American Reacts to Words That Brits Pronounce Differently | Part 2

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  • @uppyraptor49
    @uppyraptor49 Месяц назад +103

    Iridium, magnesium,plutonium etc (aluminium) not aluminum? You dont call it iridum or magnesum or plutonum do you??

    • @OldeJanner
      @OldeJanner Месяц назад

      Do they change their spelling for intellectual challenges?

    • @argrides8440
      @argrides8440 22 дня назад +2

      @@OldeJanner Yes. My face regularly changes colour when Utoob tells me I spell color wrong.

    • @ejokurirulezz
      @ejokurirulezz 7 дней назад

      I think it's a thing from the Irish who speak english incorrectly in general calling it alúmanam and being pronounced similar to how americans tend to pronounce it.

  • @mikesullivan3420
    @mikesullivan3420 Месяц назад +137

    The clue is in the word “ English”. We pronounce them correctly (as it’s our language). We brits use Adidas as the Germans do, (and it’s their word so therefore correct), it comes from its founder - Adolf (Adi) Dassler.

    • @HighlanderReactionsZA
      @HighlanderReactionsZA Месяц назад +13

      Lol I wanted to say the same thing until I saw your comment.

    • @livb6945
      @livb6945 Месяц назад +7

      It's not "your language" only. England is the origin of the language but that's not the same thing. You can't exactly ask the US, Canada, Australia, Nigeria etc to give it back .... I seem to remember England doing it's level best to spread it over the globe 😅😅
      Since Adidas is German, only German speakers can pronounce it "properly" if you think about it...

    • @philparisi9175
      @philparisi9175 Месяц назад +3

      The English language is the American language, we took over responsiblility for it in 1850. You pronounce things incorrectly, like H erb.

    • @fishfingers8441
      @fishfingers8441 Месяц назад +8

      Bro, I’m British but the gross superiority complex that oozes from ur comment makes my insides scream. British English is our language, other branches of English have evolved and simply exist. Doesn’t mean we ‘own’ it.

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 Месяц назад +8

      America doesn't have a language.

  • @tubekulose
    @tubekulose Месяц назад +85

    - Yes, the Brits pronounce "Adidas" correctly. That's how it's pronounced in German as well and as Adidas is a German brand...
    - Everyone outside the US (provided they use the Latin alphabet) spells the element "Alumin-i-um". Only the Americans lack the second "i" in written form and therefore, as usual, pronounce it this oddly. So, no victory for America, unless you consider successful misspelling a victory.

    • @marydavis5234
      @marydavis5234 Месяц назад +2

      Newsflash, a British scientist spelled it aluminum and when he moved back to England, he was told to add the extra i, so aluminum is the original spelling.

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад +3

      @@marydavis5234 No. One scientist, regardless of origin, does not have the final say.

    • @tubekulose
      @tubekulose Месяц назад +2

      @@marydavis5234 Yes, I actually know this story. It seems he forgot to tell the Americans about his turn of mind. 🙂

    • @liamhainsworth3105
      @liamhainsworth3105 Месяц назад

      @@Yesser-Thistle73remember, Americans speak English

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад +1

      @@liamhainsworth3105 Well, a form of it certainly.

  • @liselou2
    @liselou2 Месяц назад +57

    Buoy - a buoyancy aid…it is buoyant, not a booeeancy aid 😂

    • @rhetoric2k
      @rhetoric2k 22 дня назад

      We pronounce it closer to the French pronunciation.

  • @timtaylor7364
    @timtaylor7364 Месяц назад +121

    He did say, but in the UK Aluminum is spelt Aluminium so it is pronounced differently

    • @andyf4292
      @andyf4292 Месяц назад +7

      we invented it, so its the correct spelling. it's named that because it was isolated from the mineral ' alum'

    • @yggdrasil7942
      @yggdrasil7942 Месяц назад +10

      Even if I see the word 'aluminium spelt aluminum, I'd still pronounce it the British way.
      Saying it aluminum sounds like the metal glows in the dark.

    • @nimwey7701
      @nimwey7701 Месяц назад +7

      In The Netherlands we also say Aluminium as the Brits do And Adidas as the Germans do and many more like the Brits

    • @lilyliz3071
      @lilyliz3071 Месяц назад +3

      Or commonly, tin foil 😅

    • @FanterA333
      @FanterA333 Месяц назад

      @@andyf4292 no-one invented it... it's an element. That said, the person who discovered it was American and named it as the US now pronounce it, but he later renamed it to be more in keeping with other elements

  • @Lily_The_Pink972
    @Lily_The_Pink972 Месяц назад +26

    Poor Tyler, he doesn't realise that letters have names! And over 100 years ago, a committee sat in the US to determine whether the correct term is aluminium or aluminum. Sadly, they came to wrong conclusion!

    • @kenchristie9214
      @kenchristie9214 Месяц назад +2

      Americans coming to the wrong conclusion! Who woulda thunk it?

    • @ejokurirulezz
      @ejokurirulezz 7 дней назад

      Initially it was called alumium. Which should be the most correct actually.

  • @HighlanderReactionsZA
    @HighlanderReactionsZA Месяц назад +25

    I am South African and I pronounce every one of the words the same way as the Brit lol We spell Aluminium here and we pronounce thusly.

    • @EdDnB
      @EdDnB Месяц назад

      🫡

    • @Bullbotha
      @Bullbotha Месяц назад

      South African here too, “thusly “??

  • @Andres-db4jm
    @Andres-db4jm Месяц назад +27

    Adidas pronounced in British way is the correct one, because this brand name is actually acronym from the name of the person who founded that brand - ADolph (Adi short for Adolph) DASsler.

    • @ReadyEddieGoGo
      @ReadyEddieGoGo 5 дней назад

      I was looking for this comment. You are correct

  • @DrasticSkuba
    @DrasticSkuba Месяц назад +20

    I'd also throw in the name, "Graham". Americans I've heard tend to pronounce it like, "gram"

    • @originalpottsy
      @originalpottsy Месяц назад

      Yeah I'm a Graeme who has been to the states aboutb50 times with work. If I tell them its like Graham crackers the can pronounce it correctly.

    • @Lazmanarus
      @Lazmanarus Месяц назад +3

      It should be Gray-ham".

    • @t.carole5014
      @t.carole5014 Месяц назад

      Like a gram cracker ( us)

    • @bunnysmall9213
      @bunnysmall9213 24 дня назад +1

      Also Craig. Ai makes an ay sound. Not creg 🤣 I thought they were saying Greg for so long!

  • @nolaj114
    @nolaj114 Месяц назад +26

    Tyler - how can you say you are the one who knows how to say "Daniel Craig" when you didn't even know he was British, or James Bond was s British character! I am just as sure that MOST Americans know how to say the actor's name.

    • @michaelprobert4014
      @michaelprobert4014 Месяц назад +2

      He later said he might have not discerned the difference.

    • @terrynolan609
      @terrynolan609 Месяц назад +2

      I have heard Craig pronounced Creg by Americans. If his name were Creg then fine but ai does not equal e.

    • @michaelprobert4014
      @michaelprobert4014 Месяц назад

      @@terrynolan609 Where you live..Pneumonia ? Does Pn equate to "n" or does .

    • @terrynolan609
      @terrynolan609 Месяц назад +2

      @michaelprobert4014 but pneumonia is derived from Ancient Greek language. Different rules. With a name though I think it probably should be pronounced like the person who has the name would pronounce it. Given that Daniel Craig is English I believe he would not pronounce it Creg

    • @marisaevancoe2157
      @marisaevancoe2157 Месяц назад

      Honestly I don’t think many Americans would pronounce his last name correctly. There are so many regional accents and dialects here. Unless you’re an English professor (I am) people just seem to use the pronunciation from where they live. For instance Tyler later says he pronounces the word crayon “crann”. That’s actually quite atypical however he’s mentioned he lives in the Midwest so somewhere in that large area of states children must be coloring with their “cranns”!

  • @herbivarsawus4359
    @herbivarsawus4359 Месяц назад +24

    We spell aluminium differently because of a) when this new alloy was added to the periodic table and b) when new editions of dictionaries were printed in our respective countries. The 'ium' ending was a late edition, purely to make it more uniform with things already on the table!

    • @sc3pt1c4L
      @sc3pt1c4L Месяц назад +4

      Chemicals on the periodic table are all ELEMENTS. There are no ALLOYS on the periodic table. Scientists around the world decided to have a standard convention on how to name chemicals because some called an element Wolfram, some called it tungsten so there needed to be standardisation so scientists would know what each were referring to. It was decided that elements discovered after a certain date would end in 'ium', therefore the English is the correct way.

    • @simonlowe3766
      @simonlowe3766 Месяц назад +4

      Aluminium is an element, not an alloy, which is why it's included in the periodic table. Alloys are mixtures of different elements and therefore don't appear on the periodic table. "Aluminium alloy" is aluminium mixed with other metals.

    • @DatShepTho
      @DatShepTho Месяц назад +3

      Aluminium isn't an alloy on its own

    • @Jamie_D
      @Jamie_D Месяц назад +1

      He just doest pay enough attention, it was clearly said if it was spelt the English way

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +3

      heliUM, lithiUM, berylliUM, sodiUM, magnesiUM, ALUMINIUM, potassiUM, calciUM, scandiUM, titaniUM, vanadiUM, chromiUM, galliUM, germaniUM, seleniUM, rubidiUM, strontiUM, yttriUM, zirconiUM, niobiUM, palladiUM, cadmiUM, indiUM, telluriUM, caesiUM, bariUM
      A quick check (I might be a bit off), there are 64 -ium elements and 4 -um elements (Molybdenum, Tantalum, Platinum, Lanthanum)
      Confusion abated?

  • @davidmalarkey1302
    @davidmalarkey1302 Месяц назад +37

    Tyler we don't speak the same language. Americans speak a version of this is altered. If we spoke the same language you could pronounce Leicester correctly. Or you would snooker instead of snuker .

    • @livb6945
      @livb6945 Месяц назад

      Languages change constantly, let's remember that in this discussion 😊
      People are creative with language. That's how dialects form. Right and wrong doesn't really exist - only older and younger versions of words, their meaning and pronunciation. Foreign words often cannot be pronounced "correctly" (as in the way it's pronounced in the original language), and in time the local way of saying it becomes standard. For example, not many British people would pronounce "rendezvous" the way a Frenchman does.

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад

      @@livb6945 Well, its is used in the French spelling in Scotland.

    • @KitsyX
      @KitsyX Месяц назад +1

      To be fair, there is a fair amount of variation in English in England, let alone elsewhere… And arguably we used to pronounce some things or use some words Americans use, but then trends in England/ the UK changed, or whatever… So it’s not always the US changing things

    • @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072
      @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 Месяц назад +2

      I’m sorry, who got rid of the R sound ? the UK. The reason why you pronounce Leicester that was is because Brits changed English more.
      I mean why is water Wo tah ?

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад

      @@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 That is an English trait. The Scots, Welsh and Irish have not "got rid of the R sound"!

  • @Jamie_D
    @Jamie_D Месяц назад +18

    You can blame Webster for dumbing down the English language into a child like structure for you all.

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад +4

      I feel that Noah Webster is/ was my 'mortal enemy'!! ... Perhaps it's just as well a long time has passed between our births / lifetimes ...though, if I could've changed his drastic effects upon the American's butchered English, I may well have entered into 'a verbal battle 'with him, horrid man!! 🤔🥺😕

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 Месяц назад +1

      Y'all.
      Apparently 😂😂

  • @simondobbs4480
    @simondobbs4480 Месяц назад +12

    sodium, potassium, lithium, barium, scandium, titanium, strontium. Most metals except those discovered by the ancients end in IUM. Hence aluminIUM.

  • @originalpottsy
    @originalpottsy Месяц назад +12

    Rudolf and Adolf Dassler started Adidas. The company name comes from Adolfs nickname of Adi (pronounced Addy and a shortened surname, Das. They had a fallout later on and Rudolf started Puma which in Germany is pronounced Pooma.

  • @TheOnlyGazzLam
    @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +20

    Buoy is pronounced "boy" because its Buoyant (it floats) ... it's as simple as that really, leaving the American pronunciation zero reasoning.
    On a side note (and I've seen Brits, Americans, and Aussies mess this up... It's "ProNUNciation", not "proNOUNciation"
    It's spelling is "pronunciation", and it's pronounced accordingly.
    The only "noun" part is that fact that proNUNciation is a noun, but there's no "noun" in the noun "pronunciation".
    Clear? 😛

    • @alicewaria6215
      @alicewaria6215 Месяц назад

      I am Australian and I call it Boy and same with pronunciation the first one you put lol

    • @anthonyhiggins7409
      @anthonyhiggins7409 7 дней назад

      This makes so much sense.

  • @danhan121
    @danhan121 Месяц назад +12

    Aitch was the pronunciation of the letter H. Some people say ‘aitch’ some say it (incorrectly😂) ‘haitch’

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +3

      I'm putting the first upvote on this, because it pisses me off so much when people unnecessarily aspirate

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад +6

      "Haitch". makes me cringe....🥺😕

    • @chrystaljane2255
      @chrystaljane2255 Месяц назад +5

      One of my pet peeves is when people say haitch instead of aitch!

    • @pathopewell1814
      @pathopewell1814 Месяц назад

      ​@@chrystaljane2255my sentiments exactly!

    • @alisonrichards7406
      @alisonrichards7406 Месяц назад +3

      I think most people believe H is called haitch. Here in Wales u also get the flattened vowel sound. (I can't find a way to write it to convey what I mean but I'm sure u know). It drives me nuts but people don't believe me when I say it's an aitch! Ooh get me and my educated ways.

  • @Attirbful
    @Attirbful Месяц назад +8

    the British pronunciation is the correct one. The German Adolf (short Adi) Dassler) founded the company, and we Germans also pronounce it like Adidas (short a). And even I as a German KNOW that Aitsch represents the pronunciation of “H“….

  • @Phiyedough
    @Phiyedough Месяц назад +13

    When it is a specific person like Daniel Craig it is disrespectful to not pronounce their name correctly. Americans pronounce aluminium differently because they spell it differently, the same with aeroplane versus airplane.

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +1

      I wholeheartedly agree. I make a lot of effort to pronounce people's names correctly.
      But to extend the "proper nouns" thing...
      Why do all of us Anglophones not say "Deutschland", or "Paris" (or even "France" for that matter") the way the people who live there and named the place call it.
      Vincent Van Gogh, is probably the most famous example. I've learned to pronounce it the Dutch way, which is NOT the way I learned as a child which is the "some effort" British way "gogcchh", or the lazy way "goff" or the weird American way "Go".
      But on the flip-side, I can't roll my R's so, I can't pronounce anyone's name which has a rolled R. (That unfortunately includes.... my own name!)

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад +1

      @@TheOnlyGazzLam Well, to be honest, you English do not pronounce Scottish, Welsh or Irish names (place or people's names) correctly either!

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +1

      @@Yesser-Thistle73 absolutely! As I said, I make the effort... My name is Welsh about 1/4 of my extended relatives are Welsh. I'm fairly good with Welsh and Scottish, but not being able to roll my Rs has posed problems with almost every language I've tried to learn (which is several).
      Both of my parents can roll their Rs, so I blame their teaching...
      I've got German, French, Czech, Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Spanish, Uruguayan, Venezuelan, Cuban, Brazilian, Chinese, Filipino and Vietnamese friends, and I've had to learn a lot of unnatural (to me) consonants to say their names properly... But I just cannot get that "rrrrrr". Sooo frustrating.

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад

      @@TheOnlyGazzLam All Celts together! No problem and thank you. Here's a little trick I heard from a singing teacher. To get the "r" sound, try saying "brrrr" as if you are cold. After a while you will get it with no bother!

    • @anthonyhiggins7409
      @anthonyhiggins7409 7 дней назад

      The name Craig is Scottish and originally comes from Gaelic - which you can see in the structure of the spelling.
      I guess it’s possible that some of the Scottish accents of those who emigrated to America could be responsible for the evolution of the American pronunciation. I can see how it could be misheard as having an e sound instead of an extended a sound.
      Particularly if it’s said very quickly.

  • @chrisperyagh
    @chrisperyagh Месяц назад +11

    The majority of elements ending in ~ium are: helium, lithium, beryllium, sodium, magnesium, ALUMINIUM, potassium, calcium, scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, gallium, germanium, selenium, rubidium, strontium, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, cadmium, indium, tellurium, caesium, barium, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, hafnium, rhenium, osmium, iridium, thallium, polonium, francium, radium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, belgium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, rogentium, copernicium, nihonium, flerovium, moscovium, livermorium.
    The minority of elements ending in ~um are: molybdenum, lanthanum, tantalum, platinum.
    Now spot the fake one I bunged in there.

    • @Lazmanarus
      @Lazmanarus Месяц назад

      "Platinum".

    • @chrisperyagh
      @chrisperyagh Месяц назад

      I said platinum.

    • @Lazmanarus
      @Lazmanarus Месяц назад

      @@chrisperyagh so you did, my mistake.

    • @cindz4618
      @cindz4618 Месяц назад

      😂😂😂👏👏

  • @ColinGarner-h1t
    @ColinGarner-h1t Месяц назад +10

    As I think you realise the way these words are pronounced in the uk is the correct way .

  • @AikiPen79
    @AikiPen79 Месяц назад +8

    in UK it is spelt Aluminium hence the different pronuciation.

  • @stuartfitch7093
    @stuartfitch7093 Месяц назад +7

    Tyler, the word spelt as Aluminum in the US is spelt as Aluminium in the UK. Notice the extra letter 'I' in the UK version of the word that refers to the same metal.
    This extra letter 'I' in the UK spelling gives it a totally different pronunciation. In the the US you are saying "minum" where in the UK we are saying "minium" to take account of that extra letter 'I' in the English spelling.
    In fact, as I type this comment, my British version text correct is highlighting Aluminum as wrong. It doesn't recognise it as a legitimate word under British text correct.
    So, each country's pronunciation is correct when we take account of the difference in the spelling.

  • @mattbentley9270
    @mattbentley9270 Месяц назад +9

    I think Danial Craig knows how to say his name, give him respect and say it right Yanks

  • @JohnResalb
    @JohnResalb Месяц назад +11

    Buffet is french, so any question of pronunciation - you have to take it up with THEM.

    • @what-uc
      @what-uc Месяц назад

      I think Scots say it more or less the French way

    • @pascalefayet7055
      @pascalefayet7055 Месяц назад +1

      Almost all the words on the list are french. Buoy (bouée), caramel, debut (début), brochure, chauffeur, croissant, crayon, buffet, depot (dépôt).

  • @nathan_hassen
    @nathan_hassen Месяц назад +8

    Adidas is named after the German creater, called Adi Dassler or Adolf Dassler the English way is correct

  • @sdafc888
    @sdafc888 Месяц назад +9

    Tbh that bloke on there has lived in the USA for years he used to be in England he’s just changed things

  • @AndusDominae
    @AndusDominae Месяц назад +5

    Cran? Like cranberry?
    Didn't expect that. 🤣

  • @cherylwells9116
    @cherylwells9116 Месяц назад +4

    There is a reason why some American English words are spelt differently, to British English words, and then some are pronounced differently. It is do with printing back in the day, printing was expensive, you got charged for each letter, so as a way to save money, some letters were missed, like the u in colour, flavour etc. Cheque was changed to Check. So there you have it

  • @pauloldfield8378
    @pauloldfield8378 Месяц назад +10

    Tyler claims that all the yanks can English properly, gets lynched in the comments by all the English people.

  • @pepperpotty
    @pepperpotty Месяц назад +13

    It drives me mad whenever I see an American RUclipsr pronounce Daniel Craig wrong. It's not even about having different ways of pronouncing things. This is someone's name and you should say it correctly.

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад

      It should be crayg, as it is Scottish in origin.

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 Месяц назад +2

      ​it's definitely not creg

    • @stujordan1930
      @stujordan1930 Месяц назад +1

      You're right it is CRAYG not CREG! It is my middle name Craig

    • @crisganderton7341
      @crisganderton7341 Месяц назад

      I hadn't realised Americans pronounced it 'creg'

    • @rcwward
      @rcwward Месяц назад

      wrongly !!!

  • @deborahconner2006
    @deborahconner2006 Месяц назад +25

    That's because we speak English not some altered language that Americans use

    • @lukebuccioli
      @lukebuccioli Месяц назад +1

      The people from the ancient times that spoke old English would find the current English very strange too

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +1

      @@lukebuccioli Heck, the alphabet isn't even the same... We lost 5 letters from Old English, and added 2

    • @marydavis5234
      @marydavis5234 Месяц назад

      Newsflash English from the US, is actually 18th century English from England

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@marydavis5234It's not.
      That's just another American myth I'm afraid.

  • @pamelalovie-dd3lj
    @pamelalovie-dd3lj Месяц назад +9

    As it's English, the Americans pronounce it differently. The clue is in the name.

  • @jay-rk1ve
    @jay-rk1ve Месяц назад +4

    Ive just noticed that Americans seem to pronounce the second letter how you would pronounce it if it was a capital letter😂

  • @AndusDominae
    @AndusDominae Месяц назад +5

    If you say the French word with an English accent, that's how we say croissant. So, kind of "kwasson"
    Bear in mind my childhood was split between Wales and France, I have an insight.

  • @AndusDominae
    @AndusDominae Месяц назад +5

    First time I heard my Texan relatives say fillet I asked if they realised we weren't in France. Fillutt is the English pronunciation.

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад +2

      I did once watch an Evan Edinger video where he puzzled over the confused pronunciations of:
      "fillet" ("fill_ay") as 'fillit' versus
      "buffet" as 'buff_ay' !! It gave me pause to think too, for a short while, but then, as I seldom need to say either, I ignored the "puzzle" and got on with my day unperturbed!! 👍🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇬🇧🤭🖖

    • @sobeit42
      @sobeit42 Месяц назад

      see it also depends on the situation because filet mignon is fillay minnon but a fish fillet is too common for that its a fillit.... so it kinda depends on if we think its posh or not.

  • @t.carole5014
    @t.carole5014 Месяц назад +1

    6:21 it is spelt that way! If you’re British 😂

  • @1970vashti
    @1970vashti Месяц назад +11

    America changed the spelling of Aluminium

    • @anthonyhiggins7409
      @anthonyhiggins7409 7 дней назад

      Actually, the English changed it. The original spelling was the American way (created by an English guy in England) but it was later changed to match the rest of the words of its like.

    • @1970vashti
      @1970vashti 6 дней назад

      ​@anthonyhiggins7409 the Americans changed it to Aluminum because they changed the compound hence the change in spelling because its not Aluminum.

    • @anthonyhiggins7409
      @anthonyhiggins7409 6 дней назад

      @ No, from what I know the guy who named it called it aluminum. It was written in British scientific papers and stuff as that.
      Then a few years later the spelling was changed. It was in a BBC documentary.

  • @castropianoforte
    @castropianoforte Месяц назад +1

    For "advertisement", we make it more like one whole word, to distinguish the fact that it's now a noun and not a verb. "Advertise" = verb. "Advertis(e)ment" = noun.
    We use "Aluminium", not "Aluminum" because it's spelled with an extra "i" here.

  • @kaatom1
    @kaatom1 Месяц назад +5

    If The English invented (evolved) English and it was English people that took English to America then American English is just a slang version of English. Then the English way of pronunciation, following the English rules of grammar is the correct way to pronounce said words.

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 Месяц назад +3

      Correct.
      Americans are basically Mexicans, telling the Spanish how to use their language 😂

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад +1

      Not always. The Celtic nations have different accents, therefore do not, for instance, add letters to words -"lawr and ordah" for example!

  • @philm
    @philm Месяц назад

    Just subbed - thanks for crediting the original video :)

  • @rattyvulcan1207
    @rattyvulcan1207 Месяц назад +4

    Aluminium Vs Aluminum hence the difference (as stated in the original video). Of note though the correct spelling has actually been adopted in America by IUPAC (and both spellings are now considered correct), so they can spell correctly if they try :D

  • @VeritySnatch
    @VeritySnatch Месяц назад +4

    Craig, pronounced cray-g. from the Scottish Gaelic word "creag" meaning rocky outcrop

  • @Attirbful
    @Attirbful Месяц назад +3

    It is not impossible to learn different pronunciation. I think there are a lot of non-English speakers even who are aware and can pretty much pull off both American and British pronunciations in respective situations and discourses… All it takes is being aware and paying attention once in a while…

  • @sgttoxiiczz
    @sgttoxiiczz Месяц назад +3

    I recently learned that Americans also pronounce the car brand Peugeot as "pooz-yo." Whereas, we brits typically pronounce it "purrz-yo."

    • @helenbarnett695
      @helenbarnett695 Месяц назад

      Americans say No-kia brits say knock-kia, Nokia, also root and r-out, route and many more 😂😂😂

    • @Lazmanarus
      @Lazmanarus Месяц назад

      More like purr-zho with a softer "zh" sound
      or if I'm being "sarky", I'll say "pue-ge-ot".

  • @themachine5957
    @themachine5957 Месяц назад +3

    The name of the metal is pronounced differently here because it's spelled differently. The British spelling has an extra 'I' before the final 'U': alumin(i)um.

  • @sc3pt1c4L
    @sc3pt1c4L Месяц назад +7

    My least favourite American word is 'meeer' or Mirror as I say it.

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +4

      mine's "squirl"...
      "the squirl's in the bird feeder again".
      That's a lie, my least favourite is actually "carmel" but I too wanted to add to the conversation, and not repeat

    • @ilovevegimite
      @ilovevegimite Месяц назад +4

      I hate when Tim Allen says "ruff" when he means 'roof'. Coincidentally that is why he got the lead in The Shaggy Dog movie.

    • @marisaevancoe2157
      @marisaevancoe2157 Месяц назад +2

      My husband and I attended a church while visiting Indiana and in one prayer the priest said “Lord I am not worthy to enter under thy ruff”. We looked at one another and said “ruff”?!😂

  • @vickytaylor9155
    @vickytaylor9155 Месяц назад +3

    Adidas is a German company founded by Adi Dassler. It pronounced the British way in Germany. The parent company is Puma founded by Dasslers brother and it pronounced PUma not Pooma.

  • @johndavidbaldwin3075
    @johndavidbaldwin3075 Месяц назад +1

    Aluminium ends in ium; this is the ending of the names of a lot of metals. Those metals which were discovered or isolated as an element in the 19th century all end in ium. Only those which were purified in ancient times have different types of name (iron, copper, zinc, tin, gold, silver)

  • @ColinGarner-h1t
    @ColinGarner-h1t Месяц назад +7

    Aitch is a word and it refers to the letter H , definitely not haitch .

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад +1

      👍 Thank-you 🖖

    • @sobeit42
      @sobeit42 Месяц назад +1

      disagree, its haitch

    • @ColinGarner-h1t
      @ColinGarner-h1t Месяц назад +2

      @@sobeit42 it’s in the dictionary under A For aitch . Your wrong !

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад +1

      @@sobeit42
      It is _NOT_ "haitch"!! That's ridiculous.

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад

      @@ColinGarner-h1t
      *You're correct about aitch... 'H'
      But we're incorrect about "your"
      As it's 'you're' short for 'you are'. Sorry.

  • @doctordunc
    @doctordunc Месяц назад +3

    Once in America I tried to order a pain au chocolat - blank look - I noticed it was listed as "chocolate croissant", so tried that... Even more confused. I ended up just pointing. I thought I'd remembered how the server said it, but I obviously didn't quite, because nobody understood what I wanted when I asked for a cross ant either.

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад

      you need a "crass aunt".
      Actually. everyone needs a crass aunt

    • @doctordunc
      @doctordunc Месяц назад

      @@TheOnlyGazzLam Well that's even stranger. But then we may not pronounce aunt the same way... I'm feeling reasonably confident about crass.

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад

      ​@@TheOnlyGazzLam
      Just don't (or, try not to?!) shorten both words where upon the 'c' directly precedes the 'aunt'
      ... It could sound too much like
      Jeremy Hunt's oft (deliberately) mispronounced surname...?!

  • @robcrossgrove7927
    @robcrossgrove7927 Месяц назад +2

    I don't know about anyone else, but I pronounce this as Crossont. I know it's not right, but I think I've only ever said it out loud a couple of times in my life.

  • @bjørnjacobsengaming
    @bjørnjacobsengaming Месяц назад +3

    You're not supposed to pronounce the t in croissant. It's mute, so you have to say croissan It's like the i, which you don't pronounce either.

  • @NotUmais_10
    @NotUmais_10 25 дней назад +2

    the British spelling for it is : ALUMUNIUM. That is why there is an extra 'I".

  • @malpa2345
    @malpa2345 Месяц назад +5

    The way Americans pronounce croissant is outrageous

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад +1

      It's the American way...!!
      Outrageous equals American!!

    • @liamhainsworth3105
      @liamhainsworth3105 Месяц назад +4

      Listen to them try say Worcestershire sauce it’s hilarious 😂

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад

      @@liamhainsworth3105
      Yes... That's sooo weird...!! They always seem to sound the 'c' in 'cester' as though there is an _aitch_ hidden somewhere in it?!!

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 Месяц назад

      ​@@liamhainsworth3105Or Leicestershire.

  • @davidbaldock9321
    @davidbaldock9321 Месяц назад +2

    Aluminum is spelt Aluminium in the UK.

  • @petersullivan2837
    @petersullivan2837 Месяц назад +3

    Daniel Craig = James Bond

  • @screamager72
    @screamager72 Месяц назад +3

    The one that always gets me is "evolution". Americans pronounce evolve, evolving and evolved the same way as we do in Britain, but Americans shorten the "e" sound on evolution, whereas we retain the longer "e" sound.

  • @infidelcastro5129
    @infidelcastro5129 Месяц назад +9

    30 seconds in…
    Adi (Adolf) Dassler. Adi. Das.
    Not Adee-Das 😊

    • @Brian.001
      @Brian.001 Месяц назад +3

      and dass, not daas. And it's futile to cite 'Adolph', as they mispronounce that as 'Aid-olph',

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@Brian.001
      Also, Americans seem to say
      "a_toll" for 'at_oll' and
      "plag" for 'plague' and
      "fo_ward" for 'forward'* (completely missing* the first 'r' in the word... Why?!!)

  • @breakbeatkid
    @breakbeatkid Месяц назад +2

    it's mainly the french words, british english put the emphasis a syllable earlier than american english. ADdress vs addREss, or BAllet. vs balLET, BEret vs beRET

  • @dowvidz
    @dowvidz Месяц назад +1

    Aluminum in the U.S and aluminium in the U.K are spelt differently hence a different pronunciation. U.S like to drop letters sometimes, colour/color for example

  • @StephenSilverbeard
    @StephenSilverbeard Месяц назад +1

    Buffet is an interesting word as the pronunciation and meaning changes according to how it is used. When used as noun is refer to meal and when it is used as a verb it means to hit something. The reason for the softer pronunciation for some words is they have a French origin which influences the way it is said. The most extreme version of this process is UK place names, which often retain the pronunciation of the original language despite the spelling changing over time.

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +1

      then there's the phrase "I'm going to hit the buffet", which makes this all go weird

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад

      @@TheOnlyGazzLam Boofaay for the food. buffit for hitting or being hit.

  • @csb7376
    @csb7376 Месяц назад

    Adidas being pronounced Adi - Dass is obvious. The company is named after it's founder, Adi Dassler. His brother, Rudolf founded the Puma brand after they went their separate ways after the second world war.
    It's funny how when you hear words pronounced a certain way for the first time. The country Tanzania was always pronounced "Tans an ear" by me and anyone who I ever saw on TV say it. Until a contestant on a gameshow pronounced it "Tan Zanier" and it blew my mind🤯

  • @HighlanderReactionsZA
    @HighlanderReactionsZA Месяц назад +1

    To find the correct pronunciation of any word is to look at the origin of the word. That way you will find the original and correct pronunciation. Anything other than that is an alteration.

  • @-R.Gray-
    @-R.Gray- Месяц назад +2

    "Aluminum" wasn't a victory for America - it's just how you are used to seeing it spelled and pronounced. The British scientist who discovered it first called it "alumium" because of its relationship to the chemical compound alum. Then he changed that to "aluminum". Then other British scientists added the "i" to make it conform to the spelling of other elements on the periodic table - eg. lithium, strontium, sodium, potassium, magnesium.

  • @littlescamps
    @littlescamps Месяц назад +5

    Aitch is the name of a singer in Steps

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +1

      about 8 people know what you are talking about

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад

      I think he was referred to as "Aitch" but mostly when seen written about him / Steps, it was as "H" ...as it wasn't his actual name per se but short for a name beginning with 'H' - though I don't recall which name, as it was my twins who were fans of 'Steps', not me!!

    • @thedoobieshrew0244
      @thedoobieshrew0244 Месяц назад

      Rapper too

  • @Scottistic
    @Scottistic 27 дней назад +1

    6:31 that’s because you Americans use a different spelling from the rest of the world. It was originally called Aluminum but to create parity with all the other elements that have ium, it was changed to Aluminium. American, as usual, decided to stick to its guns and refused to update its lexicon…that was 200 years ago

  • @pathopewell1814
    @pathopewell1814 Месяц назад +1

    Alumni- a member who has studied and obtained a Degree at a university. Pronounced as in aliminium.

  • @JohnSmith-il3kv
    @JohnSmith-il3kv Месяц назад +1

    We don't speak the same language, Tyler---America buggered it up! 😀

  • @originalpottsy
    @originalpottsy Месяц назад +3

    Most differences is that the USA (Thomas Jefferson) thought English was too complicated and decided to change the dictionary to American-English causing many spelling and pronunciation issues. One in Point is the word era which is pronounced eera in English and error in American-English, making it a mistake. Pun intended.

  • @uppyraptor49
    @uppyraptor49 Месяц назад +4

    We say missile you say missel

    • @Yesser-Thistle73
      @Yesser-Thistle73 Месяц назад

      Missel is used for a type of thrush (bird) as in Mistlethrush.

  • @giorgiopolloni7936
    @giorgiopolloni7936 Месяц назад +1

    Amazing how people from the USA have no idea about other English pronunciations whereas we Canadians are always aware of all the other variations.

  • @Attirbful
    @Attirbful Месяц назад +3

    You also say Magnesium, and not Magnesum. Or Lithium, and not Lithum… Polonium, and not Polonum. Most elements of the chemistry table have an -ium ending…

  • @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072
    @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 Месяц назад +1

    6:27 yes it is. We’re not listening to them?

  • @TheProfessor-TB
    @TheProfessor-TB Месяц назад +1

    Yes, alla-min-yoo-um over al-oo-min-um.

  • @nikkib8811
    @nikkib8811 Месяц назад

    I've also noticed that American's seems to substitute d's for t's, such as saying Peder, for Peter or Kadie for Katie.

  • @enemde3025
    @enemde3025 Месяц назад +3

    ADIDAS. From the name of the German brand creator ADOLPH DASSLER. (ADEE DASS).
    In the UK we don't use the letter Z (ZED) where the letter S should be !! (realize/realise etc)
    AITCH = the letter H. Some people say HAITCH. And they are WRONG !!
    ALUMINUM and ALUMINIUM are two different spellings for the same thing.
    The way he says CROISSANT is correct. It's the French, and only way, to say it !
    How does CRAIG sound like CREG !!??

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад

      Plus, Graham / Graeme which Americans mispronounce as Gram. ☹️

    • @zidane8452
      @zidane8452 Месяц назад

      What you use Z for then? I mean it's rare after all and even more rare with all that s vs z bs

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад

      @@zidane8452
      Zed for Zebra... Zac... Zoo / Zoology...
      Zither... Zoastra... Zara... Zion... (Azure)...
      et al

  • @nolaj114
    @nolaj114 Месяц назад +1

    Poor Tyler only learned the alphabet to "gee". 😅😅😅

  • @Lincynity1
    @Lincynity1 23 дня назад +1

    Given Adidas was the company formed by Adolph Dassler, it's Adi-Das not Adeedass

  • @simonnoble8170
    @simonnoble8170 Месяц назад

    Another great Video Tyler. Brilliant fun!!! To be be fair, there aren't many English people who speak the language properly anyway

  • @bartholomewswarmkrunsh3859
    @bartholomewswarmkrunsh3859 Месяц назад

    Aluminium is spelt, UK way, with two I's (not together), Buoy is "Boy" as a contraction of Buoyant (Boyant), and I like Aitch, I have his albums. 😊

  • @auldfouter8661
    @auldfouter8661 Месяц назад

    Since the Spelling Bee ( NYT daily game) wouldn't accept AITCH this week I have been asking what Americans call H. Letter spellings such as ESS and DEE regularly appear in the NYT Big Crossword.

  • @kezshaw6195
    @kezshaw6195 7 дней назад

    As a Brit I have to correct you. It’s common words pronounced the English way. We also have different languages here. We have Welsh, Scot’s, English, Gaelic, Irish, Cornish, Manx, Anglo Romani and Shetla. The English way will always be the correct way hence it being called the English language. It’s also the hardest language to learn because of pronunciation 😁

  • @zaphodbeeblebrox6627
    @zaphodbeeblebrox6627 Месяц назад +2

    Adidas is a German company and if you asked a German to pronounce the name they would pronounce it the way we do in the UK.
    How it got changed to the way Americans say it ...GOD KNOWS!
    If somebody asked you to pronounce the eighth letter of the alphabet, you would pronounce it as AITCH (H).
    Some people for some reason known only to God emphasis the pronunciation by actually adding an 'H' to the word and pronounce the 8th letter as 'Haitch'
    Here's an example:
    Aye, Bee, See, Dee, Ee, Eff, Gee,HAITCH ( it's actually just Aitch), Eye, Jay, Kay ... etc etc.

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +1

      dubya?

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад +1

      👍❤❤❤❤❤🖖

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Месяц назад

      ​@@TheOnlyGazzLam
      Double_you / Double_u.

    • @marydavis5234
      @marydavis5234 Месяц назад +1

      Most Americans pronounce adidas ,the same way as it is pronounced in tv commercials, except for my family, we pronounce it the same way as Germanys do.

    • @kevinfairclough4619
      @kevinfairclough4619 Месяц назад

      @@TheOnlyGazzLam😂 dubya WWWW 😂 but… to be fair, “doubleyou” is misleading for a name of a letter, and strange. But it it what it is, and it’s not “Dubya” 😅

  • @dpcnreactions7062
    @dpcnreactions7062 Месяц назад +1

    These words would likely sound different in various regions of Britian.

  • @jenniferhancock9579
    @jenniferhancock9579 Месяц назад +2

    Aluminum is american but in britain we have an extra 'i' so its aluminium

  • @Attirbful
    @Attirbful Месяц назад +3

    The British pronunciation is more correct, because Buffet is a French word and pronounced Bu-ffee (in German, I would use the Umlaut: Bü-ffee) with a clear stress on the second syllable (as in Chauffeur as well). The language roots are what the British follow. Americans simply pronounce things according to their own ideas of pronunciation, not paying any attention to the history of a word and at what point it entered the English language… It drives me nuts, f.e., when Americans say “expresso“ instead of “espresso“ - there is not x to be found in that word anywhere!

  • @CptnKremmen
    @CptnKremmen Месяц назад +2

    It's Chile as in chilly.

  • @reeeyou
    @reeeyou Месяц назад +1

    Aluminium was aluminium to conform with most other metals in the periodic table. Lithium, Beryllium, Magnesium, etc. There is a reason why they are named “ium” but in aluminium’s case it was first named “aluminum” by a danish scientist who discovered it, and then changed to “aluminium” for conventional purposes.
    Heck even Wakanda’s “Vibranium” ends with ium so maybe just change it to ium in US 😂

  • @chazM6116
    @chazM6116 Месяц назад +2

    English aluminium v US aluminum you talked over him saying we spell it differently

  • @ukdnbmarsh
    @ukdnbmarsh Месяц назад +2

    Aluminium, Titanium, Palladium of course

  • @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072
    @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 Месяц назад +1

    18:55 how?

  • @bexbugoutsurvivor
    @bexbugoutsurvivor Месяц назад

    Adidas was German cobbler, so the correct German pronunciation is,
    Adidas - [ah-dee-dahs]
    Advertisement has no Z in it, but has the letter S, which needs to be spoken.
    Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) American have missed the letter "I" from it's correct spelling.
    Boucher a French word, British pronounce as the French do, as it is a French word.
    Bouy is an abbreviation of the word buoyancy or buoyant Boy is the pronunciation
    chauffeur is another French word not an English word and pronounced "shofair"
    Debut another French word "day-bee-you"

  • @sobeit42
    @sobeit42 Месяц назад

    Here is something you should look up, "letter" and "legal" paper standard vs A4 and A3 etc.

  • @daveofyorkshire301
    @daveofyorkshire301 Месяц назад +6

    Aluminium is different because it was corrected in 1812 during a little war, so the USA refused to update the spelling.
    Humphrey Davy originally called it aluminum but to match all the other elements he discovered he renamed it during the 1812 war. The Americans never adjusted the spelling.

  • @cherk9993
    @cherk9993 Месяц назад

    In New Zealand, we pronounce words exactly the same as the British. However, I find it frustrating when Americans try to correct my spelling, unaware that there's a difference between British and American English. I've even had to explain to someone that there are two distinct spelling systems - British and American - to clarify that my spelling isn't incorrect, just different.

  • @schiz5674
    @schiz5674 18 дней назад

    I'm born and bred British yet say 'Advertisement' in the American way when it's for TV yet the British way in physical form e.g newspaper. 😂

  • @Little_Dragon626
    @Little_Dragon626 Месяц назад +2

    Brit here, we definitely don't pronounce adidas, advertisement in my area
    as for aluminium vs aluminum, they're actually two names for the same metal, the person who originally discovered or documented the element wanted to call it aluminium, which I actually like better than both
    if you say Croissant the way he did here, you'd get the piss taken out of you
    I want to mention that I'm not speaking for all of Britain, but the point that I do want to make is that he's not speaking for all of the UK when he says his pronunciations, without exaggerating I can literally drive 10 minutes from where I am right now, and people will have different pronunciations of words

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Месяц назад +1

      He actually called it "alumium" at first... then realised it sounds stupid, and didn't want to be laughed it, so he changed it to "aluminum", then realised it still sounds a bit dumb so changed it to Aluminium, but it seems the Americans figured the same guy who wrote the American dictionary and thought that "Nife" and "wimmin" were better ways to spell things must be right.

    • @Little_Dragon626
      @Little_Dragon626 Месяц назад

      @@TheOnlyGazzLam Oh really? I thought I remembered that all three were floating around and then an English paper chose Aluminium, and American paper chose Aluminum and the original person tried to get them both to change it to Alumium.
      Don't know where I got that from then xD (And of course, I'm not gonna fact check either of us)

  • @pascalefayet7055
    @pascalefayet7055 Месяц назад

    I just discovered this video, I'm French. Practically all the words suggested are french (caramel, buffet, debut, brochure, buoy, crayon, chauffeur, croissant, depot) and relatively correctly pronounced (in the french way) by the British man (Except for buoy (bouée) relatively correctly pronounced by the woman). I didn't even know that you are using the word "crayon" instead of pencil.

  • @Helen-ge5ng
    @Helen-ge5ng 23 дня назад +1

    I was hoping that the word “mirror” would be included, as Americans seem to pronounce it as “mere”, which is, of course, wrong. It also seems to have become more prevalent in recent years, or maybe I just didn't notice.

    • @Joy-z6g
      @Joy-z6g 9 дней назад +1

      They say ‘squirrel’ in a very odd way, too. ‘Squirl’ it sounds like. Well, on the one or two occasions I have heard the word spoken on an American programme, anyhow!