Lots of places have Viking or Anglo Saxon names. When the Normans invaded they couldn't pronounce them so they said it their way. When they named towns themselves (like Beaulieu) the locals couldn't pronounce it so they said it their way. Honestly, unless you're local, you never really know.
Being an English ex-pat, I know pronunciation is a hard one to learn. when I came to Canada the lady at Walmart told me I needed to learn better English my jaw just dropped
Even as a native of the UK, I got 4 of those wrong. Some place names date back hundreds of years. Cornwall has some delightfully tricky names. Entertaining video as always!
Hahahahaha 😂 That was great Alanna! Great pronunciation attempt, funny rant & then you just tossed your phone away 🤣 Thanks for putting a smile on my face 😊
Had to laugh at this point. There are so many ways to say thingy, which is short for thingummibob. eg Whatsit, doobrey, whatchamacallit, thingumajig, doohickey.
I love how some places in Norfolk are pronounced different locally Acle-I pronounce it Aycul, locally its ackle River bure- I pronounce how its spelt as in sounding like sure but b instead, locally its ber
I just knew this was going to be a laugh right from the start when you said From.......you didn't disappoint, many thanks from your neighbouring county Surrey here in the UK.
I was expecting Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire (I grew up not far from there and its one of my favourite skewed pronunciations) also Towcester in Northamptonshire...
Thank you for making me laugh so hard. Honestly this was the funniest bit I have seen in a very long time. You rock. I am still cracking up over this. Tossing the phone like Luke Skywalker tosses a lightsaber. Perfection.
That was hysterical, I haven't laughed that much in ages. I love that Frome pronunciation was so annoying that you knocked over the camera! If we are not allowed to name places anymore I presume you are going to set up the "Alanna UK Place Naming Commission"! 😋. Also the off hand manner in which you through your phone over your shoulder was golden!
Thank you! That made my day, I'm am still laughing. One thing to remember an 'e' at the end of a word makes a long vowl is. Kit, Kite and Bit, Bite (From, Frome) Just so you don't feel so bad, even I got some of them wrong!!!! Carry on, your a joy to watch and looking forward to your return 😀
You would love Beaulieu, although they put the milk in first! It does have ye olde village feel, the Nation Motor Museum and is just down the road from Bucklers Hard.
I love Bucklers Hard, it’s a lovely day out, interesting nice little museum with amazing info. It’s on the river with boat trips too and with a lovely pub The Master Builder, give yourself a treat when your down in the New Forest.💕💕💕
Alanna , if it’s not been said yet, may I just say thank you for making each one of us have a smile in a time of so much pain and heartache. This video gave me a smile just from the title thinking “ oh this should be a laugh “ , and as always you didn’t let us down 🤣😂😆
Hi, great video. Despite living in Devon for the last forty three years I had not heard of wolfardisworthy and would never have known how to pronounce it - and guess what: turns out there are two Wolfardisworthys - both in Devon, one near Crediton and one near Bideford. As for place names to pronounce, how about Mousehole in Cornwall!
Can this just be a weekly series? You could easily do another 5 or so lists of British place names, and another 5 lists of just Welsh names, and then maybe sneak an Irish place name in there too :)
love the shade thrown at the Scottish, shows you've lived in the UK a while. To make you feel better I argue about place name pronunciations with friends.
Hope this helps. In British English, normally, the word "from" has the short sound for the vowel, like in the words: dock, lock, sock. When you add an "e" it makes the vowel the long sound, as in: loose, moose, goose. So when you add an "e" to "from" it becomes froom, like broom. This isn't set in stone, btw. The English lexicon has words from Roman, Viking, Greek, Anglo saxon, French and German. That's without Scottish, Welsh and Irish. We really are a mongrel nation. Thanks for your uploads, they're great. Hope your visa application doesn't take too long. We need you back in the fold. 👍
I spent 13 years in Toronto and Oakille in Ontario but currently in England! Something I found rather amusing is listening to some Canadians pronounce the word ‘horror’. Perhaps Alana can say the word a few times and let us Brits determine whether it sounds like! 😊
Ha, Alanna wouldn't say it the funny way. You can hear it when she says "sorry", she pronounces it more like an American than the stereotypical Canadian "soar-y" that would make "horror" sound like...well...y'know.
@@Tom_RUclips_stole_my_handle theres a similar sign on top of Ben Nevis, as per this one on Snowdon, Y Wyddfa...the reason they take longer than in your compost is that the altitude at the top of the mountain gives colder temps(more often frozen in winter too)and means the banana skins survive for much longer than in a warm compost bin nearer sea level..Y Wyddfa is higher than any mountain in England too:) Anyway, you shouldn't drop rubbish whatever it is, take back what you took out....
@@jm-ze3sf Thanks! I have a side question now. When a new word is required in the Welsh language, for example if something is invented, who decides on it?
Been watching your videos here n there. Subscribed to your channel today. Weather here in England is beautiful. I'm lucky to be living in Bournemouth at the moment. But gonna go back up north in Autumn. Keep up the good work. You're channel is very insightful.
There are different ways to pronounce 'shire', it's a regional thing. Up in Yorkshire, it's 'york-sher', some people elsewhere would say 'york-shy-er' and others would say 'york-she-er'
Part 2, see how many of these names you actually remember. It's amazing how many folk don't say Edinburgh properly. "Eden-borrow" "Edinburg" "Edinburrow". Also looking forward to visiting Canada next year where apparenyly no ones gonna understand me 😅👍
I'm a little surprised you didn't get Bicester, since you know how to pronounce Leicester. Other towns that work the same way are Gloucester and Worcester. You just have to learn to ignore the CE. Until you get to Cirencester, when we leave it in just to confuse you.
Your video did make me smile, thank you. When I first moved to Norfolk I was always flummoxed by Wymondham which is actually pronounced Win - dam or Win - dum. Coming from London it took me while to get used to that one!
yeah, our place names are a bit of mess. It's what happens when you throw together celtish, welsh, Pictish, some French, Latin, old English and a bunch other stuff into the pot.
Not by those that live there. I was once engaged to a girl from there (until she saw sense) . She and everyone else I met there agreed with Google translate :-)
That the BBC thought those were the 10 most difficult is difficult to comprehend - those are relatively easy (Ok so I'm British!). That having been said, if your intent was to prostrate yourself in front of the entire world so that we all had a good laugh, then you did a fantastic job! Seriously - was such fun :-) I still think "Dwygyfylchi" in Wales is a good one :-)
Beaulieu is on the edge of the new forest in hampshire and has the national motor museum. if you haven't been to the new forest make sure you do next time you are here. it's a very beautiful and unique area steeped in history.
When you said I'm a Canadian, I heard "I'm a comedian" - after your hilarious vid, I guess I heard right! haha - ps I'm from the North of England and a few of those names fooled me too! 😂
Hi Allana, loved this one so much. Welsh is a bit like Polish and Gaelic, once you understand the grammatical rules, it's easy. Eg. Single f is pronounced v, double ff is f, and si is pronounced sh, so Siop is shop, Sion is Shon. Remember that Spanish, German and Turkish use accents, etc. to tell you how to pronounce letters.
I live up the road from Towcester, there's a lovely cafe, Jack's Cafe. Once lockdown is fully lifted, I'll be heading out that way for sure. Ulcester's a similar name conceptually in pronunciation, although I will admit, not as flat out hilarious as Towcester.
I live very close to Beaulieu (often spend time there during the summer) and I was literally screaming at the screen when it came up 😂 You tried, that's all that matters.
Alanna,you are irresistible with your absurd, nicely executed comedy videos. You are good company with this hopeless inadequacy. Cuddle Alanna,the hopeless baby!♥️🤗🇬🇧. She needs comfortable after another ordeal 😃!
Hi, Alanna, if we weren't happy before watching that we are happy afterwards, it was brilliant. I hope you make another and here is one to start you off, TOWCESTER, you should get that one perfectly because there was a clue in one you tried today. I hope you're keeping well and keep entertaining us. All of your Patreons were probably aware you wear glasses, I wear them as well everything is a blur without. Looking forward to your next video soon.
I'm from the New Forest in Hampshire and although Beaulieu should be pronounced 'Bowloo', as it is a French word, it was actually spelt 'Bewley' in medieval times and was only given the French spelling, when the village was taken over by a French noble..Hence Beaulieu is pronounced 'Bewley' as this was the correct pronunciation in olden times...
Wild Bill, I use to pronounce it Frome like Rome but with a F on the front. I was told that it was like rum but with a F on the front, as the spelling had changed and that it was originally spelled Frume.
I can imagine the meeting at Google's office: The next item on the agenda is creating a version of Google Translate for Canada. Where? Canada. Where's that? Somewhere up near Alaska I think. Does anyone live there? Yeah, a few. OK, just give 'em the US version. They probably don't have internet access or electricity or stuff like that anyway.
Here's a few place names from a country called Canada: Caughnawaga Saskatchewan Nepisiguit Chicoutimi Tuktoyakt Kuujjuaq Kugluktuk Témiscamingue Restigouc
Alannah, this was one of the most hilarious vids yet! Excellent! I'm in Herefordshire, and about 15 miles from me, is a town, spelled "Leominster" but phonetically, pronounced "Lemstuh" I reckon that's in with a shout of being on Alannah's list. 👍
@@BenjWarrant I bow to your superior local knowledge. I've just checked and Wikipedia (which is obviously the source of all truth) has 'Gumster' as a traditional (and mostly obsolete) pronunciation. I apologize for the confusion, as if the confusion that already exists in the spelling of place-names wasn't enough.
The pronunciation of shire at the end of a county is shu as in Yorkshu, Lancashu, Bedfordshu, Buckinghamshu Well it is where i come from :) By the way, when you get back to Blighty tell them southerners there is no 'r' in laugh or bath
Lots of places have Viking or Anglo Saxon names. When the Normans invaded they couldn't pronounce them so they said it their way. When they named towns themselves (like Beaulieu) the locals couldn't pronounce it so they said it their way. Honestly, unless you're local, you never really know.
Nailed Beaulieu!! When you come back take a visit nice walks on the river a motor museum and palace house
Being an English ex-pat, I know pronunciation is a hard one to learn. when I came to Canada the lady at Walmart told me I needed to learn better English my jaw just dropped
Beaulieu is a beautiful village. If you're ever in the New Forest you should pay it a visit.
C for effort, A for entertaining content
i love the pronunciation of Featherstonehaugh you should try that
One I've always loved is The Vale of Belvoir; pronounced: "Beaver"!
"Welsh looks like somebody fell asleep at the keyboard" 🤣🤣
Bloody brilliant. Great vid. Hope you get back to the UK soon 👍
I'm English and something something years old, I too failed more of these than I'd like to admit.
you are not alone !
Even as a native of the UK, I got 4 of those wrong. Some place names date back hundreds of years. Cornwall has some delightfully tricky names. Entertaining video as always!
Hahahahaha 😂 That was great Alanna! Great pronunciation attempt, funny rant & then you just tossed your phone away 🤣 Thanks for putting a smile on my face 😊
Glad you liked it!!
"Plug the thingy into the thingy and then press the thingy" - now that's the kind of tech support I understand :D
Sounds like a sex education class.
Had to laugh at this point. There are so many ways to say thingy, which is short for thingummibob. eg Whatsit, doobrey, whatchamacallit, thingumajig, doohickey.
My wife would have said "Plug the whatsit into the thingy then press the doofer". She likes a bit of variety!
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Without a doubt, you have the best personality on RUclips
can’t believe you didn’t try Cholmondeley in Cheshire, England! You’ll love that one!!
Mr Cholmondeley Warner....
been there and its said chumley ( castle ) , lovely place :)
Seen the pageant of power there with the cars from different era's
In Norfolk we have:
Happisburgh - Haysbrer
Stiffkey - Stooky
Wymondham - Windam
I love how some places in Norfolk are pronounced different locally
Acle-I pronounce it Aycul, locally its ackle
River bure- I pronounce how its spelt as in sounding like sure but b instead, locally its ber
Andrew Jarvis hello, fellow Norfolk person
Don’t forget Costessey. I’m a Norfolk girl too from Wymondham
Frostenden - Frozz_en_den
Id like to add CLEY next- to -the- sea :0)
I just knew this was going to be a laugh right from the start when you said From.......you didn't disappoint, many thanks from your neighbouring county Surrey here in the UK.
Brett Kennedy oh I’m in Surrey too 😁
Pronounced “Soy-Roy”.
I was expecting Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire (I grew up not far from there and its one of my favourite skewed pronunciations) also Towcester in Northamptonshire...
The funniest pronunciation I ever heard was an Australian, who pronounced Loughborough as Loogaburooga
Tbf loogaburooga does sound like a place in Australia though lol
Strewth
Dave Gorman once told an American it was pronounced lowbrow.
@@shirleyshubby A goodish thing to do. (First attempt at typing that my phone changed it to goldfish!)
@@shirleyshubby love Dave Gorman pmsl
Thank you for making me laugh so hard. Honestly this was the funniest bit I have seen in a very long time. You rock. I am still cracking up over this. Tossing the phone like Luke Skywalker tosses a lightsaber. Perfection.
That was hysterical, I haven't laughed that much in ages. I love that Frome pronunciation was so annoying that you knocked over the camera! If we are not allowed to name places anymore I presume you are going to set up the "Alanna UK Place Naming Commission"! 😋. Also the off hand manner in which you through your phone over your shoulder was golden!
Thank you!
That made my day, I'm am still laughing.
One thing to remember an 'e' at the end of a word makes a long vowl
is. Kit, Kite and Bit, Bite (From, Frome) Just so you don't feel so bad, even I got some of them wrong!!!!
Carry on, your a joy to watch and looking forward to your return 😀
Thank you for this, you made me smile on a day when there is little to smile at xxx
Ohh Alanna, we were CRYING with laughter! Thank you so much! Bloody brilliant!
You would love Beaulieu, although they put the milk in first! It does have ye olde village feel, the Nation Motor Museum and is just down the road from Bucklers Hard.
Lovely place and car museum is fab 👌
Byooley
and not that far awway from Dibden Purlieu
Instead of the french pronunciation of beau, think of Beauty with an L instead of a T
I love Bucklers Hard, it’s a lovely day out, interesting nice little museum with amazing info. It’s on the river with boat trips too and with a lovely pub The Master Builder, give yourself a treat when your down in the New Forest.💕💕💕
Alanna , if it’s not been said yet, may I just say thank you for making each one of us have a smile in a time of so much pain and heartache. This video gave me a smile just from the title thinking “ oh this should be a laugh “ , and as always you didn’t let us down 🤣😂😆
You are so welcome!
Hi, great video. Despite living in Devon for the last forty three years I had not heard of wolfardisworthy and would never have known how to pronounce it - and guess what: turns out there are two Wolfardisworthys - both in Devon, one near Crediton and one near Bideford. As for place names to pronounce, how about Mousehole in Cornwall!
and Leominster Herefordshire. Or Swalcliff Oxfordshire
😂😂😂 Frome like foam with an R lol , Omar , bista , this is your funniest video of late 😂👍
I've never seen anyone so outraged at Google translate. I love it.
Also, keep the glasses on. Makes you look classy.
Can this just be a weekly series? You could easily do another 5 or so lists of British place names, and another 5 lists of just Welsh names, and then maybe sneak an Irish place name in there too :)
I’m from Omagh!! Got excited when I seen that 😂 it’s pronounced ‘oh-ma’ no r pronunciation
Some from Yorkshire for you..
Slaithwaite = Sla-wit
Barnoldswick = Bar-lick
Keighley = Keith-lee
I’m a truck driver in the UK and I struggle when I see some place names 😂 you done well mate 😂
The best is when the satnav shouts out somewhere and you can't match the pronunciation up with the signs ☹️
Love these videos. Thanks Alanna!
Rough translation of the Welsh sign: "Banana skins take *years* to decompose. Don't litter on the mountain please."
You were always on a hiding to nothing with those, but good effort and great fun. For the record, your butchery of Beaulieu was .... epic!
love the shade thrown at the Scottish, shows you've lived in the UK a while. To make you feel better I argue about place name pronunciations with friends.
Hope this helps. In British English, normally, the word "from" has the short sound for the vowel, like in the words: dock, lock, sock. When you add an "e" it makes the vowel the long sound, as in: loose, moose, goose. So when you add an "e" to "from" it becomes froom, like broom. This isn't set in stone, btw. The English lexicon has words from Roman, Viking, Greek, Anglo saxon, French and German. That's without Scottish, Welsh and Irish. We really are a mongrel nation. Thanks for your uploads, they're great. Hope your visa application doesn't take too long. We need you back in the fold. 👍
Love the "Then I broke Google translate"
This was funny. Great video - as always. Thank you.
You need an episode just on Welsh names like Llandudno, Llanelli, Ebbw Vale and Ystradgynlais.
Just reading those hurt my brain
How about Welsh words? Popty ping, cwtch, nwdls, pysgod wibli wobli, all the classics
The York Rose No trouble at all. Welsh spelling was modernised a hundred years ago. English orthography is still stuck in the eighteenth century.
But I am certain google wouldn't know them either.
Don't tell her that , she will have a meltdown poor girl 😂😉
Great and amusing effort Alana. Hope you try again, my suggestion would be Cholmondeley in Cheshire.
I spent 13 years in Toronto and Oakille in Ontario but currently in England! Something I found rather amusing is listening to some Canadians pronounce the word ‘horror’. Perhaps Alana can say the word a few times and let us Brits determine whether it sounds like! 😊
Ha, Alanna wouldn't say it the funny way. You can hear it when she says "sorry", she pronounces it more like an American than the stereotypical Canadian "soar-y" that would make "horror" sound like...well...y'know.
I was crying 😂😂😂. Your attempts at those pronunciations were so adorable. You're soooo cute ❤️
FYI The Welsh at 13:24 reads :
"Banana skins takes YEARS to rot away. Please refrain from throwing them away on the mountain."
:-)
They have that reputation but I'm not sure it's founded in anything. I put them in the compost heap and they break down fine.
@@Tom_RUclips_stole_my_handle Indeed - the ones in our fruit bowl are pretty rancid in a week.
@@Tom_RUclips_stole_my_handle theres a similar sign on top of Ben Nevis, as per this one on Snowdon, Y Wyddfa...the reason they take longer than in your compost is that the altitude at the top of the mountain gives colder temps(more often frozen in winter too)and means the banana skins survive for much longer than in a warm compost bin nearer sea level..Y Wyddfa is higher than any mountain in England too:) Anyway, you shouldn't drop rubbish whatever it is, take back what you took out....
@@jm-ze3sf Thanks! I have a side question now. When a new word is required in the Welsh language, for example if something is invented, who decides on it?
@@Tom_RUclips_stole_my_handle They let a cat walk over a keyboard.
Been watching your videos here n there.
Subscribed to your channel today.
Weather here in England is beautiful. I'm lucky to be living in Bournemouth at the moment.
But gonna go back up north in Autumn.
Keep up the good work. You're channel is very insightful.
I think you should make more videos like this one. Your reactions to hearing the pronunciations were hilarious. Thank you for the much-needed laugh :)
That was so funny, please do part 2. Here's two more from Lancashire - Oswaldtwistle, Grimsargh :)
There are different ways to pronounce 'shire', it's a regional thing. Up in Yorkshire, it's 'york-sher', some people elsewhere would say 'york-shy-er' and others would say 'york-she-er'
I’m a Londoner, I would pronounce it is York-sha.. 😆 Honest
@Haris Holmes Yer'd fink ser, wuncha?
Look forward to Tuesday every week now I have found your channel love from Lancashire x
Part 2, see how many of these names you actually remember. It's amazing how many folk don't say Edinburgh properly. "Eden-borrow" "Edinburg" "Edinburrow".
Also looking forward to visiting Canada next year where apparenyly no ones gonna understand me 😅👍
Burg really upsets the locals.
the face of disgust at google reading back to you is priceless, surprised Cholmondeley wasn't on here
I'm a little surprised you didn't get Bicester, since you know how to pronounce Leicester. Other towns that work the same way are Gloucester and Worcester. You just have to learn to ignore the CE. Until you get to Cirencester, when we leave it in just to confuse you.
This name ending comes from the Romans - any towns that have it were inhabited by them.
And then there's Leominster pronounced Lemster.
I just suggested Cirencester, I still have to think really hard before i day it
Though some locals do pronounce it 'Syster', but they're a bit weird round there!
Tewksbury... pronounced Chooksbree by the locals.
Absolutely one of your best!!!
Hi from Bicester, I once holidayed in Scotland
And stayed in Sanquhar..... have fun with that one!!
Remember, in Wales, a "Y" is a vowel which is why there are so many of them
More accurately, sometimes Y is a vowel in English. For example, it's a consonant in "yank" - or "Yank" for that matter.
@@withgoddess1119 Not often used as one in English though - but used all the time in Welsh!
Your video did make me smile, thank you. When I first moved to Norfolk I was always flummoxed by Wymondham which is actually pronounced Win - dam or Win - dum. Coming from London it took me while to get used to that one!
yeah, our place names are a bit of mess. It's what happens when you throw together celtish, welsh, Pictish, some French, Latin, old English and a bunch other stuff into the pot.
I'm from Worcestershire (Woostersheer) in England and I find a lot from the US & Canada find this hard to pronounce
I'm surprised Machynlleth wasn't included.
:-) not laughed so much since your 40k 'troll comments' video which was genius, but when you did nos. 5 and 6 I broke down...your face! :-) haaaaaa!
Godmanchester is more often pronounced "Gumster".
Not by those that live there. I was once engaged to a girl from there (until she saw sense) . She and everyone else I met there agreed with Google translate :-)
@@GeoffSaint Wiki gives the 'Gumster' as the 'traditional' pronunciation. Maybe your ex was quite young?
Reaaly?
That the BBC thought those were the 10 most difficult is difficult to comprehend - those are relatively easy (Ok so I'm British!). That having been said, if your intent was to prostrate yourself in front of the entire world so that we all had a good laugh, then you did a fantastic job! Seriously - was such fun :-) I still think "Dwygyfylchi" in Wales is a good one :-)
When I read the title I thought it was about the toughest places in the UK since you said the hardest places! 😂
😂 😂 Yeah! Like roughest shit holes
🤣🤣
None of these places sound like contenders for that.
Beaulieu is on the edge of the new forest in hampshire and has the national motor museum. if you haven't been to the new forest make sure you do next time you are here. it's a very beautiful and unique area steeped in history.
When you said I'm a Canadian, I heard "I'm a comedian" - after your hilarious vid, I guess I heard right! haha - ps I'm from the North of England and a few of those names fooled me too! 😂
Hugely entertaining! Thank you for all your great videos! 😍
Thanks for watching!
“Clammy, sweaty and nervous”-my natural state.
Hi Allana, loved this one so much. Welsh is a bit like Polish and Gaelic, once you understand the grammatical rules, it's easy.
Eg. Single f is pronounced v, double ff is f, and si is pronounced sh, so Siop is shop, Sion is Shon.
Remember that Spanish, German and Turkish use accents, etc. to tell you how to pronounce letters.
One of my favs is Towcester. If you think like Leicester, Bicester, you might figure it out, but it's pronounced Toaster and that makes me very happy.
Mister Bicester went to Leicester to buy a Towcester, wonder if that'd confuse them enough 🤔
I often pop up Towcester for the racing.
Another one not far from Towcester is Cogenhoe. Pronounced cook-no - lets ignore the g and put an invisible k in there!
I live up the road from Towcester, there's a lovely cafe, Jack's Cafe. Once lockdown is fully lifted, I'll be heading out that way for sure. Ulcester's a similar name conceptually in pronunciation, although I will admit, not as flat out hilarious as Towcester.
It’s on the river Tove, and had a Roman fort (chester) so it was once tove-chester, which elided into to’ster
I don’t know when I have laughed so hard! This video was fantastic!!!😂😂
I live very close to Beaulieu (often spend time there during the summer) and I was literally screaming at the screen when it came up 😂 You tried, that's all that matters.
Luke Rogers it’s difficult cos Beau the name is pronounce Bo but Beau in Beaulieu is like Beau in Beautiful. Easy to see why she went with Bo
@@brightspark19 Oh, I know my friend, my comment was not intended to be a serious critique on her pronunciation :)
😂😂😂 actually crying with laughter at the glasses on the end of nose squint to try and score just 1 point
You did ok, there's loads of Canadian places I'd struggle with
Alanna,you are irresistible with your absurd, nicely executed comedy videos. You are good company with this hopeless inadequacy.
Cuddle Alanna,the hopeless baby!♥️🤗🇬🇧. She needs comfortable after another ordeal 😃!
Hi, Alanna, if we weren't happy before watching that we are happy afterwards, it was brilliant. I hope you make another and here is one to start you off, TOWCESTER, you should get that one perfectly because there was a clue in one you tried today. I hope you're keeping well and keep entertaining us. All of your Patreons were probably aware you wear glasses, I wear them as well everything is a blur without. Looking forward to your next video soon.
I'm from the New Forest in Hampshire and although Beaulieu should be pronounced 'Bowloo', as it is a French word, it was actually spelt 'Bewley' in medieval times and was only given the French spelling, when the village was taken over by a French noble..Hence Beaulieu is pronounced 'Bewley' as this was the correct pronunciation in olden times...
I live just live down the road from Beaulieu. And it is pronounced "Froom", (Frome).
Wild Bill, I use to pronounce it Frome like Rome but with a F on the front. I was told that it was like rum but with a F on the front, as the spelling had changed and that it was originally spelled Frume.
You did brilliantly I've never laughed so much for a long time stay safe
I can imagine the meeting at Google's office:
The next item on the agenda is creating a version of Google Translate for Canada.
Where?
Canada.
Where's that?
Somewhere up near Alaska I think.
Does anyone live there?
Yeah, a few.
OK, just give 'em the US version. They probably don't have internet access or electricity or stuff like that anyway.
there is a canadian google, google.ca. canadian accents just aren't much different from american ones.
Have a go at Cholmonderly. It’s in Cheshire, as am I. Best of British with this one...lol! Love your channel, regards, Tom.
Here's a few place names from a country called Canada:
Caughnawaga
Saskatchewan
Nepisiguit
Chicoutimi
Tuktoyakt
Kuujjuaq
Kugluktuk
Témiscamingue
Restigouc
Ahhaha
You need to replace your keyboard as it is putting out random letters :-)
Ebtobicoke 🇬🇧 in 🇨🇦
Those poor poor people that live there wouldn’t have a clue to say them except Saskatchewan that one I know
Caughnawaga? Isn't that Japanese for hello or thank you conichiwa
Alannah, this was one of the most hilarious vids yet! Excellent! I'm in Herefordshire, and about 15 miles from me, is a town, spelled "Leominster" but phonetically, pronounced "Lemstuh" I reckon that's in with a shout of being on Alannah's list. 👍
Damn, she’s on to our tricky pronunciation rules, and now we’ll will
have to say things the way they’re written just to fool her again.
Rules is one thing English hasn't got
@@missharry5727 No there are plenty of rules. Its just difficult to know when to apply them.
Like i before e except after c, and some other times.
That was great fun thanks! I am currently in Rugeley (Staffordshire, England). Have a go at that Alanna!
"Trusting my gut only worked that one time, and the rest I've been disgraced"
Story of my life
Thanks for the video, hope you’re safe, healthy and keeping sane.
Thank you!!
This made me laugh so much! 🤣 I’m from Lancashire. You have picked up the British humour I see no problem 😉
Devon crew represent! I can only apologise for the BS in some of our place names
excellent video Alana, and I think the glasses are cool.
I was already laughing before you said, "Please don't laugh at me." :-D
Godmanchester is pronounced 'Gumster'. Google is wrong.
And one that should have been on the list: Tintwistle
I checked and Google translate gets this one right
Surely it is Huntington, if you are not sure what to say.
Lived in St Ives most of my life. Never heard it pronounced Gumster. Everybody I know, including the people who live there, pronounce 'godmun-chester'
@@BenjWarrant I bow to your superior local knowledge. I've just checked and Wikipedia (which is obviously the source of all truth) has 'Gumster' as a traditional (and mostly obsolete) pronunciation. I apologize for the confusion, as if the confusion that already exists in the spelling of place-names wasn't enough.
Ely could be on the list.
Great video, as always.
Omagh THE POTATOES ARE GONE, This is why i watch your videos.
Nice video as usual! What about a video on hard to pronounce or funny Canadian places?
The pronunciation of shire at the end of a county is shu as in Yorkshu, Lancashu, Bedfordshu, Buckinghamshu
Well it is where i come from :) By the way, when you get back to Blighty tell them southerners there is no 'r' in laugh or bath
Quite agree there mate as a scouser born and bread who now lives in the bloody south of England. Laff and Baff lol
The last point reminds me of Bradley Walsh. I can't help but copy him (during The Chase) when he adds an 'r' that isn't there.
No it fucking isn't
Surpised they didn’t have Trottiscliffe, Kent. Trosley !
The one in northern Ireland is said O-Ma no R in there at all.
Agreed - ends with the same vowel sound as Oshawa, Ont
We live in Stratford upon Avon and don't know quite a few of these. There is a small village near here spelt Ebrington but the locals call Ybberton.
Loving the glasses. Nerdy and cute
It's lucky she's wearing them because if I was there they would be the only thing stopping me from going to town and licking her eyeballs dry.
@@billybob3729 truer words have never been spoken.
I know right, she's cute af.
@@billybob3729 Jesus 😂😂😂
@@jamesrobertson2987 yeah she's so geeky and sweet, drives me crazy 😂
There is a town in Staffordshire called Uttoxeter - prounounced 'You tox it er'. I love your videos, Duncan, Middleton , Greater Manchester x.
Google translate was correct, Frome pronounced like room.
Ian davenport also pronounced to rhyme with Rome if you're a bit posh...
If you come from Frome it rhymes with room.
Yes not that far from me , definitely pronounced Froom !!
None of you are posh then? ;-)
Pronounced Sin City on account of folk being a little too *familiar* with each other there.
The face you pull when you hear google translate say the place name. So funny. Great video again.