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.
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.
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...
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.
- 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.
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.
@@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
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!
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.
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 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
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”!
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!
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.
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.
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?
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 .
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.
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
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 ?
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!! 🤔🥺😕
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.
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? 😛
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.
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“….
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.
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 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.
@@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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!! 👍🤔🏴❤️🇬🇧🤭🖖
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.
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.
@ 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.
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.
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.
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
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…
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.
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
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”?!😂
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.
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)
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 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...?!
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.
@@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?!!
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.
@@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?!!)
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
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
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.
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🤯
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.
"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.
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!!
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
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.
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…
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 !!??
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.
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 😁
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.
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.
@@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” 😅
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!
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 😂
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"
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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)
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.
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.
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!
Iridium, magnesium,plutonium etc (aluminium) not aluminum? You dont call it iridum or magnesum or plutonum do you??
Do they change their spelling for intellectual challenges?
@@OldeJanner Yes. My face regularly changes colour when Utoob tells me I spell color wrong.
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.
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.
Lol I wanted to say the same thing until I saw your comment.
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...
The English language is the American language, we took over responsiblility for it in 1850. You pronounce things incorrectly, like H erb.
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.
America doesn't have a language.
- 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.
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.
@@marydavis5234 No. One scientist, regardless of origin, does not have the final say.
@@marydavis5234 Yes, I actually know this story. It seems he forgot to tell the Americans about his turn of mind. 🙂
@@Yesser-Thistle73remember, Americans speak English
@@liamhainsworth3105 Well, a form of it certainly.
Buoy - a buoyancy aid…it is buoyant, not a booeeancy aid 😂
We pronounce it closer to the French pronunciation.
He did say, but in the UK Aluminum is spelt Aluminium so it is pronounced differently
we invented it, so its the correct spelling. it's named that because it was isolated from the mineral ' alum'
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.
In The Netherlands we also say Aluminium as the Brits do And Adidas as the Germans do and many more like the Brits
Or commonly, tin foil 😅
@@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
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!
Americans coming to the wrong conclusion! Who woulda thunk it?
Initially it was called alumium. Which should be the most correct actually.
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.
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South African here too, “thusly “??
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.
I was looking for this comment. You are correct
I'd also throw in the name, "Graham". Americans I've heard tend to pronounce it like, "gram"
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.
It should be Gray-ham".
Like a gram cracker ( us)
Also Craig. Ai makes an ay sound. Not creg 🤣 I thought they were saying Greg for so long!
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.
He later said he might have not discerned the difference.
I have heard Craig pronounced Creg by Americans. If his name were Creg then fine but ai does not equal e.
@@terrynolan609 Where you live..Pneumonia ? Does Pn equate to "n" or does .
@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
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”!
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!
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.
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.
Aluminium isn't an alloy on its own
He just doest pay enough attention, it was clearly said if it was spelt the English way
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?
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 .
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.
@@livb6945 Well, its is used in the French spelling in Scotland.
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
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 ?
@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 That is an English trait. The Scots, Welsh and Irish have not "got rid of the R sound"!
You can blame Webster for dumbing down the English language into a child like structure for you all.
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!! 🤔🥺😕
Y'all.
Apparently 😂😂
sodium, potassium, lithium, barium, scandium, titanium, strontium. Most metals except those discovered by the ancients end in IUM. Hence aluminIUM.
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.
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? 😛
I am Australian and I call it Boy and same with pronunciation the first one you put lol
This makes so much sense.
Aitch was the pronunciation of the letter H. Some people say ‘aitch’ some say it (incorrectly😂) ‘haitch’
I'm putting the first upvote on this, because it pisses me off so much when people unnecessarily aspirate
"Haitch". makes me cringe....🥺😕
One of my pet peeves is when people say haitch instead of aitch!
@@chrystaljane2255my sentiments exactly!
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.
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“….
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.
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!)
@@TheOnlyGazzLam Well, to be honest, you English do not pronounce Scottish, Welsh or Irish names (place or people's names) correctly either!
@@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.
@@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!
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.
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.
"Platinum".
I said platinum.
@@chrisperyagh so you did, my mistake.
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As I think you realise the way these words are pronounced in the uk is the correct way .
in UK it is spelt Aluminium hence the different pronuciation.
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.
I think Danial Craig knows how to say his name, give him respect and say it right Yanks
Buffet is french, so any question of pronunciation - you have to take it up with THEM.
I think Scots say it more or less the French way
Almost all the words on the list are french. Buoy (bouée), caramel, debut (début), brochure, chauffeur, croissant, crayon, buffet, depot (dépôt).
Adidas is named after the German creater, called Adi Dassler or Adolf Dassler the English way is correct
Tbh that bloke on there has lived in the USA for years he used to be in England he’s just changed things
eh!
Cran? Like cranberry?
Didn't expect that. 🤣
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
Tyler claims that all the yanks can English properly, gets lynched in the comments by all the English people.
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.
It should be crayg, as it is Scottish in origin.
it's definitely not creg
You're right it is CRAYG not CREG! It is my middle name Craig
I hadn't realised Americans pronounced it 'creg'
wrongly !!!
That's because we speak English not some altered language that Americans use
The people from the ancient times that spoke old English would find the current English very strange too
@@lukebuccioli Heck, the alphabet isn't even the same... We lost 5 letters from Old English, and added 2
Newsflash English from the US, is actually 18th century English from England
@@marydavis5234It's not.
That's just another American myth I'm afraid.
As it's English, the Americans pronounce it differently. The clue is in the name.
Ive just noticed that Americans seem to pronounce the second letter how you would pronounce it if it was a capital letter😂
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.
First time I heard my Texan relatives say fillet I asked if they realised we weren't in France. Fillutt is the English pronunciation.
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!! 👍🤔🏴❤️🇬🇧🤭🖖
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.
6:21 it is spelt that way! If you’re British 😂
America changed the spelling of Aluminium
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.
@anthonyhiggins7409 the Americans changed it to Aluminum because they changed the compound hence the change in spelling because its not Aluminum.
@ 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.
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.
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.
Correct.
Americans are basically Mexicans, telling the Spanish how to use their language 😂
Not always. The Celtic nations have different accents, therefore do not, for instance, add letters to words -"lawr and ordah" for example!
Just subbed - thanks for crediting the original video :)
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
Craig, pronounced cray-g. from the Scottish Gaelic word "creag" meaning rocky outcrop
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…
I recently learned that Americans also pronounce the car brand Peugeot as "pooz-yo." Whereas, we brits typically pronounce it "purrz-yo."
Americans say No-kia brits say knock-kia, Nokia, also root and r-out, route and many more 😂😂😂
More like purr-zho with a softer "zh" sound
or if I'm being "sarky", I'll say "pue-ge-ot".
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.
My least favourite American word is 'meeer' or Mirror as I say it.
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
I hate when Tim Allen says "ruff" when he means 'roof'. Coincidentally that is why he got the lead in The Shaggy Dog movie.
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”?!😂
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.
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)
Aitch is a word and it refers to the letter H , definitely not haitch .
👍 Thank-you 🖖
disagree, its haitch
@@sobeit42 it’s in the dictionary under A For aitch . Your wrong !
@@sobeit42
It is _NOT_ "haitch"!! That's ridiculous.
@@ColinGarner-h1t
*You're correct about aitch... 'H'
But we're incorrect about "your"
As it's 'you're' short for 'you are'. Sorry.
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.
you need a "crass aunt".
Actually. everyone needs a crass aunt
@@TheOnlyGazzLam Well that's even stranger. But then we may not pronounce aunt the same way... I'm feeling reasonably confident about crass.
@@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...?!
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.
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.
the British spelling for it is : ALUMUNIUM. That is why there is an extra 'I".
The way Americans pronounce croissant is outrageous
It's the American way...!!
Outrageous equals American!!
Listen to them try say Worcestershire sauce it’s hilarious 😂
@@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?!!
@@liamhainsworth3105Or Leicestershire.
Aluminum is spelt Aluminium in the UK.
Daniel Craig = James Bond
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.
30 seconds in…
Adi (Adolf) Dassler. Adi. Das.
Not Adee-Das 😊
and dass, not daas. And it's futile to cite 'Adolph', as they mispronounce that as 'Aid-olph',
@@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?!!)
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
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
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.
then there's the phrase "I'm going to hit the buffet", which makes this all go weird
@@TheOnlyGazzLam Boofaay for the food. buffit for hitting or being hit.
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🤯
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.
"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.
Aitch is the name of a singer in Steps
about 8 people know what you are talking about
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!!
Rapper too
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
Alumni- a member who has studied and obtained a Degree at a university. Pronounced as in aliminium.
We don't speak the same language, Tyler---America buggered it up! 😀
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.
We say missile you say missel
Missel is used for a type of thrush (bird) as in Mistlethrush.
Amazing how people from the USA have no idea about other English pronunciations whereas we Canadians are always aware of all the other variations.
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…
6:27 yes it is. We’re not listening to them?
Yes, alla-min-yoo-um over al-oo-min-um.
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.
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 !!??
Plus, Graham / Graeme which Americans mispronounce as Gram. ☹️
What you use Z for then? I mean it's rare after all and even more rare with all that s vs z bs
@@zidane8452
Zed for Zebra... Zac... Zoo / Zoology...
Zither... Zoastra... Zara... Zion... (Azure)...
et al
Poor Tyler only learned the alphabet to "gee". 😅😅😅
Given Adidas was the company formed by Adolph Dassler, it's Adi-Das not Adeedass
Another great Video Tyler. Brilliant fun!!! To be be fair, there aren't many English people who speak the language properly anyway
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. 😊
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.
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 😁
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.
dubya?
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@@TheOnlyGazzLam
Double_you / Double_u.
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.
@@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” 😅
These words would likely sound different in various regions of Britian.
Aluminum is american but in britain we have an extra 'i' so its aluminium
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!
It's Chile as in chilly.
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 😂
English aluminium v US aluminum you talked over him saying we spell it differently
Aluminium, Titanium, Palladium of course
18:55 how?
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"
Here is something you should look up, "letter" and "legal" paper standard vs A4 and A3 etc.
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.
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.
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. 😂
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
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.
@@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)
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.
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.
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!