Being British: Joel & Lia hi guys I am from the US Las Vegas to be exact I watch hollyoaks on RUclips I noticed they have strong accents I know they are outside of London and I know the accents are not the same as the londoners where exactly is hollyoaks and does it even exist? LOL
John Guy hollyoaks is fictionally based in Chester but is filmed in nearby Liverpool, the accents on the show are mixed northern and a smattering of southern ( at least that's what it was last time I watched)
If you ever come to the US and visit Pennsylvania you will hear the Pennsylvania Dutch accent. It's a mix of German English and hillbilly. For example where are you going sounds like where yinz gooin
I'm American and have watched a lot of British TV over the years. I can tell when someone is not speaking RP, but I can't distinguish the other regions every time. Interesting though, how English has diverged from Chaucer's Old English!
You guys need to try mimicking all of American accents. Northeast (New York v Boston). Southern accents (cajun, Carolina, Mississippi). Texas. California, upper midwest.
Julia of course not. Everyone else does 😉... All joking aside I've heard people say the California accent is the "Hollywood accent". But I think it's fairly broad more like Western US since it very common from New Mexico to Washington and just about every state in between.
@Julia I've wondered this too. I don't think we do (in terms of sound) but I think we Do have some characteristics of an accent, like how we tend to speak really fast, or something else I've noticed is how we can be kinda sing-songy, ect
Most Americans probably use Harry Potter to learn British accents (Edit: I finally found this comment again so I changed it from "all" to "most" because I don't want to annoy anyone)
Jason Phelps Northern Irish and Scottish are british If u think there way different then listen to Liverpool, Geordie, Bradford, and West Country accents.
"RP is only spoken by ONE PERSON IN THE ENTIRE UK" I'm crying :D also, thanks for mentioning the term "contemporary rp" because I never knew how "the normal british accent nowadays" is called
Hello Joel and Lia I'm a french student and my teacher told me to watch this video to learn english culture. And I wanted to say that this video is amazing!!
Do you guys normally spell it “use both” or “yous both”? I’m an American and I just thought it was interesting how you said “use both”. Like, I would say “you both”
BronzeBart Well, the different region's were settled by different Germanic people's, but city dialects are influenced by recent immigrants in history. My village in the West Midlands, our accent is descended from Mercian, which was an Angle Kingdom, we have alot of pronounciations that Germans might find similar. Alot of the countryside accents or "farmer accents" are very old and sound almost the same as West Frisian accents in the Netherlands as they haven't changed much I the last 1,500 years. The words have changed but the accent hasn't much.
I have been wanting to visit Germany, but I haven't managed to save enough cash yet. My grandfather is in his 80's and his great+grandparents moved here from what is now Rhineland-Palatinate.
I had to pause the video at that point because I was laughing so hard at the notion. I had this image of Joel and HRH getting together on, like, a quarterly basis for the "RP Club Meetting" they hold to keep the accent alive and well in chats together. If only this were true, I'd be ecstatic.
A lot of people make the mistake of thinking the queen's accent is RP but the queen does not speak RP. It is very similar but it is not RP. Check out the first 5 mins of this video ruclips.net/video/PcIX-U5w5Ws/видео.html
By the way, they are wrong when saying that London is world's capital. Cause everyone knows that actually it is Bobruisk :) . But Brits would hardly understand )))
William Hoffman Yes you're totally correct, which is the same for lots of other cities. Maybe Joel & Lia can explore that one time on a new video, hehe, I'm sure Joel's head will explode though 😂
I credit Tracey Ullman with a lot of my familiarity with British accents. BBC tellie too. As a kid I watched a lot of Benny Hill. Monte Python and Dr Who😀
This isnt correct. Theres only 2 accents in london - RP and cockney. You get different accents from different cultures but for white english people, theres cockney or RP.
I'm an old African-American from Pennsylvania. Love you both. And one thing Joel just said in this video we Americans say is " brain fart" when you get a short memory block.
@@andreawilliams6099 There are multiple variations , accents, and as the French call it "patois" of EVERY language throughout the world. Individuals, outside Scotland, may not know whether James McAvoy has a specific Glasgow accent or Edinburgh accent, "he states that he is from Glasgow." but 99% of English speaking people will detect it as a Scottish accent. When I spent time in Ireland, I realized that the Irish people from Kilarney could detect that our new Irish male friends, who had stayed in the same guesthouse as my twin sister and me, were from Dublin, by their accent. We weren't able to detect the subtle difference between the Irish accent of Irish people in Kilarney, from the Irish accent of Irish people in Dublin; but the native folk could. We wouldn't have picked up on any of their accents, as anything other, than an Irish accent. This runs true for British accents, Canadian accents, and American accents, as well the accents of all native English speakers. Other than the pronounced southern drawl in parts of the Southern U.S., most people can't distinguish differences in regional accents , in these countries, other than their own native people.
@@DeniseEggertwaterlily Absolutely right! You're talking my language (pun intended) It's also true to say that no-one has an accent. If you ask anyone, they say they don't have an accent - because that's just the way they speak, and everyone around them, when growing up, spoke the same way. Less so nowadays because so many people move around so much. I just wrote earlier in response to another comment pretty much what you are saying. You obviously know that James doesn't have 'the true' Scottish, because there is no such thing, only a particular scottish accent. - though if that's what you meant, and i've pedantically picked you up, then I apologise. Aren't dialects and accents fascinating? Here them now - they won't be about much longer!
me too mate, it's like theres northern manc, gallagher manc, and southern manc. i grew up in wythenshawe but went to school in chorlton so i guess im more southern but people are dead surprised when i dont sound like a gallagher
@@maribs87 it's not someone from Liverpool then if they're pronouncing the g on the end of amazing. We usually drop the G on the end of most words. Amazin, stunnin, runnin, doin, goin. Words like song sing thing are pretty much the only words were we pronounce the G on the end.
To elaborate a lil bit. All American accents on the east coast and mid west are based from the UK, Norwegian and France. The Southern Draw from Georgia is from Welsh roots. Louisiana and Mississippi is straight French. The Irish and English made the Northeast accent. Sorry if I gave you guys homework.
@@JoseGonzalez-ez6vn It makes sense if you think about it. We were colonized and spread like a disease from east to west. Different areas were settled (post-colonization) by different cultures, thus languages and accents, which would eventually merge.
As soon as you said "right" in _that_ way I was like "yep, Leeds, that's me. I don't think I sound like that but I really, really do". And I don't care what anybody says it's an amazing accent and if you don't agree, fight me.
Sophie Mary-Louise oh come on, I FUCKING LOVE YOUR ACCENT,It's my favourite accent,though sometimes it's kinda hard to understand,Be proud of your accent ❤
There's also a wide variation between accents across Yorkshire. For example if you were to go from Sheffield to Barnsley you would notice a difference in the same way as Wakefield to Leeds.
I've just consumed about 25 of their videos in the last 24 hours (thank you, RUclips recommendation), and I agree - this video made me laugh the hardest so far. A delight.
Liverpool has the funniest accent! haha... I remember when I was watching "The Fall" series and some of the characters had scotish accent, which sounded to me like they were making questions all the time! hahaha... Congratz, guys!
Jed Larchant ireland is not classed as a British isle only to the English. They try in every way to claim Ireland but they just can’t get over it. Ireland too has islands. There’s just as much reason to call it all the Irish isles. The British isles is a term coined in the 1600’s a time when Britian ruled Ireland. We are not living in the 1600’s and ireland is not a British isle or British in any way
Jed Larchant the Isle of Man is a British Isle. Ireland is not a British island no matter what any site says. So achill islands off the coast of Ireland are Irish islands, how in the name of logic could they also be British islands too. Again very few people know the origin of the phrase the “British isles”. There are British islands, like the Isle of Man and guernsey. But NOT ireland
When I was in England, I knew a girl from Preston. I could listen to her speak for hours!!! I was stationed in East Anglia and that's the accent I heard the most.
On my beginnings in London I had a manager who spoke in a particular way. A bit more melodic. One day he said he was going to Liverpool for few days. I told him I had heard (from a Manchester flatmate) about a weird accent in Liverpool. He answered me "I guess the Liverpool accent should be like mine since I am from there". Oh boy. Couldn't be more ashamed! Actually his melodic accent was quite nice to me. That is how I learnt how Liverpool accent was.
Hagrid's from Norwich, 240 miles away from Bristol on the eastern coast. Also, nice job bursting into laughter at the mention of poverty in London. Great stuff...
I’ve heard that accents are so diverse that a seasoned person could sit in a cafe in London and pick out people by their accents and say where they live. “He lives by kings cross” “He lives near Hyde park” “She lives near Wembley stadium “ It may have also been just people talking about what they don’t know as well. When I think of a Liverpool accent I picture in my mind a more relaxed laid back way of speaking. (Like John Paul George and Ringo having a conversation) I think of Manchester I picture a more aggressive somewhat Scottish sounding accent.(very much in the spirit of Manchester United fanatics)
You've just described "Professor Henry Higgins". The entire subplot of Pygmalion/My Fair Lady is predicated on social class dictates, by sound and accent. What is interesting - that even today, it still holds some weight.
This was fascinating! Lia you’re so good at these! Joel don’t doubt yourself, you’re not bad, either. Didn’t know there were so many different accents. Loved your own accents as well as Southern Ireland
Northern Ireland and Scotland are really hard for some Americans to discern. To be fair I thought my Southeastern US accent would be a dead give away, but everyone in England that asked where we were from assumed we were from Canada. So....I mean...can you really blame us for mistaking Northern Ireland and Scotland?
Sometimes I can and sometimes I can't. It depends on how thick the accent is and the words they are using. I don't see any indication of where you are from, but can you tell the difference between a North Carolina accent and someone from the state of Georgia? As noted above, several English people and one Irish person though I was from Canada (a location a minimum of 750 miles from my home). I've lived in North Carolina my entire life. I didn't ask them if they were deaf, but I found it amusing. Anyone form the US would have known immediately that I wasn't from Canada. Though they probably couldn't have picked out which Southern state I'm from. All of the UK could fit completely into 11 of our biggest states, but I'm deaf because I can't always tell the difference between a Scottish accent and Northern Irish accent? Half of the US population probably couldn't even name the different British Isles on a map much less tell you the difference between The British Isles, Great Britian, and the United Kingdom.
@Philip Gomez What is a word for someone who falsely perceives a lighthearted and kind comment as pedantic? By the way, your comment was pedantic, in the true sense of the word.
Aw guys Im from the Republic of Ireland and I absolutely LOVE British accents! Watching so much British tv and movies Ive heard all the accents but like Ive never known the exact cities/counties where theyre from. So this was a big help! :)
That was mint:) thank you guys!! mancunian accent is dead good. I love it. And I like posh accent as well. Sometimes I combine those accents when speaking 😂 sound a bit bizarre but I like it nevertheless:)
Having lived in Norn Ireland for 10 years, I found it has at least 5 major accents, the Belfast/County Down type, the Co Antrim type, the Derry/L'Derry type, the mid Ulster type and the west Fermanagh type. Here in the Westcountry there are also several distinct types, the West/mid Cornwall type, the Devon type, the north Somerset/Wiltshire/Bristol type. Having lived in NE and SW Scotland for years, there are also loads of various Scottish accents, with Aberdonian almost unintelligible with Glaswegian.
Hillbilly English uses a lot of Scottish and Irish pronunciation. They like pretty flares (flowers) they light fares (fires), airn (iron) clothes and take shares (showers). At least my relatives do.
As an older American, I say my fellow Yanks need to calm down. Sarcasm is the purest form of comedy. You two keep taking the piss, and I'll keep watching. Cheers.
You say Yorkshire people are the friendliness peoples in the U.K., if they are friendlier than the two of you, then that is saying something. The two of you seem very friendly, fun loving, and approachable!
You two are a hoot! I'm a big fan of anything British - Scotch - Irish - Welch. My 4 grandparents came from each country. So I loved your piece on accents. You were spot on.
LOL ditto West Country. I once worked with a woman, strong West Country accent. I said to her "you're from the West, near Bristol but not in Bristol." She was from Bath (12 miles away) 😜
Oh my word! I LOVED this video!!! I’m an American here but I am fascinated by regional accents. Your Scouse accents had me dying! I’d love a video about why there are so many different accents in the UK!
As a Southerner, I always have to laugh when I hear a Southern accent in the movies or on TV because it's invariably from the wrong region. A good example of this is the movie, "Steel Magnolias". These women are all supposed to be from the same small town, but they each have different accents. To add insult to injury, two of the actresses are from the South, so you think they would know better. I would imagine English people feel the same way when they hear us try to speak in an English accent. When I read to the kids, whenever there's a bad guy, usually a wolf, I have a spot on Jeremy Irons impression I can do. Mostly, my "English" accent is mostly Ronald Coleman, with a little Jeremy Irons and a little Patrick Stewart thrown in. Funny story. My sister was an actress back in the 80s and she had an audition in Philadelphia. Her character was a barrel racing cowgirl from Texas. The director told her it was the worst Southern accent he'd ever heard. She was stunned because it was her real accent. She told him, "But I'm from Alabama. This really is how we talk."
First, you two are adorable. Second, I found you because I’m reading a book set both in London and Cornwall, and I wanted to hear a Cornish accent ... because I’m a dork and like to accurately hear the characters’ voices in my head. Unfortunately, you didn’t cover a Cornish accent. Instead, I’ve happily followed your videos down a RUclips rabbit hole, and completely forgot I was reading a book. It’s now two hours later, I have to go to grocery store, I still don’t know how my Cornish characters speak, and I haven’t read the chapters I intended to read. But I did smile a lot. So thanks for that. :)
It's so strange but awesome that such a small area has soooo many different accents. Languages in general, Europe has so many different languages in such a small region, compared to US, Canada, China, etc... It's fascinating!
it's like the Northern Ireland accent is just like an American one . Geordie is the most impossible ( New Castle ) . Glasgow and Edinburgh is also hard ( Scotland ) Bristol is rhotic , so is the west .(West ) RP or contemporary RP is for us , learning English as a second language , anyways I know it is spoken across the country and it's for high-class layer , so it will be still the best to acquire . Thanks Joel and Lia , guys you are amazing
Hi! Thanks for making this video. This is very useful to me because I am not so good at conversation with Brits. I am always confused when they are serious, friendly or sense of humor. Once I was traveling by British Airways. I was unable to keep my cabin baggage at the top in the cabin because I am not tall. I was blocking the way of other passengers who should go to their respective seats. Most of the passengers are brits. It was a business class flight ticket that I bought. I am trying to help myself to keep my baggage in the cabin. Other people are not noticing me or looking at me. I didn’t know how to start a conversation or interrupt them. Finally I tried “Hello! Could you please keep this baggage in the cabin” After they kept I said “Thank you” What should be the appropriate way to ask someone for help? Those air-hostess were very busy and not near to me to ask them for help. How can I ask the passengers to help me? And is it common that we should say “hello” and smile at our co-passenger sitting beside us or just be ignorant and take our place without wishing them or looking at them. Please clarify my doubts
Being born and raised in California, there have been times where I get mixed up with Livermore California being in the UK and Liverpool North West Of England being in California.
Just found this. I’m a New Yorker (born and bred) who had the rare please to live in London recently for a few years. And I travelled all over when I was there. Definitely amazed about all the different accents. As a New Yorker I feel funny telling you you did a good job. (Though you did!) This was just nice to hear. Stay safe and be well. ✌🏻
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Being British: Joel & Lia hi guys I am from the US Las Vegas to be exact I watch hollyoaks on RUclips I noticed they have strong accents I know they are outside of London and I know the accents are not the same as the londoners where exactly is hollyoaks and does it even exist? LOL
Being British: Joel & Lia Sorry you're right about the mancunian accent, no hate but it was shit! Xx
John Guy hollyoaks is fictionally based in Chester but is filmed in nearby Liverpool, the accents on the show are mixed northern and a smattering of southern ( at least that's what it was last time I watched)
If you ever come to the US and visit Pennsylvania you will hear the Pennsylvania Dutch accent. It's a mix of German English and hillbilly. For example where are you going sounds like where yinz gooin
Being British: Joel & Lia
What accent do the two of you have? Joel sounds very formal and lia sounds more cockney
I’m so American that there were times in this video where I was waiting for them to change their accent but it just sounded the same to me
Hahaha. That’s ace. ☺️
@@flamezodiac5736 You're*. If you're going to insult someone, I'd suggest double checking your grammar.
@@flamezodiac5736 LOL ok cool guy
I'm American and have watched a lot of British TV over the years. I can tell when someone is not speaking RP, but I can't distinguish the other regions every time. Interesting though, how English has diverged from Chaucer's Old English!
Same but I’m Canadian
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL OMG
Shortcuts for practice! (someone probably already did this but you're welcome anyway)
0:37 Birmingham
1:21 Bristol/stereotype "farmer-like"
2:12 London
2:41 RP/BBC English/Standard English/Queen's English
3:29 Contemporary RP
3:36 Manchester/Mancunion
4:17 Leeds/West Yorkshire
5:26 Newcastle/Geordie
6:22 Liverpool/Scouse
7:16 Scottish
9:04 Southern Irish
9:21 Northern Irish
9:45 Welsh
Thank you so much for this
@@YourMom-jd6jp of course daaahhling :)
You guys need to try mimicking all of American accents. Northeast (New York v Boston). Southern accents (cajun, Carolina, Mississippi). Texas. California, upper midwest.
Fantastic idea. It’s on the list
Do we, Californians, have an accent?
Julia of course not. Everyone else does 😉... All joking aside I've heard people say the California accent is the "Hollywood accent". But I think it's fairly broad more like Western US since it very common from New Mexico to Washington and just about every state in between.
Saturday Night Live had a skit called "The Californians" which really played up some behavioral and linguistic stereotypes.
@Julia I've wondered this too. I don't think we do (in terms of sound) but I think we Do have some characteristics of an accent, like how we tend to speak really fast, or something else I've noticed is how we can be kinda sing-songy, ect
Most Americans probably use Harry Potter to learn British accents
(Edit: I finally found this comment again so I changed it from "all" to "most" because I don't want to annoy anyone)
All italians too😂
Lol I use Doctor Who
im struggling to understand british accent..lol
american accent is easier to figure out.
@einniB retxeD haha imagine a scouse professor at Hogwarts
I used Billy Connelly to learn a Glasgow accent haha
Irish and Scottish are way different when you are familiar with them
just what I said. The R's, mostly. Scots roll them whilst Irish have a softer sound.
Some Irish accents are quite similar to Scottish, e.g. around Ballymena and places that were heavily colonised by Scottish planters.
Jason Phelps Northern Irish and Scottish are british
If u think there way different then listen to Liverpool, Geordie, Bradford, and West Country accents.
Great info guys, thanks!! I'll look into that
Dont f n mess them up. I hate when I get called Irish , no im Scottish not a dirty Irish knob.
It's only spoken by one person in the uk whose name is the Queen 😂😂😂😂😂 that made my day. Loved your video 🇪🇸❤️🇬🇧
"RP is only spoken by ONE PERSON IN THE ENTIRE UK" I'm crying :D
also, thanks for mentioning the term "contemporary rp" because I never knew how "the normal british accent nowadays" is called
I was in a very down mood, but this tickled me. The two of you laughing made me laugh and smile too. Great job :) .
Hello Joel and Lia I'm a french student and my teacher told me to watch this video to learn english culture. And I wanted to say that this video is amazing!!
Your teacher's a gem
Your Liverpool accents made me laugh (I'm from Liverpool) but I thought use both did a good job.
imlydiabaines sams I’m from Liverpool and they did it so right
same, I'm from Liverpool and either laugh or cringe when people try our accent.
Do you guys normally spell it “use both” or “yous both”? I’m an American and I just thought it was interesting how you said “use both”. Like, I would say “you both”
@@robertboyette5169 Bama here, I was wandering the same, lol
*youse.
As a German where we also have a lot of different dialects/accents, i would love to hear the history behind the british accents! :)
We will definitely make a video on it!
BronzeBart Well, the different region's were settled by different Germanic people's, but city dialects are influenced by recent immigrants in history.
My village in the West Midlands, our accent is descended from Mercian, which was an Angle Kingdom, we have alot of pronounciations that Germans might find similar.
Alot of the countryside accents or "farmer accents" are very old and sound almost the same as West Frisian accents in the Netherlands as they haven't changed much I the last 1,500 years.
The words have changed but the accent hasn't much.
I've touched on some aspects in my comment on this thread. Hope it helps!
I have been wanting to visit Germany, but I haven't managed to save enough cash yet. My grandfather is in his 80's and his great+grandparents moved here from what is now Rhineland-Palatinate.
My ancestors (Schauss surname) came to the colonies from just west of Worms, so Pfälzisch is my favorite!
I like the idea of only the Queen & Joel talking in RP :D
One day!!
I had to pause the video at that point because I was laughing so hard at the notion. I had this image of Joel and HRH getting together on, like, a quarterly basis for the "RP Club Meetting" they hold to keep the accent alive and well in chats together. If only this were true, I'd be ecstatic.
James Sledge How I would to be a fly on the wall in those meetings! X'D
A lot of people make the mistake of thinking the queen's accent is RP but the queen does not speak RP. It is very similar but it is not RP.
Check out the first 5 mins of this video
ruclips.net/video/PcIX-U5w5Ws/видео.html
Mrs.Queen surely had her very own accent, caused by being brought up in a vacuum Her vowels are her own
The Manchester accent wasn't too bad and don't worry we don't bite haha
haha, thanks!
Kinda sounds like a southern accent from America
I do
einniB retxeD countries**
Yeah we'll stab
This video freaks me out- I don't know what the fake accent is vs the real one.
There are variant of accents within Wales: Valleys, Cardiff, Swansea, West wailian, North wailian
Shit, those accents are so complicated, damn it. I can't even define which to choose while learning English (I'm from Belarus).
All the Eastern county dialects are different as are Northants, Lincs, East Midlands & a load more.
@@jarosawjakubowski6492 don't worry about accents
By the way, they are wrong when saying that London is world's capital. Cause everyone knows that actually it is Bobruisk :) . But Brits would hardly understand )))
They all sound the same to us Brits...lol. In all seriousness, I have a hard time understanding any of the Welsh accents.
I'm from Northern Ireland and your accent was almost impeccable. Usually people struggle with it but you were both incredible. Love you guys so much x
Aw thanks so much Hannah!
Aren't there different accents within London such as East End, West End, Cockney, etc.?
William Hoffman Yes you're totally correct, which is the same for lots of other cities. Maybe Joel & Lia can explore that one time on a new video, hehe, I'm sure Joel's head will explode though 😂
East end and cockney is the same
Just as there are a number of different accents in New York City.
I credit Tracey Ullman with a lot of my familiarity with British accents. BBC tellie too. As a kid I watched a lot of Benny Hill. Monte Python and Dr Who😀
This isnt correct. Theres only 2 accents in london - RP and cockney. You get different accents from different cultures but for white english people, theres cockney or RP.
I'm an old African-American from Pennsylvania. Love you both. And one thing Joel just said in this video we Americans say is " brain fart" when you get a short memory block.
James McAvoy has the true Scottish accent.
No such thing. Scotland has as many accents. Glasgow is vividly different to Edinburgh. And Edinburgh has variations east to west too.
@@andreawilliams6099 There are multiple variations , accents, and as the French call it "patois" of EVERY language throughout the world. Individuals, outside Scotland, may not know whether James McAvoy has a specific Glasgow accent or Edinburgh accent, "he states that he is from Glasgow." but 99% of English speaking people will detect it as a Scottish accent. When I spent time in Ireland, I realized that the Irish people from Kilarney could detect that our new Irish male friends, who had stayed in the same guesthouse as my twin sister and me, were from Dublin, by their accent. We weren't able to detect the subtle difference between the Irish accent of Irish people in Kilarney, from the Irish accent of Irish people in Dublin; but the native folk could. We wouldn't have picked up on any of their accents, as anything other, than an Irish accent.
This runs true for British accents,
Canadian accents, and American accents, as well the accents of all native English speakers. Other than the pronounced
southern drawl in parts of the Southern U.S., most people can't distinguish differences in regional accents , in these countries, other than their own native people.
@@DeniseEggertwaterlily Absolutely right! You're talking my language (pun intended) It's also true to say that no-one has an accent. If you ask anyone, they say they don't have an accent - because that's just the way they speak, and everyone around them, when growing up, spoke the same way. Less so nowadays because so many people move around so much. I just wrote earlier in response to another comment pretty much what you are saying. You obviously know that James doesn't have 'the true' Scottish, because there is no such thing, only a particular scottish accent. - though if that's what you meant, and i've pedantically picked you up, then I apologise.
Aren't dialects and accents fascinating?
Here them now - they won't be about much longer!
He does a great dublin accent in movie inside I’m dancing.
Omg I was wheezing laughing at the Liverpool "chicken."
I’m from Manchester and I can’t even do a manc accent so don’t worry
Lord Coe Lucky you I’ve got a propa accent. No one even understands me so I have to talk dead slow n that.
me too mate, it's like theres northern manc, gallagher manc, and southern manc. i grew up in wythenshawe but went to school in chorlton so i guess im more southern but people are dead surprised when i dont sound like a gallagher
Same
Aria I’m from cheadle 👋🏻
I’m from like 10 ish mins away from where the Gallaghers grew up
I love Northern British accents! Great video!
Thanks Cristina!
Yeah, me too :)
Ha thanks, being from Yorkshire I’m think it’s the best also 😂
Leeds Leeds Leeds
@@ellagreen-lynch8383 as you are from Yorkshire, YOU ARE NOT A NORTHERNER!!!!
i have never been in UK , but i think i love Newcastle and Liverpool accent.
Yorkshire for me
I'm from Newcastle and I hate it lol
Tyler Pountney haha am a proud Geordie
Thats like the equivalent of liking a hill billy accent in America
The Liverpool accent sounds like they're always speaking with an accent that sounds like a question. Like the Beatles.
I also noticed people from the Liverpool area tend to pronounce a hard ING at the end of some of some words like “amazing” or “things”.
@@maribs87 it's not someone from Liverpool then if they're pronouncing the g on the end of amazing. We usually drop the G on the end of most words. Amazin, stunnin, runnin, doin, goin. Words like song sing thing are pretty much the only words were we pronounce the G on the end.
Has anyone else noticed that Paul McCartney has, over time, traded in his Scouse accent for the accent and dialog of his Scottish heritage?
He hasn’t
@@thomsboys77 Yes he has.
To elaborate a lil bit. All American accents on the east coast and mid west are based from the UK, Norwegian and France. The Southern Draw from Georgia is from Welsh roots. Louisiana and Mississippi is straight French. The Irish and English made the Northeast accent.
Sorry if I gave you guys homework.
Mark Sr. Robles this is really cool, thanks for sharing
You're not serious. Why don't you wake up and pull your head out of your ass before you hit the keyboard.
Cite your source!!!
@@JoseGonzalez-ez6vn It makes sense if you think about it. We were colonized and spread like a disease from east to west. Different areas were settled (post-colonization) by different cultures, thus languages and accents, which would eventually merge.
As soon as you said "right" in _that_ way I was like "yep, Leeds, that's me. I don't think I sound like that but I really, really do". And I don't care what anybody says it's an amazing accent and if you don't agree, fight me.
haha! Yep you should be proud of it!!
Sophie Mary-Louise ,
Sophie Mary-Louise oh come on, I FUCKING LOVE YOUR ACCENT,It's my favourite accent,though sometimes it's kinda hard to understand,Be proud of your accent ❤
The RP accent seems comparable to the Transatlantic accent, which is also dated in America.
Yes! That's right!
True, they were both taught, and are not organic.
There’s the Scottish accent, then there’s the Glasgow Scottish accent.
There's also a wide variation between accents across Yorkshire. For example if you were to go from Sheffield to Barnsley you would notice a difference in the same way as Wakefield to Leeds.
Thank you for the video! You both are so funny, I laughed so hard!
That's okay! Thanks for watching Elizabeth!
I've just consumed about 25 of their videos in the last 24 hours (thank you, RUclips recommendation), and I agree - this video made me laugh the hardest so far. A delight.
When you guys were doing Liverpool, I thought Joel sounded a lot like Sir Paul McCartney! Quite a compliment, so don't be angry Sir Joel.
Liverpool has the funniest accent! haha... I remember when I was watching "The Fall" series and some of the characters had scotish accent, which sounded to me like they were making questions all the time! hahaha... Congratz, guys!
Yeah they're both quite difficult accents!
I’m scouse and I live in Liverpool 😂😂
Lily B same
Same
Mark Ballas mimicking his mom's accent is hilarious.
As an American, I have no idea how accurate you both were. But it was wonderful to listen to. That Leeds accent! It’s wonderful.
I'm English and they're pretty spot on! Well done!
Omg! I want to learn more about different accents in UK!
Sending you lots of love from Philippines.
Loved this video!! The Liverpool one was the best hahaha "they've got the RRRHH sound"
Thank you! Yeah it's a great accent! :)
Adélie Chevalier fuckk off, no they haven’t
So funny 😂 you kept me laughing the whole time. I especially enjoyed the RP one
I'm hollering! I had no idea there's so many versions of accents in UK
Lauryn people think we all sound like Londoners or that we speak with RP but the truth is, most of us don’t.
They do nowhere near the full amount. There are way more accents.
Jed Larchant ireland is not a “British isle”
Jed Larchant ireland is not classed as a British isle only to the English. They try in every way to claim Ireland but they just can’t get over it. Ireland too has islands. There’s just as much reason to call it all the Irish isles. The British isles is a term coined in the 1600’s a time when Britian ruled Ireland. We are not living in the 1600’s and ireland is not a British isle or British in any way
Jed Larchant the Isle of Man is a British Isle. Ireland is not a British island no matter what any site says. So achill islands off the coast of Ireland are Irish islands, how in the name of logic could they also be British islands too. Again very few people know the origin of the phrase the “British isles”. There are British islands, like the Isle of Man and guernsey. But NOT ireland
Well done for not butchering the Yorkshire accent, nice to see a video doing accents that are fairly accurate
RP is often refered as Posh, and '"contemporary RP"" with the actual *RP* , It gets people confused.
Posh is spoken by 1%
When I was in England, I knew a girl from Preston. I could listen to her speak for hours!!! I was stationed in East Anglia and that's the accent I heard the most.
I've split my side laughing so hard; each one sounded the same. But I DO love you two!!
On my beginnings in London I had a manager who spoke in a particular way. A bit more melodic. One day he said he was going to Liverpool for few days. I told him I had heard (from a Manchester flatmate) about a weird accent in Liverpool. He answered me "I guess the Liverpool accent should be like mine since I am from there". Oh boy. Couldn't be more ashamed! Actually his melodic accent was quite nice to me. That is how I learnt how Liverpool accent was.
Eduardo NN it’s not liverpoool it’s scouse
Hagrid's from Norwich, 240 miles away from Bristol on the eastern coast. Also, nice job bursting into laughter at the mention of poverty in London. Great stuff...
"Tha' is sick mae'". Tosser.
Your video is one of the reasons why I have such an affinity for the British people.....
So. I’m American and a Geordie accent is my absolute favorite accent in the entire world. Lol.
Thanks, geordies are the best xD
Love your video! You need to include an Essex accent and a Norfolk accent! X
I’ve heard that accents are so diverse that a seasoned person could sit in a cafe in London and pick out people by their accents and say where they live.
“He lives by kings cross”
“He lives near Hyde park”
“She lives near Wembley stadium “
It may have also been just people talking about what they don’t know as well.
When I think of a Liverpool accent I picture in my mind a more relaxed laid back way of speaking. (Like John Paul George and Ringo having a conversation)
I think of Manchester I picture a more aggressive somewhat Scottish sounding accent.(very much in the spirit of Manchester United fanatics)
You've just described "Professor Henry Higgins". The entire subplot of Pygmalion/My Fair Lady is predicated on social class dictates, by sound and accent. What is interesting - that even today, it still holds some weight.
This was fascinating! Lia you’re so good at these! Joel don’t doubt yourself, you’re not bad, either. Didn’t know there were so many different accents. Loved your own accents as well as Southern Ireland
I’m just surprised there are so many accents in a country that isn’t that big. We have many in the US but the country is enormous.
Northern Ireland and Scotland are really hard for some Americans to discern. To be fair I thought my Southeastern US accent would be a dead give away, but everyone in England that asked where we were from assumed we were from Canada. So....I mean...can you really blame us for mistaking Northern Ireland and Scotland?
Sometimes I can and sometimes I can't. It depends on how thick the accent is and the words they are using. I don't see any indication of where you are from, but can you tell the difference between a North Carolina accent and someone from the state of Georgia? As noted above, several English people and one Irish person though I was from Canada (a location a minimum of 750 miles from my home). I've lived in North Carolina my entire life. I didn't ask them if they were deaf, but I found it amusing. Anyone form the US would have known immediately that I wasn't from Canada. Though they probably couldn't have picked out which Southern state I'm from. All of the UK could fit completely into 11 of our biggest states, but I'm deaf because I can't always tell the difference between a Scottish accent and Northern Irish accent? Half of the US population probably couldn't even name the different British Isles on a map much less tell you the difference between The British Isles, Great Britian, and the United Kingdom.
I have a heavy Brooklyn NY accent and we have non rhotic accent not saying the Rs.
You pak the ca? I park the car.
Yes, I pahk the cah.
You are correct. I revised to "some Americans."
I was waiting for you to actually start doing the Manchester accent, then I realised you were actually trying to do it 😂 Good try though 😋
HAHAHA!!! 😁😁😁😂😂🤣🤣
@Philip Gomez What is a word for someone who falsely perceives a lighthearted and kind comment as pedantic? By the way, your comment was pedantic, in the true sense of the word.
@Philip Gomez I'm sorry I was harsh. I just thought your comment was unfair.
Love this video guys. It is amazing how many accents there are in the British Isles considering how small an area that actually is.
Aw guys Im from the Republic of Ireland and I absolutely LOVE British accents! Watching so much British tv and movies Ive heard all the accents but like Ive never known the exact cities/counties where theyre from. So this was a big help! :)
I loved this. One of my favorite things about Downton Abbey is the different regional accents under one roof. You guys are so funny.
That was mint:) thank you guys!! mancunian accent is dead good. I love it. And I like posh accent as well. Sometimes I combine those accents when speaking 😂 sound a bit bizarre but I like it nevertheless:)
When you do Leeds, what I hear is Mrs. Tweedy in Chicken Run! LOL
Oh my god SAME
ESSEX
it is so nice
it is so nice
TOWIE
They don't need to do Essex it's a silly place where no one should go
its not silly there's no reason why anyone shouldn't go
Having lived in Norn Ireland for 10 years, I found it has at least 5 major accents, the Belfast/County Down type, the Co Antrim type, the Derry/L'Derry type, the mid Ulster type and the west Fermanagh type. Here in the Westcountry there are also several distinct types, the West/mid Cornwall type, the Devon type, the north Somerset/Wiltshire/Bristol type. Having lived in NE and SW Scotland for years, there are also loads of various Scottish accents, with Aberdonian almost unintelligible with Glaswegian.
Hillbilly English uses a lot of Scottish and Irish pronunciation. They like pretty flares (flowers) they light fares (fires), airn (iron) clothes and take shares (showers). At least my relatives do.
I’ve heard “takin the piss” or “takin the mick”. I think that means teasing someone or making fun of something?
Roberta Colarette yes, you’re correct
Its literally just "im just messing with you" "Are you messing with me"
I heard dick in the piss
@@drosecake I think that was a different type of video.
Aret takin piss?
As an older American, I say my fellow Yanks need to calm down. Sarcasm is the purest form of comedy. You two keep taking the piss, and I'll keep watching. Cheers.
Tralois Ancy - But NOT for the reasons you clearly assume...
The Liverpool accent was AMAZING!! 😂😂
im an american and i love british tv, and i love all the accents, and your video is hilarious, i laughed the whole way!!
I love your video, I'm from Manchester been in Australia for 30 years. Having a day to smile on youtube, I laughed the most with your video. x
I loved hearing the Geordie accent 😂
You say Yorkshire people are the friendliness peoples in the U.K., if they are friendlier than the two of you, then that is saying something. The two of you seem very friendly, fun loving, and approachable!
I love the Yorkshire accent. Jodie Whittaker and Faye Marsay are two good examples of the Yorkshire accent.
Ayyy mates I’m from Yorkshire
I like to listen to Kevin Bridges' sketches for the ultimate Scottish accent listening exercise :))
You two are a hoot! I'm a big fan of anything British - Scotch - Irish - Welch. My 4 grandparents came from each country. So I loved your piece on accents. You were spot on.
I'm waiting this now and Joel and Lia's natural accents actually seem very different
I'm from Leeds and I'm friendly in the comments. Genuinely loved this vid, proper made me laugh x
Whatever you do, DO NOT call someone with a Bristol accent "farmer-like".
Serious, wi'll give 'ee a gurt kickin'
gurt? Lol
There's no such accent as "Scottish". We have a whole range of accents.
Correct, Aberdeen is very different from Glasgow.
Yes, but you could say that same about any language. What they mean is the most prominent accent.
Are you Scotch sir?
guy shand sorry but just have to clarify lol - scotch is a drink x
LOL ditto West Country. I once worked with a woman, strong West Country accent. I said to her "you're from the West, near Bristol but not in Bristol."
She was from Bath (12 miles away) 😜
Oh my word! I LOVED this video!!! I’m an American here but I am fascinated by regional accents. Your Scouse accents had me dying! I’d love a video about why there are so many different accents in the UK!
Thank you both for the information you passed me.It's very instructive for all people like me who want to speak english correctly as possible
“Americans think we’re all from the same place” and yep! Definitely thought this as an American even though I’ve traveled through the UK 😂
They don't they just think that everyone has similar accents in the UK
I feel like I’m watching a episode of Love island
Love Island is actually how I learnt the various UK accents😂 With each accent they did I was trying to link it to a Love Island cast member😅
Tumi Fab samee I feel like I always guess Manchester & Liverpool accents right
I'm from Leeds and we would say 'when ya waking up?' while others would say 'when are you gonna wake up?' Xx
This was brilliant! Thanks from an American in Chicago! You are both adorable. 😘✌🏽
The most English of all accents is the upper class one, and it is the nicest of them all, imo, Norwegian here :o)
I would love to hear you two try some of the different US accents too.... would be hilarious!
OMG! You are so funny! And nice, Papa is right. Love it! Subscribed!
As a Southerner, I always have to laugh when I hear a Southern accent in the movies or on TV because it's invariably from the wrong region. A good example of this is the movie, "Steel Magnolias". These women are all supposed to be from the same small town, but they each have different accents. To add insult to injury, two of the actresses are from the South, so you think they would know better. I would imagine English people feel the same way when they hear us try to speak in an English accent. When I read to the kids, whenever there's a bad guy, usually a wolf, I have a spot on Jeremy Irons impression I can do. Mostly, my "English" accent is mostly Ronald Coleman, with a little Jeremy Irons and a little Patrick Stewart thrown in. Funny story. My sister was an actress back in the 80s and she had an audition in Philadelphia. Her character was a barrel racing cowgirl from Texas. The director told her it was the worst Southern accent he'd ever heard. She was stunned because it was her real accent. She told him, "But I'm from Alabama. This really is how we talk."
First, you two are adorable. Second, I found you because I’m reading a book set both in London and Cornwall, and I wanted to hear a Cornish accent ... because I’m a dork and like to accurately hear the characters’ voices in my head. Unfortunately, you didn’t cover a Cornish accent. Instead, I’ve happily followed your videos down a RUclips rabbit hole, and completely forgot I was reading a book. It’s now two hours later, I have to go to grocery store, I still don’t know how my Cornish characters speak, and I haven’t read the chapters I intended to read. But I did smile a lot. So thanks for that. :)
Amy Shane They didn’t cover Devon either and we were all put under the blanket of Bristol being a representation of the South West! Ugh just no!
It's so strange but awesome that such a small area has soooo many different accents. Languages in general, Europe has so many different languages in such a small region, compared to US, Canada, China, etc... It's fascinating!
Not going to lie I think the Leeds one was actually good
Aw thanks Ella!
Yes I'm from Leeds and you sounded just like me 🤣
it's like the Northern Ireland accent is just like an American one .
Geordie is the most impossible ( New Castle ) .
Glasgow and Edinburgh is also hard ( Scotland )
Bristol is rhotic , so is the west .(West )
RP or contemporary RP is for us , learning English as a second language , anyways I know it is spoken across the country and it's for high-class layer , so it will be still the best to acquire .
Thanks Joel and Lia , guys you are amazing
The Geordie one's pretty good. And yeah, a lot of people always mistaken Mancunian for Yorkshire because they're both are pretty similar.
You guys are such fun to listen to.
Hi!
Thanks for making this video. This is very useful to me because I am not so good at conversation with Brits. I am always confused when they are serious, friendly or sense of humor.
Once I was traveling by British Airways. I was unable to keep my cabin baggage at the top in the cabin because I am not tall. I was blocking the way of other passengers who should go to their respective seats. Most of the passengers are brits. It was a business class flight ticket that I bought. I am trying to help myself to keep my baggage in the cabin. Other people are not noticing me or looking at me. I didn’t know how to start a conversation or interrupt them.
Finally I tried “Hello! Could you please keep this baggage in the cabin”
After they kept I said “Thank you”
What should be the appropriate way to ask someone for help?
Those air-hostess were very busy and not near to me to ask them for help.
How can I ask the passengers to help me?
And is it common that we should say “hello” and smile at our co-passenger sitting beside us or just be ignorant and take our place without wishing them or looking at them.
Please clarify my doubts
There are more accents in Scotland than Glasgow and Edinburgh, there are at least 12.
There’s more than 2 accents in Scotland.
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Your souse accent is pretty good there id a couple times were we just make words up instead of no thanks or no ta we just say notaa one word
I only came here for the accents, but I ended up smiling throughout the whole video
I’m a proud and I’m from Manchester
Being born and raised in California, there have been times where I get mixed up with Livermore California being in the UK and Liverpool North West Of England being in California.
When you were doing Manchester and Leeds I kept thinking about how Harry Styles speaks😂lol
He's actually from Holmes Chapel in Cheshire. Not that far from Manchester but his accent isn't Mancunian.
Just found this. I’m a New Yorker (born and bred) who had the rare please to live in London recently for a few years. And I travelled all over when I was there. Definitely amazed about all the different accents. As a New Yorker I feel funny telling you you did a good job. (Though you did!) This was just nice to hear. Stay safe and be well. ✌🏻