Roisin Rowan that’s nuts! I didn’t know if you can get an accent from lipreading if you’re deaf! I wonder how exactly that works I I wonder how exactly that works since I wouldn’t be able to actually hear the accent. Crazy stuff.
Roisin Rowan no they can’t? You develop an accent from hearing. Lip reading is not a cause of an accent in a deaf person. You hear an accent, that’s how a child would pick it up.
I was so confused when the title of this video showed up. “I assume she sounds British... because she is British? 🤔”. I do have a Cornish Rex cat.. she definitely meows with an accent. 😺
In case you see this: your voice is smooth, fluent, with a news anchor assertiveness, sharp with some words like with great annunciation, and also very soothing.
I just checked the dictionary. "Annunciate" means "to announce". "Enunciation" from "enunciate" is probably what you meant. Apparently enunciate can also mean "to announce" (and "to make a definitive or systematic statement of")! (I was just curious as to what the difference between annunciate and enunciate was and if I was getting it wrong, I don't mean to be rude!) And, also, I agree completely!
@@confusedSoulof2010 Haha it really is! I used to think it was "mischievious" (with three i's) instead of "mischievous", or "strategetic" instead of "strategic", or "chargin" (char-) instead of "chagrin", and the list goes on.
It sounds very fancy and old-fashioned, like a voiceover from the 30s or 40s. Before I knew she was deaf, I assumed she was affecting a fancy old-timey accent to go with her onscreen image. 😅 Her voice does match her style really well.
@@katraylor I dunno, I come from Bath and I know lots of people who speak like her. Our parents pretty religiously trained good pronunciation into us. I think, "there's a t in that", was one of the most common phrases I heard growing up.
Same, I have friends from all over the world I talk to online so my accent has changed loads over the years and changes greatly depending on whom I've been talking to recently
omg and don't you feel really awkward when you notice yourself doing it, too?? I always worry (once I catch myself doing it) that people will think I'm taking the piss or something when I'm really not, it's just that I naturally follow the speech patterns of the people I'm talking to 😱
Woohooo an English person who respectfully acknowledges the Welsh language and independence!! As if I needed another reason to love you Jessica, thank you! :)
daph vetu that’s what I thought! but then I started overthinking and now I wonder: if she can’t hear her voice or other people’s voices, how did she develop the accent? Might be a stupid question actually..idk (Absolutely no hate whatsoever, I swear. I have total respect for her! This is just a genuine question.)
@@kay8747 Well she explained it: by practising speaking very clearly and overproncouncing certain sounds she gets this so called BBC-accent. Or at least thats what I think. Must say, I really do love her accent and her voice. So elegant!
So when I was is high school I took a class with this young lady whom could hear normally, yet she spoke with 'a deaf accent'. Why because both her parents were deaf! Whole life learning to speak from people that could only hear vibrations.
Huh, weird because I knew a girl whose parents were totally deaf and she had to speak sign language to (apparently not ASL- American Sign Language but a custom version her parents made up!!!) But she spoke "normally" meaning it was indistinguishable from others...I mean she grew up in the school system so. Makes sense...
I'm assuming she does some of her own editing and then sends it to a professional. Most people take that route to be cost effective but also ensure quality production
When I was a kid I thought people were just born with the accent of their country and I thought that dogs somehow knew the language of wherever they were from, I fell down the stairs as a baby lmao
Actually, that is not completely wrong. Babies can already recognize what is their mother language and what isn't shortly after birth - as in the language their mother spoke when they were still in the womb
clod8 If his plan is for the abolition of the EU (in turn helping poor African farmers from the CAP, dismantling Neo-liberal hegemony, and ossifying federalism) then I’m all for it:)
@@clod8 I was just going to comment the same thing. The right wing is getting duped and radicalized by Russian subversion tactics. The people (right wingers) who are angry about the comment need to understand that Russia manipulates the left and right. They are just manipulating the right wing right now because it fits their agenda. Both sides are vulnerable to their machinations. They use what you naturally believe and try to make it more extreme in order to tear the targeted country apart. They are doing it in America too. Please remember, Russia is the real enemy, not your fellow countrymen. Putin is lol at the chaos he's creating all over the world. He is the most dangerous man alive. The only way to fight him is to reject the subversion and stay moderate. Extremes on both sides is what he wants. Brexit pleases him because it weakens both GB and the EU. It is a win/win for him. Don't let him win anymore.
Susan Darby You’ve constructed a delusion so as to ossify your psychological trauma, that is textbook ideological possession. You’re possessed with a dogmatic normativity which is not representative of the country thus you must construct a fallacy to obfuscate this. This is both egotistical and myopic. Both the left and the right support leaving the EU because it is a multifaceted issue. When the EU crumbles the poor African farmers will be relieved, the Greeks will be relieved, and everyone else will be relieved from a Neo-liberal hegemony. Your comments are insanely reactionary and lack any serious politics discourse. Anyone who has studied politics or is well read on the issue will known what you have written is obtuse nonsense.
@@bethhague8470 I think people view it as having been super common back then because regional accents in film, television and radio were very uncommon back then. So of course any recordings we have access to from that time are more likely to be of people speaking RP. So people extrapolate from that that everyone spoke that way back then. Which is of course untrue.
I can relate to that experience of everyone thinking it’s either sound or complete silence as a blind person. Able-bodied folks really don’t seem to like spectrums.
Summer Johnson Music I know, I was connecting with her experience through my own. Everyone thinks it’s complete sound or silence for deaf people, and 20/20 or darkness for the blind.
Yes. The same applies to the experience of autism. I can’t tell you how many people have said to me “you’re way to high functioning to have autism!” It. Is. A. Spectrum.
I am completely and utterly in love with this lady and her voice. I would happily listen to her read the dictionary, a complete set of encyclopedias, and a variety of manuals. 😍
P l e a s e tell us about the queen' s accent, that sounds so interesting. I am but a lowly American. Please, share your strange and mysterious British secrets.
pronunciationstudio.com/queens-english/ this website has some recordings but also descriptions on tongue placement, jaw opening so you can get an idea of how they might sound and feel different in speech. I dont think Ive ever met someone in person who speaks like that but people do and I guess many people in certain social echelons...
I've had a speech impairment my whole life and living in the US means I get a bunch of people asking where I'm from due to my "accent." A lot of times people think I'm from Europe or English isn't my first language. 😅 At least I have "pretty accent." Lol
Yes! Same! I have a speech impediment and a lisp and get asked where in England I'm from. I'm from Pennsylvania, living in Tennessee, and a huge anglophile. I'd love to be British, but I'm American.
@@cantwebe17 I'm from Washington State living in Texas. I get ask in Texas where I'm from, "Seattle," so some people may think people in Seattle have my accent. But when I visit Seattle and I'm ask, well clearly I don't sound southern and from Texas and they live in Seattle... So my parents must not be Americans now. Lol 😅
It's not as bad anymore, but I have a lisp, and I used to not be able to distinguish between "w" and "r" very well. I grew up in the American South, and every single time after I introduced myself (usually just after my TWIN SISTER who no one commented on) I would get asked "Why are you British?" Always 'British.' And always 'WHY?'
*Dear Americans* We are all obsessed with the weather becouse it's so dam weird. Monday: 30°C/86°F sunny Tusady: 10°C/50°F raining Wednesday: 20°c/56°F Thursday: -10°C/ 14°F *IT JUST NEVER MAKES SENSE*
In Australia we joke about Melbourne having "four seasons in one day". And then Scotland says "Hold my beer and watch this" and proceeds to have 17 weather changes before lunch. As my Scots relatives have often pointed out - Scotland is so exciting because you never know what weather it's going to be.
I'm early and taking the opportunity to drop my love for you in the comment section. Your channel is one of the only channels that I can watch all the videos on. Seeing your notification and being able to actually watch it right after without having to wait for captions is one of the best parts of my day. I want to thankyou for giving me the opportunity to feel "normal" once in a while and have a bit of a laugh while doing it. Lots of love ❤
That's what my first thought was too. Like she said she was able to hear more when she was a child and teen and that's when people usually develop accents and dialects so it's only normal for her to sound British.
I learnt English in Germany. Then I went to college in west England and I have American friends the most. When I see my Australian cousins my English changes again... My English accent is just a mess.
one of my best friends grew up in army camps in germany, then went to a boarding school near manchester, then lived in nepal, then went to university in bath, then moved to london, and then to the west midlands. and her mum is scottish. her accent is on a constant walking tour of the entire united kingdom.
Nearly the same here with german. I was born and raised in Austria. There's deep dialect spoken in my region. I have gained a lot of german friends due to a lot of time spent on the internet. I have a long distance relationship with a German. Basically: My language is a mess of dialect and non dialect and changes as soon as I am in Germany and I'll need at least a week to get back to dialect. Somehow it's easier for me to adapt to speak standard German than to speak in dialect. Even though I grew up with it.
I have a very basic clear american accent by default, but I gain accents incredibly fast. Like if I visit friends in the southern United states within a week I will start to develop a drawl, or when I spent a few months in california I came home with a slower cadence and saying hella a lot. I think this is because english is technically my second language, I originally spoke spanish, but due to bullying I quickly came to despise speaking it. Coupled with the fact that I was a foster kid for most of my life, I never really had a chance to develop an accent before I moved again, and trying desperately to fit in with my new peers ment I kinda learned to mimic people around me. I didn't really completely loose any accent I picked up, for example I still say hella a lot, and I use words like y'all, just without a strong accent. I also still default to certain words and phrases in spanish, even though I can't speak it fluently.
@adam webster As an Arizonan, I feel this is my bones. If I visit NC, I'm lost to the southern accent for a month. My family is originally from the midwest, my closest coworkers are from Jersey, I listen to/watch British media, and I've made an effort to learn properly accented Mexican Spanish, so it's a toss-up how I'll say a word on any given day.
Your accent actually sounds to me very similar to the “posh” version of a southern New England accent that my grandma, my great aunts, and my parents have. I think the “BBC” pronunciation was commonly taught in New England schools up until my parents were teenagers (like “bath” with the elongated “aaa” and dropping “r” at the end of words). I and my family are all from Central Massachusetts, but I don’t have their accent because I learned the “American standard” pronunciation that was typical of news reports in the U.S. of the 1980s (think Dan Rather).
I'm actually from the eastern end of the range of Inland North dialects, so technically, I have that accent myself. Though people are able to peg me as a New Yorker. (I've lived in pretty much every part of the state. My accent is basically "every part of New York thrown in a blender".)
I'm Irish with an American-irish mom who moved from county to county as a child, and a dad from Dublin, and I spent a lot of time with my British and Irish friends. As a result, I have a really strange accent. Edit: Whoa, that's a lot of likes 😮😊
English-French, residing near half my life in Ireland, after a string of multi-cultural schools, and still on speech therapy after 2 years of not talking post chemical pneumonia so, you're in good company 😉
Why are people focusing her hands and the way she speaks, I don’t even think about it because I don’t even know or focused on it. Just leave her alone lol
3:28 ‘Gaelic’, pronounced ‘gal - ick’, only applies to Scots-Gaelic; It’s a distinct language but has roots in Early Irish. What some people may call Irish Gaelic, is just called ‘Irish’ or the Irish Language. In the language itself, we call it ‘Gaeilge’! Then, Ulster Scots is the language which is disputed as a dialect or language. It’s separate from both Scots-Gaelic and Irish, and it’s used mostly in Northern Ireland. Hope that helps! 💚
There is also Scots, as in Scotland Scots. Related to Dorric, Shetlandic and other 'dialects' in Scotland that have much greater 'norse' influence. I don't know that much, but I know it doesn't refer to Ulster-Scots.
And, in Scottish Gaelic, their language is called "Gàidhlig". Which you might see has a resemblance to "Gaeilge", because they both, originally, derive from the same word. Because they're both members of the Gaelic language family.
You forgot Donegal Irish which is a whole other ballgame! My dad's from Donegal and I have Leinster Irish and I couldn't understand anything he ever said as Gaelige!
Let’s just be honest here... Accents everywhere you go are going to be different. Just like in America, we don’t all speak the same way. The language itself might be close in dialect but not necessarily the same. If you talk to someone from the Deep South in Louisiana; it’s different in comparison to someone that’s from a northern state like Minnesota. I’ve traveled from coast to coast, everyone sounds different. It doesn’t surprise me that Gaelic is actually a language used in several ways.
You have a beautiful voice and it's very clear! I know you put a lot of effort in speaking so I must say: YOU ARE INCREDIBLE! I love your accent: you sound funny, sensual and very confident
Fun fact: Accents are more tightly packed together in space on the British Isles than anywhere else in the English speaking world. This pattern takes a weird turn in the United States, where if you know what to listen for you can hear which part of New York city or which county in the American South, but when you get west it smooths out a lot and someone from Washington State sounds about the same as someone in New Mexico over a thousand miles away. If we suddenly pulled a Big O (the anime) tomato surprise and all forgot everything, linguists would use this fact to conclude that English came from England (though that right there would be a pretty big hint) and more or less accurately reconstruct how it spread, because if a language lives somewhere for a long time, preferably without a lot of travel, the more accents you get. Biologists do something similar all the time to figure out where animals and plants come from.
I'm not English but I'm studying English language, lit and culture at university in France and this Brexit ordeal has my whole promotion in shambles. I really hope all of this will be sorted out in a way that accommodates everyone
@@bimbolecter9764 as do the English, my friend. It's unfortunate that you have to be studying our culture at a time when the racist few have had their voices amplified, but our history has never been exactly pretty. I hope this at least serves to teach people the importance of their vote and that it can't be treated as a blind protest
Your accent is so beautiful and soothing. I love it! I could listen to your voice all day. I’m literally just listening to you talk and writing an essay and it’s honestly so calming. Your videos are great so keep up the great work!
It’s been a while! New camera angles 🤣❤️❤️ Also regarding the Scottish speak you’re thinking of, it’s called Doric and I think it absolutely counts as it’s own language 😊
Doric more specifically in modern linguistics refers to Highland Scots, while Lallans is used to refer to Lowland-Lothian Scots. Even within very small specific regions of Scotland, there is a great deal of variation in dialect from town to town.
Oregon (Or-eh-guhn) US here: I’d pronounce Glastonbury exactly as you do. Our accent tends toward the heavily contracted (ought’n’t’ve=ought not to have) and this can be very “slurry”, as in the case of havvaguggai = have a good day. Fun video, thanks for sharing!
I can tell that just from lip-reading! 😂 Then again, if you look at "British" people in some American TV shows and movies, they sound Australian... so what do they know? 😉
Scotland has Scots Gaelic and there are other “dialects” such as Doric (North East Scotland dialect) which has recently been given protected language status :) Also my boyfriend is from Aberdeenshire but he doesn’t have an Aberdeenshire accent as he had speech and language therapy as a child and his speech and language therapist was from Edinburgh so he has an Edinburgh accent instead.
I'm an American from the midwest married to a Geordie (uh blerk from Noocassle- but not the toon, like, man, pet, womanman. Howay. ( A male person from the suburbs of Newcastle Upon Tyne, friend. I mean, come on.)) and my children have the weirdest accents. My very Geordie husband works for BBC Newcastle as a radio host (that BBC move toward regional accents you were mentioning is purposeful decision, thank goodness) and is a comedian. The further out of the north east he travels the less anyone can understand him. Except me. Who has never had a problem, even when we first met. Which is weird.
I'm american- I was raised on the west coast until I was eleven years old, and then lived in the midwest until I was eighteen. My accent is west coast, specifically Washington State, but my vocal patterns and vocabulary are midwest!
When I was a kid, I thought that the “bath trap” was a matter of gender because my mum is from Kent and my dad is from Lancashire, so they both pronounce their As differently. I also remember one point at preschool when our teacher was reading a poem to us which included a line about “a giraffe in a scarf” and she had to pronounce the word “scarf” as “scaff” to make it rhyme.
She went the wrong way; "girarf" was required. I was working in NY & one of my colleagues said "If you say 'zee' as 'zed'; how do you say zeebra?" I replied "Zehbra", of course...and we both laughed. I wonder now, whether she thought I was joking?
we do the "how do you do?" "how do you do?" greeting in the southern us too! it's mostly used in aave but a lot of southerners have adopted it, we mostly say "you good?" and "what's up?", with the response just to ask the question back
Me mams a witch, da’s a muggle. Personally I’m Northern Irish, with an English father and an Irish mother. I moved away from Northern Ireland as a 18 year old and moved to Bristol, then London, then Nottingham, and then to Scotland within a few years If one another. So now my accent is mostly posh English, with an angry Irish/northern Irish tone when I’m upset/annoyed/angry and some words slip out as Scottish when I’m tired or excited. Accents are weird and I’m very often asked if I’m American/South African or Canadian 😂
Hannah Cambridge Illustration As a Canadian, I find this exceptionally funny... When I lived over there, in Windsor, I was often asked if I was Irish!? I could sort of understand if I was from the maritimes, but I’m from Southern Alberta...
Your voice is one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard - sooo pleasant and soothing, I could listen to it when I'm super stressed and it would calm me down. You actually remind me of Florence Welch, she's also soft-spoken and sounds angelic.
Such a stunner! Jessica I’d like to say thank you for sharing your smile and jolly vibes. You are an extraordinarily genuine and vibrant person inside out. I found it so inspiring to see your smile. Your witty sarcasm constantly makes my day. I am glad that you bring mental awareness, disability and sexual identity topics in such a manner. You are an extraordinary ‘wonder woman’ yet so genuine. I am amazed by people who overcome their chronic illness struggles and find the courage and determination to be the best version of yourself. You are such a bright soul despite all challenges you flourish like a phoenix from the ashes of your darkest times. I can’t imagine what these 2 years in a dark room could feel like. Once again thank you for your input. I truly appreciate your work. Well speaking of the subject of this video. Well, I am not English native speakers. My mother tongue is Russian, but from childhood, I was speaking the other 3 languages. I feel that I have an accent in any language that I speak. Somehow mostly am told that I sound rather French haha. There is the brilliant book “Watching the English”, by Kate Fox. I found it so helpful to know the insides of the English culture. You have touched on most of the touchy titles smoothly. Having a learning disability, myself I have attended speech for performance courses to work on my voice and punctuation. I can’t imagine how it is to work on your vocal performance with hearing disability, but what I know for sure is that you are nailing it. I think you made it so clear in between differences between received pronunciation, queens English as well as other British/ Scottish/ dialects, Irish Gaelic is another story. Your video was witty, fun and somewhat educational. Thank you for sharing the vibe. Best wishes Denis
My boyfriend sounds different from his parents and siblings because he's from Georgia (Atlanta area) and so are his parents, but he refused to have a southern accent. He trained himself to not speak that way growing up and I find that amusing. His parents themselves don't have strong accents themselves (they're not from areas like the southern parts of Georgia), but it's still noticeably different from his and his siblings.
I love a southern accent, but I really relate to your BF. I've trained the Philadelphia, PA accent out of my daily speech because in North Jersey (where I have lived for 20 years) no one speaks that way and people made fun of the way I spoke. I fall back into it quite easily when I'm home (Pronounced hewm) and once in a while I catch my 19 year old son saying words in a distinctly Philly way, which is fun. But tbh, the Philly accent isn't melodious. It's actually quite grating.
What a role model you are ms. Jessica! Anything can be relearned, honed and perfected with practice, patience and perserverance. Thank you for posting uch needed educational videos about disability, you have my subscription for life ♡.
Your accent is simply lovely, dear. It is also astonishing, despite knowing how you practice. It is not only wonderfully clear (I would recommend your videos to English classes, but the vocabulary would be quite an advanced level at times), but also your voice is very lively. I am astonished how you are able to keep that liveliness without hearing yourself in such a long time. Training clear pronounciation is much more simple. This is the third video I've seen, and if you didn't tell it yourself, I simply wouldn't believe you are deaf, as you so very much do NOT sound like one.
Oh my gosh, you're absolutely adorable, I'm not even sure how I found this channel but I'm so happy I did. Your voice is lovely and beautiful, very fitting to you. ♥️♥️
That’s awesome that you take time to learn names. As someone with an odd spelling and frequency mispronounced name just thinking that someone cares enough to learn it means a lot. I struggle sometimes with foreign names, and try my best to properly articulate them. My name is pronounced like Erica.
I was raised on an island and the later in a valley. My family's accents are island influenced and Irish and English influenced. I feel like I have 12 different voices depending on how tired, excited, drunk, or what mood I am in. Everyone around me say "wadder" and I say "waTer" I feel the odd one out and have a few different ways of saying words if I'm nervous of being picked on.
But but, no mention of Scottish Gaelic (pronounced with the a from how /most/ people say Glastonbury), which is distinct from Irish, Welsh and Cornish Gaelic and also isn't Scots. Scotland has 3 languages, Gaelic, Scots and English. If you don't count Doric and some other local languages. .... Yeah Scotland has too many languages.
Video title: “Why I have a British accent”
Me:”Because you’re British?”
Alyssa Conmay am I dumb Is this a joke
@@bekaemilia she straight up said she lost her hearing at 15, so she already had an accent. plus deaf people can have an accent from lip reading.
Roisin Rowan that’s nuts! I didn’t know if you can get an accent from lipreading if you’re deaf! I wonder how exactly that works I I wonder how exactly that works since I wouldn’t be able to actually hear the accent. Crazy stuff.
@@emma318kate7 i guessing it's from watching the way the mouth moves when pronouncing words or making sounds
Roisin Rowan no they can’t? You develop an accent from hearing. Lip reading is not a cause of an accent in a deaf person. You hear an accent, that’s how a child would pick it up.
She looks so much like a Disney princess :’)
She reminds me of Wendy from Peter Pan 🥰
Looks like ariel
We need a deaf British princess!!! ❤👑
She looks like Belle, Ariel, and Cinderella all at once😍
I was thinking the same thing!! 😄
deaf, like deaf, deaf, the kind of deaf where you can't hear things deaf.
i'm wheezing
Lucifer? Funny to see you here!
Tyrs To Cry i‘m everywhere
Hit me hard
Sophie Terry scuse me what?
To the original comment. Didnt have a clue she was deaf. That sentence hit me hard lmao
As a guy from the deep south (US south) that can hear perfectly... there are times my accent is so thick i don't even know what I just said.
LMAO 😂 but same.
Omg this gave me a hearty laugh 😂
Killertomato84 southern Sweden here and same 4 me.
You're a treasure! Thanks for the chuckle.
@@the_5th_night I believe it's called Danish
Comments: “wHy dO yOu hAvE a bRiTisH aCcEnT?”
Jessica: *summarizes history and evolution of BBC English accent*
Jessica: *summarizes history and evolution of BBC English accent
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Jessica: oh beeteedubs I could hear until I was 15
The way you typed that, made it so clear how the commenter would have said it hahahaha
gotta get close to that 10 minute mark ;)
“deaf, like deaf, deaf, the kind of deaf where you can't hear things deaf.“
i can’t.
dailyotter I saw this comment as she said this 😂
She can't either 😂
Not even 😶
Ow, laughing too hard, oof
😂☠️
"If I don't laugh about it, I'll cry about it" Honestly the exact Brexit mood right now
Kat B same
Yeah, I’m at the crying stage
Nicole Nox I think I just cycle through a constant repeat of the laugh cry gif now
Big mood
We in the states are having sympathy pains.
I was so confused when the title of this video showed up. “I assume she sounds British... because she is British? 🤔”.
I do have a Cornish Rex cat.. she definitely meows with an accent. 😺
I don't know about cats, but least birds have accents! Sweden has an immigrant Russian population of some kind of sparrow for example.
That's what I said!
🤣🤣
My thought as well
Allie Sinister “ownah ”?? Of dear.... no... cats have servants... not owners. Lol
Fascinating. My Welsh relatives were less than pleased when the Speach Therapist taught me an Oxford accent. They said it was too posh to understand.
I'm English, and this is mandatory, despite Welsh friends and family:
WAY-YILS!
Nah, I think they were just alienated by it.
Cer o ma y diawl! Jôcs
How come you needed a speech therapist?
Haha, I do the same thing! It's calmed down a bit now, but whenever I go into any semi-formal situation, I go full RP 😂
"Next year my country may be on fire" - if only you knew...if only you knew.
The whole world is on fire O_O I mean, close enough, I'd give her a point in the 2020 bingo.
I wasn't sure if she actually said "on fire" or its the bad auto captions? l'm definitely sure she didn't make "sperm weather" 0:28 though!🤦
@@clairee4939 I did a double take when I saw the captions saying "sperm weather". LOL
In case you see this: your voice is smooth, fluent, with a news anchor assertiveness, sharp with some words like with great annunciation, and also very soothing.
I just checked the dictionary. "Annunciate" means "to announce". "Enunciation" from "enunciate" is probably what you meant. Apparently enunciate can also mean "to announce" (and "to make a definitive or systematic statement of")! (I was just curious as to what the difference between annunciate and enunciate was and if I was getting it wrong, I don't mean to be rude!)
And, also, I agree completely!
@@yuuri9064 the language known as English is a bit of a b... but I think you're correct that the intended word was likely 'enunciate'.
@@confusedSoulof2010 Haha it really is! I used to think it was "mischievious" (with three i's) instead of "mischievous", or "strategetic" instead of "strategic", or "chargin" (char-) instead of "chagrin", and the list goes on.
It sounds very fancy and old-fashioned, like a voiceover from the 30s or 40s. Before I knew she was deaf, I assumed she was affecting a fancy old-timey accent to go with her onscreen image. 😅 Her voice does match her style really well.
@@katraylor I dunno, I come from Bath and I know lots of people who speak like her. Our parents pretty religiously trained good pronunciation into us. I think, "there's a t in that", was one of the most common phrases I heard growing up.
👏👏I 👏 WANNA 👏 HEAR 👏 JESSICA 👏 TALK 👏 ABOUT 👏 THE 👏 QUEEN'S 👏 ACCENT👏👏
Yuuup me too!
Me too ✌️
I agree!!
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Sameeeeee!
My accent is so inconsistent it really depends on who was the last person I was speaking with beforehand.
I'm glad I'm not the only one like that
Same, I have friends from all over the world I talk to online so my accent has changed loads over the years and changes greatly depending on whom I've been talking to recently
Big same
Thats called Disprosody.
omg and don't you feel really awkward when you notice yourself doing it, too?? I always worry (once I catch myself doing it) that people will think I'm taking the piss or something when I'm really not, it's just that I naturally follow the speech patterns of the people I'm talking to 😱
Can we all just take a moment to admire her consistent aesthetic?
“Consistent aesthetic.”
It’s just her style and lifestyle.
I would call it an “aesthetic”
I’m a very old woman. My 70s. I lost my hearing as a teenager too. I just adore you.
jessica looking over her shoulder and being sassy is such a mood
She's probably the only youtuber whose camera switching doesn't take me out of the video.
I think she's referencing the British tv show, Fleabag
You accent is kind of like marry popins very soothing
It makes me really sad that shes deaf shed be amazing at asmr :(
Tricia I think she could still do asmr, she can feel vibrations on a speaker.
So is her cheeky humor. I love it.
It’s like blurring the line between RP and HRP
@@tricia3710 she can still do ASMR and audiobooks as well.
When I read the title my first response was just "well because you're British of course"
If she were more British, she'd have tea coming out of her ears.
I would like an entire installment about the Queen's accent please!!
"thenkyew" - the queen
Hi army
SaLty CuPcaKe hey!!
Me too!
Omg yes yes yes yes pleeeeeease Jessica PLEASE!!! 🥺🥺🥺
Woohooo an English person who respectfully acknowledges the Welsh language and independence!! As if I needed another reason to love you Jessica, thank you! :)
I cant be the only one who saw the title and went "shes british!"
daph vetu that’s what I thought! but then I started overthinking and now I wonder: if she can’t hear her voice or other people’s voices, how did she develop the accent? Might be a stupid question actually..idk
(Absolutely no hate whatsoever, I swear. I have total respect for her! This is just a genuine question.)
@@kay8747 Well she explained it: by practising speaking very clearly and overproncouncing certain sounds she gets this so called BBC-accent. Or at least thats what I think. Must say, I really do love her accent and her voice. So elegant!
technically I thought “she’s not just British?” But apparently she’s using an outdated accent
Kay She wasn’t always death
Vibe Vraiment some of the her words are said with received pronunciation, and some are more 1900s posh.
Me:sees title
Also me: Jessica, you are the most British person I have ever seen on the internet.
So when I was is high school I took a class with this young lady whom could hear normally, yet she spoke with 'a deaf accent'. Why because both her parents were deaf! Whole life learning to speak from people that could only hear vibrations.
Huh, weird because I knew a girl whose parents were totally deaf and she had to speak sign language to (apparently not ASL- American Sign Language but a custom version her parents made up!!!) But she spoke "normally" meaning it was indistinguishable from others...I mean she grew up in the school system so. Makes sense...
Holy crap, you do your own editing WITHOUT being able to hear the sound effects like the, "Ting!" when you make a point?? Major respect!
I was very impressed by this as well!
I'm assuming she does some of her own editing and then sends it to a professional. Most people take that route to be cost effective but also ensure quality production
When she started speaking like the Queen I SCREAMEDDD YES JESSICA GIVE US THE VIDEO
When I was a kid I thought people were just born with the accent of their country and I thought that dogs somehow knew the language of wherever they were from, I fell down the stairs as a baby lmao
awww.
Actually, that is not completely wrong. Babies can already recognize what is their mother language and what isn't shortly after birth - as in the language their mother spoke when they were still in the womb
"I fell down the stairs as a baby" I'm crying
That took an unexpected turn XD
I Do What I Want I thought the same thing as a kid!
It’d be funny if the video was just three seconds of her saying “because I’m British”
Buffy in many different ways as possible! ❤️😜
I would love to hear her have a conversation with John Maclean
Ruth Ronnie oh god yes. It would be s e a m l e s s.
Tell me why I thought this EXACT thing just before I read your comment.
@@Silvanfan lol 😂 definitely
@@naomib7948 omg 😯
Oh sweet seamlessness I need this to happen
“Top of the morning to you”
Jessica: We don’t actually say that last one anymore.
Jacksepticeye: “Loud Irish Noises!”
But in his accent, is it not: "tap o' tha mornin' to ya, laddies!"?
Stop culturally appropriating the Irish, Miss.
I'm sobbing
@Kelpie I'm so happy someone put the bell in the comments
Irish people aren’t British though lol
She looks like Ariel from the little mermaid. Loving her outfit and hair it's so pretty.
“that’s a brexit joke and if i don’t laugh about that drama, i’ll cry.”
honestly same, same.
clod8 How can you be so obtuse and myopic, embarrassing
clod8 If his plan is for the abolition of the EU (in turn helping poor African farmers from the CAP, dismantling Neo-liberal hegemony, and ossifying federalism) then I’m all for it:)
@@clod8 I was just going to comment the same thing. The right wing is getting duped and radicalized by Russian subversion tactics. The people (right wingers) who are angry about the comment need to understand that Russia manipulates the left and right. They are just manipulating the right wing right now because it fits their agenda. Both sides are vulnerable to their machinations. They use what you naturally believe and try to make it more extreme in order to tear the targeted country apart. They are doing it in America too. Please remember, Russia is the real enemy, not your fellow countrymen. Putin is lol at the chaos he's creating all over the world. He is the most dangerous man alive. The only way to fight him is to reject the subversion and stay moderate. Extremes on both sides is what he wants. Brexit pleases him because it weakens both GB and the EU. It is a win/win for him. Don't let him win anymore.
Susan Darby You’ve constructed a delusion so as to ossify your psychological trauma, that is textbook ideological possession. You’re possessed with a dogmatic normativity which is not representative of the country thus you must construct a fallacy to obfuscate this. This is both egotistical and myopic. Both the left and the right support leaving the EU because it is a multifaceted issue. When the EU crumbles the poor African farmers will be relieved, the Greeks will be relieved, and everyone else will be relieved from a Neo-liberal hegemony. Your comments are insanely reactionary and lack any serious politics discourse. Anyone who has studied politics or is well read on the issue will known what you have written is obtuse nonsense.
Is this some British thing I’m too European to understand?
Jessica helped me so much with my confidence. The way she presents and holds herself is so inspiring.
Yes! I wish I could hold myself like she does!
The Queen's English is the posh accent last commonly heard in the 1930s.
sebeckley even then it wasn’t massively common
@@bethhague8470 I think people view it as having been super common back then because regional accents in film, television and radio were very uncommon back then. So of course any recordings we have access to from that time are more likely to be of people speaking RP. So people extrapolate from that that everyone spoke that way back then. Which is of course untrue.
I can't believe she can't hear her own voice but has such amazing pronunciation. Her voice is so relaxing and lovely.
I can relate to that experience of everyone thinking it’s either sound or complete silence as a blind person. Able-bodied folks really don’t seem to like spectrums.
she’s deaf, not blind.
Summer Johnson Music I know, I was connecting with her experience through my own. Everyone thinks it’s complete sound or silence for deaf people, and 20/20 or darkness for the blind.
Lily Mordaunt yeah that’s true. I am blind but I have a little bit of vision.
Yes. The same applies to the experience of autism. I can’t tell you how many people have said to me “you’re way to high functioning to have autism!” It. Is. A. Spectrum.
“If I don’t laugh about it, I’ll cry about it”
*laughes in american*
Believe me I understand.
I also had the *laughes in American* moment. We absolutely understand that feel over here, Jessica!
There have many many "laughs in American" moments. Some of which accumulate into "Cries in American" moments.
If she did ASMR I’d never stop watching her voice is so soothing
Since she goes of RUclips comments...
Your accent is ssssssooooooo beautiful!!!
Oh it is. Recieved Pronunciation is always lovely but her voice is particularly nice.
I am completely and utterly in love with this lady and her voice. I would happily listen to her read the dictionary, a complete set of encyclopedias, and a variety of manuals. 😍
Why do I suddenly feel the need to sit up straight, eyes forward, hands folded???
P l e a s e tell us about the queen' s accent, that sounds so interesting.
I am but a lowly American. Please, share your strange and mysterious British secrets.
Grey
She sounds like she speaks through the top of her nose.
There are many different reigonal British accents (Liverpudlian, Welsh, Brum etc), the queen's English is the stereotypical posh British accent.
pronunciationstudio.com/queens-english/ this website has some recordings but also descriptions on tongue placement, jaw opening so you can get an idea of how they might sound and feel different in speech. I dont think Ive ever met someone in person who speaks like that but people do and I guess many people in certain social echelons...
The queen talks like my British grandma
Everyone shut up. They dont get to learn our secrets anymore. They were part of the team and wanted off the bus, so they dont get to play.
Constant apologizing?
I'm sorry you have this problem...we inherited the tendancy here in Canada as well. So I'm sorry we're sorry together.
apologetic countries unite😔🖐🏽
thats what i was thinking 😂❤️
😂😂😂
Switzerland too. Along with saying thank you a 1000 times
Wow...sorry to have taken up people's time with my comment, but thank you for spending your time on it.🤣
I've had a speech impairment my whole life and living in the US means I get a bunch of people asking where I'm from due to my "accent." A lot of times people think I'm from Europe or English isn't my first language. 😅 At least I have "pretty accent." Lol
Yes! Same! I have a speech impediment and a lisp and get asked where in England I'm from. I'm from Pennsylvania, living in Tennessee, and a huge anglophile. I'd love to be British, but I'm American.
@@cantwebe17 I'm from Washington State living in Texas. I get ask in Texas where I'm from, "Seattle," so some people may think people in Seattle have my accent. But when I visit Seattle and I'm ask, well clearly I don't sound southern and from Texas and they live in Seattle... So my parents must not be Americans now. Lol 😅
Ha, when i was living in the US people thought that my lisp was part of my accent.
Same here, though I didn't have 'pretty accent', people thought I was from Boston. I didn't live anywhere near Boston.
It's not as bad anymore, but I have a lisp, and I used to not be able to distinguish between "w" and "r" very well. I grew up in the American South, and every single time after I introduced myself (usually just after my TWIN SISTER who no one commented on) I would get asked "Why are you British?"
Always 'British.' And always 'WHY?'
*Dear Americans*
We are all obsessed with the weather becouse it's so dam weird.
Monday: 30°C/86°F sunny
Tusady: 10°C/50°F raining
Wednesday: 20°c/56°F
Thursday: -10°C/ 14°F
*IT JUST NEVER MAKES SENSE*
Americans don’t understand Celsius though they’re stuck with Farenheit :)
In Australia we joke about Melbourne having "four seasons in one day". And then Scotland says "Hold my beer and watch this" and proceeds to have 17 weather changes before lunch. As my Scots relatives have often pointed out - Scotland is so exciting because you never know what weather it's going to be.
@@Luubelaar *I get it my grandparents are from sctoland there weather is crazy*
If you are addressing Americans then for the love of god use our unit system...I can understand celsius because of my profession but most of us can't.
@@yaltschuler Why would a British person know Fahrenheit when it's only used in America for common purposes? Even our scientists use Celsius.
You have one of the most beautiful voices I’ve ever heard. I could listen to you speak all day.
I'm early and taking the opportunity to drop my love for you in the comment section. Your channel is one of the only channels that I can watch all the videos on. Seeing your notification and being able to actually watch it right after without having to wait for captions is one of the best parts of my day. I want to thankyou for giving me the opportunity to feel "normal" once in a while and have a bit of a laugh while doing it. Lots of love ❤
Me: sees the title in my notifications
Me:...because...you're...english? Didnt think that was needed to be asked
That's what my first thought was too.
Like she said she was able to hear more when she was a child and teen and that's when people usually develop accents and dialects so it's only normal for her to sound British.
Thats wjat i thought skslsk
THE EDITING IN THIS VIDEO IS SOOOO GOOOOOOOD
The Cut joke is perfectly timed
I learnt English in Germany. Then I went to college in west England and I have American friends the most. When I see my Australian cousins my English changes again... My English accent is just a mess.
one of my best friends grew up in army camps in germany, then went to a boarding school near manchester, then lived in nepal, then went to university in bath, then moved to london, and then to the west midlands. and her mum is scottish. her accent is on a constant walking tour of the entire united kingdom.
Nearly the same here with german. I was born and raised in Austria. There's deep dialect spoken in my region. I have gained a lot of german friends due to a lot of time spent on the internet. I have a long distance relationship with a German. Basically: My language is a mess of dialect and non dialect and changes as soon as I am in Germany and I'll need at least a week to get back to dialect. Somehow it's easier for me to adapt to speak standard German than to speak in dialect. Even though I grew up with it.
I have a very basic clear american accent by default, but I gain accents incredibly fast. Like if I visit friends in the southern United states within a week I will start to develop a drawl, or when I spent a few months in california I came home with a slower cadence and saying hella a lot. I think this is because english is technically my second language, I originally spoke spanish, but due to bullying I quickly came to despise speaking it. Coupled with the fact that I was a foster kid for most of my life, I never really had a chance to develop an accent before I moved again, and trying desperately to fit in with my new peers ment I kinda learned to mimic people around me. I didn't really completely loose any accent I picked up, for example I still say hella a lot, and I use words like y'all, just without a strong accent. I also still default to certain words and phrases in spanish, even though I can't speak it fluently.
@adam webster As an Arizonan, I feel this is my bones. If I visit NC, I'm lost to the southern accent for a month. My family is originally from the midwest, my closest coworkers are from Jersey, I listen to/watch British media, and I've made an effort to learn properly accented Mexican Spanish, so it's a toss-up how I'll say a word on any given day.
@@kenna176 Arizona here. I do that as well. My accent seems to be fluid. I usually don't notice until it's pointed out.
Your accent actually sounds to me very similar to the “posh” version of a southern New England accent that my grandma, my great aunts, and my parents have. I think the “BBC” pronunciation was commonly taught in New England schools up until my parents were teenagers (like “bath” with the elongated “aaa” and dropping “r” at the end of words).
I and my family are all from Central Massachusetts, but I don’t have their accent because I learned the “American standard” pronunciation that was typical of news reports in the U.S. of the 1980s (think Dan Rather).
I'm actually from the eastern end of the range of Inland North dialects, so technically, I have that accent myself. Though people are able to peg me as a New Yorker. (I've lived in pretty much every part of the state. My accent is basically "every part of New York thrown in a blender".)
That would be the "Transatlantic" accent she mentioned. 😊
I heard that the regional accent associated with Pres Kennedy is disappearing. I hope not, it was different and I like to see variety.
I'm Irish with an American-irish mom who moved from county to county as a child, and a dad from Dublin, and I spent a lot of time with my British and Irish friends. As a result, I have a really strange accent.
Edit: Whoa, that's a lot of likes 😮😊
That must sound cool!
@@Happinezz_.... Some would disagree.....😂
English-French, residing near half my life in Ireland, after a string of multi-cultural schools, and still on speech therapy after 2 years of not talking post chemical pneumonia so, you're in good company 😉
Ooh Irish-American is fascinating accent in particular. I'm Northern Irish, it's a cursed thing even if it isn't as strong as it could be.
Dia guit! Níl aon Gailge ag mó Mama nó Dhaide ach in eirid
"Practically perfect in every way" you are a treasure to us Jessica.
Tanya Marshall agreed
Why are people focusing her hands and the way she speaks, I don’t even think about it because I don’t even know or focused on it. Just leave her alone lol
I want her to do an audiobook. Her voice is so satisfying to listen to
"As my country may not exist or even be on fire next year"
The way I CACKLED
(I'm allowed to find Brexit jokes funny I'm British too)
We in the US are having similar thoughts about our own country.
..as long as they don't stir class division and hatred... :-)
*me looking at the title* I dunno. Maybe because shes BRITISH.
Normal'sWayOverrated Right!
3:28
‘Gaelic’, pronounced ‘gal - ick’, only applies to Scots-Gaelic; It’s a distinct language but has roots in Early Irish.
What some people may call Irish Gaelic, is just called ‘Irish’ or the Irish Language. In the language itself, we call it ‘Gaeilge’!
Then, Ulster Scots is the language which is disputed as a dialect or language. It’s separate from both Scots-Gaelic and Irish, and it’s used mostly in Northern Ireland.
Hope that helps! 💚
There is also Scots, as in Scotland Scots. Related to Dorric, Shetlandic and other 'dialects' in Scotland that have much greater 'norse' influence. I don't know that much, but I know it doesn't refer to Ulster-Scots.
And, in Scottish Gaelic, their language is called "Gàidhlig". Which you might see has a resemblance to "Gaeilge", because they both, originally, derive from the same word. Because they're both members of the Gaelic language family.
Gaelic, (scots), is my first language, so it's nice to see people acknowledging its existence XD
You forgot Donegal Irish which is a whole other ballgame! My dad's from Donegal and I have Leinster Irish and I couldn't understand anything he ever said as Gaelige!
Let’s just be honest here... Accents everywhere you go are going to be different. Just like in America, we don’t all speak the same way. The language itself might be close in dialect but not necessarily the same. If you talk to someone from the Deep South in Louisiana; it’s different in comparison to someone that’s from a northern state like Minnesota. I’ve traveled from coast to coast, everyone sounds different. It doesn’t surprise me that Gaelic is actually a language used in several ways.
I’m living for the sass during this whole video.
You have a beautiful voice and it's very clear! I know you put a lot of effort in speaking so I must say: YOU ARE INCREDIBLE! I love your accent: you sound funny, sensual and very confident
Is the sassy side camera gonna stay around, because I love it
Fun fact: Accents are more tightly packed together in space on the British Isles than anywhere else in the English speaking world. This pattern takes a weird turn in the United States, where if you know what to listen for you can hear which part of New York city or which county in the American South, but when you get west it smooths out a lot and someone from Washington State sounds about the same as someone in New Mexico over a thousand miles away.
If we suddenly pulled a Big O (the anime) tomato surprise and all forgot everything, linguists would use this fact to conclude that English came from England (though that right there would be a pretty big hint) and more or less accurately reconstruct how it spread, because if a language lives somewhere for a long time, preferably without a lot of travel, the more accents you get. Biologists do something similar all the time to figure out where animals and plants come from.
I'm English too, and that brexit joke was too real 😅
Mood tho
I'm not English but I'm studying English language, lit and culture at university in France and this Brexit ordeal has my whole promotion in shambles. I really hope all of this will be sorted out in a way that accommodates everyone
@@annadavison8961 it's the scariest thing to happen this Halloween
@@bimbolecter9764 as do the English, my friend. It's unfortunate that you have to be studying our culture at a time when the racist few have had their voices amplified, but our history has never been exactly pretty. I hope this at least serves to teach people the importance of their vote and that it can't be treated as a blind protest
@@bimbolecter9764 I don't want to accommodate racists and xenophobes.
Would most definitely be interested in a video about the Queen's Accent.
i would LOVE to see someone else try to edit without actually hearing the noises. that is so insane and amazing, truly iconic
Your accent is so beautiful and soothing. I love it! I could listen to your voice all day. I’m literally just listening to you talk and writing an essay and it’s honestly so calming. Your videos are great so keep up the great work!
You have the most musical voice I have ever heard for a deaf person! Impeccable nuances.
Can I just say I love your dress today? It's really gorgeous and goes so well with your hair!
It’s been a while!
New camera angles 🤣❤️❤️
Also regarding the Scottish speak you’re thinking of, it’s called Doric and I think it absolutely counts as it’s own language 😊
Nicola Dunford I strongly agree
Och aye!
Doric more specifically in modern linguistics refers to Highland Scots, while Lallans is used to refer to Lowland-Lothian Scots. Even within very small specific regions of Scotland, there is a great deal of variation in dialect from town to town.
L MacDonald Very cool!!
Cain I live 25 minutes outside Glasgow and can confirm.
Your hair, makeup and outfit are GORGEOUS and STUNNING in this video!!!!! I'm getting sophisticated Disney princess vibes.
Vintage princess?
Oregon (Or-eh-guhn) US here: I’d pronounce Glastonbury exactly as you do. Our accent tends toward the heavily contracted (ought’n’t’ve=ought not to have) and this can be very “slurry”, as in the case of havvaguggai = have a good day. Fun video, thanks for sharing!
Hey there fellow Oregonian. Doesn’t it drive you bonkers how people from the east coast say Ore-gahn? Ugh. It’s not a shape with Ore sides
I love listening to you speak, your voice is beautiful.
Your voice no way sounds American! 😂
I can tell that just from lip-reading! 😂 Then again, if you look at "British" people in some American TV shows and movies, they sound Australian... so what do they know? 😉
when you said "google assistant" you LITERALLY sounded exactly like the British google assistant
I love the turning to the side to comment on what you're talking about it. Love the detail in your video, too
Scotland has Scots Gaelic and there are other “dialects” such as Doric (North East Scotland dialect) which has recently been given protected language status :)
Also my boyfriend is from Aberdeenshire but he doesn’t have an Aberdeenshire accent as he had speech and language therapy as a child and his speech and language therapist was from Edinburgh so he has an Edinburgh accent instead.
I'm an American from the midwest married to a Geordie (uh blerk from Noocassle- but not the toon, like, man, pet, womanman. Howay. ( A male person from the suburbs of Newcastle Upon Tyne, friend. I mean, come on.)) and my children have the weirdest accents. My very Geordie husband works for BBC Newcastle as a radio host (that BBC move toward regional accents you were mentioning is purposeful decision, thank goodness) and is a comedian. The further out of the north east he travels the less anyone can understand him. Except me. Who has never had a problem, even when we first met. Which is weird.
Please I'd certainly be interested in an entire installment devoted to the Queen's English. 💜👑
I'm american- I was raised on the west coast until I was eleven years old, and then lived in the midwest until I was eighteen.
My accent is west coast, specifically Washington State, but my vocal patterns and vocabulary are midwest!
Loving the camera angles.
I’m from Wales and this made me laughs so much 😂
As someone with mild hearing loss and years of speech therapy, I think you sound fantastic.
When I was a kid, I thought that the “bath trap” was a matter of gender because my mum is from Kent and my dad is from Lancashire, so they both pronounce their As differently.
I also remember one point at preschool when our teacher was reading a poem to us which included a line about “a giraffe in a scarf” and she had to pronounce the word “scarf” as “scaff” to make it rhyme.
lol I would have done "girOFF in a scOFF"
She went the wrong way; "girarf" was required. I was working in NY & one of my colleagues said "If you say 'zee' as 'zed'; how do you say zeebra?" I replied "Zehbra", of course...and we both laughed. I wonder now, whether she thought I was joking?
@@archiewoosung5062 I don’t think she realised her mistake until she was already halfway through the sentence.
we do the "how do you do?" "how do you do?" greeting in the southern us too! it's mostly used in aave but a lot of southerners have adopted it, we mostly say "you good?" and "what's up?", with the response just to ask the question back
You honestly look so breath taking in this video! Oh my goodness! And you're so funny!
Me mams a witch, da’s a muggle.
Personally I’m Northern Irish, with an English father and an Irish mother. I moved away from Northern Ireland as a 18 year old and moved to Bristol, then London, then Nottingham, and then to Scotland within a few years If one another. So now my accent is mostly posh English, with an angry Irish/northern Irish tone when I’m upset/annoyed/angry and some words slip out as Scottish when I’m tired or excited. Accents are weird and I’m very often asked if I’m American/South African or Canadian 😂
Yay norn iron!!
bitofanastyshockwhenhefoundout
I would love to hear you talk!
@@clod8 And I came along, combined them all and confused the rest when I moved to Scotland! :P
Hannah Cambridge Illustration As a Canadian, I find this exceptionally funny... When I lived over there, in Windsor, I was often asked if I was Irish!? I could sort of understand if I was from the maritimes, but I’m from Southern Alberta...
Your voice is one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard - sooo pleasant and soothing, I could listen to it when I'm super stressed and it would calm me down. You actually remind me of Florence Welch, she's also soft-spoken and sounds angelic.
Such a stunner!
Jessica I’d like to say thank you for sharing your smile and jolly vibes.
You are an extraordinarily genuine and vibrant person inside out. I found it so inspiring to see your smile. Your witty sarcasm constantly makes my day. I am glad that you bring mental awareness, disability and sexual identity topics in such a manner. You are an extraordinary ‘wonder woman’ yet so genuine. I am amazed by people who overcome their chronic illness struggles and find the courage and determination to be the best version of yourself. You are such a bright soul despite all challenges you flourish like a phoenix from the ashes of your darkest times. I can’t imagine what these 2 years in a dark room could feel like. Once again thank you for your input. I truly appreciate your work.
Well speaking of the subject of this video. Well, I am not English native speakers. My mother tongue is Russian, but from childhood, I was speaking the other 3 languages. I feel that I have an accent in any language that I speak. Somehow mostly am told that I sound rather French haha. There is the brilliant book “Watching the English”, by Kate Fox. I found it so helpful to know the insides of the English culture. You have touched on most of the touchy titles smoothly.
Having a learning disability, myself I have attended speech for performance courses to work on my voice and punctuation. I can’t imagine how it is to work on your vocal performance with hearing disability, but what I know for sure is that you are nailing it. I think you made it so clear in between differences between received pronunciation, queens English as well as other British/ Scottish/ dialects, Irish Gaelic is another story.
Your video was witty, fun and somewhat educational.
Thank you for sharing the vibe.
Best wishes
Denis
I have a standard western Illinois accent, but I hear my mother’s Chicago accent come out of my own mouth now and then. It makes me roll my eyes. lol
My boyfriend sounds different from his parents and siblings because he's from Georgia (Atlanta area) and so are his parents, but he refused to have a southern accent. He trained himself to not speak that way growing up and I find that amusing.
His parents themselves don't have strong accents themselves (they're not from areas like the southern parts of Georgia), but it's still noticeably different from his and his siblings.
Lilia this makes me sad because I’m from the northwestern US and love southern accents lol
I love a southern accent, but I really relate to your BF. I've trained the Philadelphia, PA accent out of my daily speech because in North Jersey (where I have lived for 20 years) no one speaks that way and people made fun of the way I spoke. I fall back into it quite easily when I'm home (Pronounced hewm) and once in a while I catch my 19 year old son saying words in a distinctly Philly way, which is fun. But tbh, the Philly accent isn't melodious. It's actually quite grating.
He refused!! Wow! That's a very interesting story. I think accents are language are just fascinating.
Kry Kry when people state their own opinion as a fact to try to take away from somebody else’s opinion for no reason, lol
I just absolutely love you! And I love learning about British stuff!
What a role model you are ms. Jessica! Anything can be relearned, honed and perfected with practice, patience and perserverance. Thank you for posting uch needed educational videos about disability, you have my subscription for life ♡.
Your accent is simply lovely, dear.
It is also astonishing, despite knowing how you practice. It is not only wonderfully clear (I would recommend your videos to English classes, but the vocabulary would be quite an advanced level at times), but also your voice is very lively. I am astonished how you are able to keep that liveliness without hearing yourself in such a long time. Training clear pronounciation is much more simple.
This is the third video I've seen, and if you didn't tell it yourself, I simply wouldn't believe you are deaf, as you so very much do NOT sound like one.
Oh my gosh, you're absolutely adorable, I'm not even sure how I found this channel but I'm so happy I did. Your voice is lovely and beautiful, very fitting to you. ♥️♥️
That’s awesome that you take time to learn names. As someone with an odd spelling and frequency mispronounced name just thinking that someone cares enough to learn it means a lot. I struggle sometimes with foreign names, and try my best to properly articulate them. My name is pronounced like Erica.
The accent is FABULOUS!!
I just like British accent why are you judging me?
I'm so happy all went well. You two will be wonderful parents.
I was raised on an island and the later in a valley. My family's accents are island influenced and Irish and English influenced. I feel like I have 12 different voices depending on how tired, excited, drunk, or what mood I am in. Everyone around me say "wadder" and I say "waTer" I feel the odd one out and have a few different ways of saying words if I'm nervous of being picked on.
I wish you could hear your voice because it’s so beautiful!
About Wales: "and we're not letting them escape anytime soon"
LMAO
I am glad that minority languages have been given recognition, as I am Welsh, and can speak Welsh
@Owen Hopkins actually, in my area, 76% of people there speak welsh as a first language
I love Welsh. It needs to be spoken about more. 😂
Makes me sad that Welsh isn’t taught in all schools in Wales :(
@@Sarah-pl8rp I'm not completely sure, but welsh is manditory until GCSE level in Wales. (North only, because I am from the North)
But but, no mention of Scottish Gaelic (pronounced with the a from how /most/ people say Glastonbury), which is distinct from Irish, Welsh and Cornish Gaelic and also isn't Scots. Scotland has 3 languages, Gaelic, Scots and English. If you don't count Doric and some other local languages. .... Yeah Scotland has too many languages.
Ironically one thing I love about your videos, plus content, it's your voice
Your voice sounds wonderful. It's a pleasure to watch/hear you. Thumbs up.