Saffas say GARAGE🤣🤣
Very interesting! Thank You, really enjoyed this!
You are 89% american, and 11% south african.
😂
Along with now-now, we also say "just now"..."I'll do it just now" 😁🇿🇦
lol "sweets? that could be anything" 4:42
Great video you two! Accents and cultures are very interesting to me. I'm an American from the Midwest, have never been to ZA, and have only visited Louisiana once. However, through RUclips it is possible to see life through the eyes and ears of people in Ireland, England, Finland, South Africa, Japan, China and many other places.
To me, the ZA words and pronunciations you describe sound rather similar to British or Australian. Many of the words you list in this video are the same words used by the Irish and English RUclipsrs that I subscribe to.
In many northern states, the thing Preston calls a "buggy" goes by the name "cart". I first heard it called a "buggy" years ago when I ventured way down south as far as the Confederate state of Tennessee. This seemed funny because to many northerners a "buggy" is either a word for an open car for riding on sand-dunes, or a horse-carriage used by the Amish. (buggy also means "there are too many mosquitoes out here tonight!")
Also, Monique, you imitate the Louisiana accent very well, but when you do, it makes me laugh.
Most Americans that I know would understand "red light" "traffic light" and "stop light" equally well.
What's with the terrible sound quality? Did you record this in the wind?
P.S.- I'm from New England (NH), and many things P says are spoken by only Southerners in America. Most of the U.S. tilts your way, Monique. God bless you both...
BBQ's a flavour 😂 I live in England and thank God people here share many pronunciation with South Africa! Although I do get weird looks when I say Braai instead of BBQ, robot instead of traffic light or lekker instead of good/tasty 🤷♀️
You forgot "china" said by most South Africans meaning friend or mate however few know that it actually comes from English cockney rhyming slang "china plate".
Let's just say that there's no right or wrong way, it's just different.
I like hearing the differences. It's actually so funny to hear.
😂😂we dont pronounce jaguar like that
You're the only one that pronounces jaguar funny in South Africa.
He said " what the doos"....LMAO
This was such a cute video
In south africa we call a gas station a garage
Americans also say jelly (peanut butter & jelly) whereas we use the word jam. How Americans can say 'turn at the light' instead of robot....there's hundreds of street lights so we need to distinguish between which is which. Our jelly pudding, Americans call jello.
Nissan....Nee-san hahaha!
Proudly South African from Western Cape ;)
South Africans say Jaguar same as Preston. Maybe she pronounce Jaguar with emphasis on the 'ua' to remember how to spell it. We also use 'traffic light' instead of ’robot' sometimes. I thought most Americans call shopping trolley a 'cart' and chips like Lays crisps. Suppose it depends which part of America you come from.
We say jelly and jam in the US. Jelly doesn't have chunks of fruit in it but jam does.
I think the now now part made me the happiest
You left one of the most popular word is SA out
Lekker
Fellow South African what's up🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🙌🏼👏🏼
I’m from South Africa 🇿🇦
I am from India..and Brits taught us "Bonnet"..so "Hood" is not English definitely..it is all American.
Trunk is metallic giant box where we store grains or put woollens during summer 😀
Hey Preston, I'm from Cape Town in South Africa and i would like to know also what do you call SMILEY (cooked sheep head) in the States?
Hmmm, remember our English is Originated form Europe so more like British English. This is for English speaking South Africans. When America got independence this included changing English to there liking and other things as well like driving on the wrong side of the road.
The south Africa way to say jaguar is the way Preston said it
I'm Australian but my dad's south African so words that sound soo normal to me in the south African accent I'm surprised to hear it's not just Australia's way of speaking
Im pretty sure americans say take out when we say takeways
Turn at the red light? What if by the time you reach it and it's turns Blue, now it no longer a RED LIGHT but A BLUE light. Wouldn't that miss lead you?
Which traffic lights turn blue....in Limpopo?
That "robot" is a uniquely S.African thing. Everywhere else it is "light" or "traffic lights!"
Bakkie also unique to SA - nobody else uses that to describe a pickup truck.
South african accent is perfect already because in south africa have 11 official language so thats why we have a very different accent front other countries
Why he making it sound like our Slang from a different Universe lol
Cute!! I had a good laugh, aren’t we just funny and strange at the same time.😂🤣 I don’t know if someone mentioned it, but let’s not forget how lekker the party was...good old reliable LEKKER. 😂
Being for South Africa myself u have said everything my family said nothing different or unusual things that Monique said I think she is 100% right but I also like the way Americans say things.
I know this is an old video, but I wanted to say how we got fixin' to.
So fixin' like in, I'm fixin' myself up, or preparing myself. Like I'm fixin' to go to the store, or I'm preparing myself to go to the store. Fixin' = preparing one's self to do something.
I'm fixin' to make groceries.
Lady your accent is confused 😂😂😂😂
Bullshit on the very first one already- in SA we also call it Nikeee, like Preston does. Wanneer laas was jy in 'n skoenwinkel in SA Monique?
It's Nike not nikey... You don't ride a bikey do you?
Bicycle SMH
Im from south Africa but i love the usa English saying words more because it just sounds more normal
Preston you have found a gem of a lady! Don't let her go!
I was looking for videos about S. African English accent. It wasn't what I was looking for (I was looking for the origins of the accent) but gotta say u guys r adorable!! 😊
We say Herb they say erb, we say dustbin, they say trash can. Please, people the now now thing is Capetonian not South African, I experienced after moving back to Cape Town from Joburg.
That’s was really good. Another good one is “Jersey and Track suites, and how American cal Volwagen”
Hey. The 'fixin' to do it' is actually not far from what we sometimes say. We would say 'ons maak reg om uit te gaan' or 'ons maak reg om erens heen te gaan of te doen'. So actually a direct translation haha.
The, now now, one is so accurate😂 #SA
I learnt as far back as a 10 year old that there is no school of pronunciation.
This girl speaking. My brain: WHY YOU LYING!!!
Haha! That's hilarious! Thanks for the support on our channel!
Spot on !!!
Monique is right about Nike, can't, Jaguar and route
I thought when people said nike-e it was like a nickname or something 😂
There is one word the Americans get completely wrong according to the way we as South Africans pronounce it, and that is 'Aluminium'.
most differences come from the fact that African ex colonies of Britain, still use British English words. And as i am originally from a country where English isn't an official language, I am weird guy who uses some words from British English and some from American English and as my girlfriend is Kenyan, have also adopted some Kenyan specific English words and phrases.
My way of saying these words:
*traffic light
*barbeque (i like that Braai though.. cool word)
*just 'guys' or 'you' (also about the group.. like what you up to there).. or like even shorter 'ya'.. i don't see reason to add a word 'all' to it
*I always called them candies before going to Kenya.. but now i use both words and i feel that sweets is becoming even bit more prevalent slowly
*truck.. although when i lived in England for a while, i kind of got used to call it lorry.. never heard a 'bakkie' before. In Kenya they call it truck, even when most of the vocabulary is from British English, i have never heard any Kenyan saying lorry or anything else. But truck is like a both smaller cargo truck and 18 wheeler.. though there really are no 18 wheelers anywhere.. but like small car with a flatbed in the back is just a car or 'gari' like Kenyans say
*trunk.. i guess.. although sometimes i have also said boot.. probably due to my stay in England. Not very used word for me anyway
*signal.. so neither hooter nor horn.. never heard hooter and horn is what some animals have on their heads
*hood.. i guess.. although again, i really haavent had a need to use that word at all.. i understand the bonnet also though (because England again)
*i'm about to do it.. or something even shorter.. like just 'gonna do whatever'.. 'i'm fixin to do it' sounds rather like very local thing you say there in Southern States
*i'll do it later.. although that 'I'll do it now now' reminds me a lot of things that Kenyans say too by using the same word twice.. but their meanings don't change but are rather like stronger.. so now now would mean like right away, not like in a minute.. and slow slow would mean very slow and careful, etc
*basket.. although i understand trolley too, but for me trolley rather means either baby trolley or a trolleybus (you know the public transport that is kind of a hybrid of bus and a tram). Never heard buggy used in that way. Buggy for me is a type of light all terrain car that doesn't have doors and often no other like walls covering the construction of the car either
*haven't seen you long time.. so i say it even shorter. kind of feels like i have some similarities with Aussies, although i have never been there.. but i know they also shorten everything
*Well, next one for me comes from Kenya. They just always say just sorry, even if there is no reason to say so. Ah shame seems nice though.. i think i will start using it. But poor thing isn't strange for me either
*mince or minced meat definitely.. ground meat seems weird
*swimm suit.. or men can just say shorts or swimm shorts.. costume seems crazy weird but i never use word bathing in other meaning than going into a bathtub (and you know, you go there naked). And another thing rather British connected to that.. i say toilet not bathroom.. because we don't regularily have bathroom connected with toilet.. so when i go to toilet i say toilet and when i go to bathroom, only then i say bathroom. And another thing is that many Kenyans say washroom.. but again this is about bathroom not so much about toilet even though they often have these together. but like when it is only toilet seat in like public place like hotel or bar, then you ask 'where is toilet' or 'choo' from Swahili language. They oftten mix together English and Swahili words in a sentence
*I do differences between cookies and bisquits unlike Brits, but not in away like Americans either, because we just don't have these salty thick and fluffy biscuits that you eat with gravy. For me biscuits are thin and crunchy and could be both sweet and savory, but they are always, thin, hard and dry, while cookies are thicker and juicier and pretty much always sweet. So something like oreo for me would be biscuit because it is thin and hard, while jaffa cookies are cookies
*In Kenya i have got used to say soda, but i never used it before. Earlier i usually just used the brand name like Coke or Fanta or just Lemonade.. because you know Americans, for rest of the world a lemonade is a carbonised soft drink not a literal water with lemon taste
*I always said napkins or paper tissues.. it was so hard for me whn i went to Kenya to remember it is called serviettes.. i still constantly forget it. Every time i go to eat in a restaurant or hotel and ask a napkin, they look like i'm an idiot, because to them napkins means a baby diapers i think and tissue is just used for toilet paper
*Fries - again another thing that i have to remind me in Kenya and England.. the whole former British Empire and Commonwealth area except USA and Canada call them Chips.. but in my non-English home country we call them fries too. Luckily that is not as bad for me as serviettes and many other weird British words
*fuel.. neither gas nor petrol for me. Petrol feels more familiar though, because occasionally Kenyans say petrol and petrol station too
*next one i think i use both interchangeably.. both fast food and take-aways. Although take-away has like additional meaning of any food that you can ask to pack to go and eat at your home.. like even from a proper restaurant. And i could again just say speciffically, i go to buy a burger or kebab or hot dog, not even using a words like fast food or take-away
*nail polish
*autumn
*i don't really know what you meant by next one. In my countrie tennis shoes or tennises are very specific type of a shoe. But if you meant like any running shoe, then not tennis shoes, but either running shoes or sports shoes or 'tossud' from my own native language. well, if i speak in english, then mostly i just say shoes.. no matter if i put on formal shoes or sports shoes
I would have so many unusual words and phrases that i have learned in Kenya and also ones that i learned in England that Americans would never use, but anywaay, as you can see, my English is like a complete composite of different English languages from different places
before you said the now now one i said to myself "she's probably gonna include now now" so snaaks😂😂😂
God his southern accent😂
Lol Monique you're so right
SA: Aluminium
USA: Alloomnium
😂
You the only that pronounce Jaguar is so weird 😂😂 and I'm South African
"Ja neh"
"Ja nee"
Preston is right about jaguar I'm South African