Being British: Joel & Lia, You do realize that some Americans drop R's too? This includes New Englanders, some Southerners, particularly Cajuns and those in eastern Virginia, as well as many New Yorkers. Non-rhoticity is NOT exclusive to the United Kingdom and Australia!
I'm from South Carolina some of us call tomatoes, Ta mae tas, or even "matters with a long A. 😂 I'm enjoying watching your videos. Lots of love from SC.
I also have a question about the rules of language… So here in the US the word vase because it has an E on the end makes a long A sound is that not a rule that you guys follow?? Now this rule is obviously not for garage, LOL! I could never figure out the word rage is in garage but we save them differently is that weird? LOL
Jeri-Ann Henson yes we do go by the “magic e” rule. We apply it to vase too. The e makes the a longer. Without the e it would be pronounced vas (a short a like in cat).
It’s most likely the reason why the US and the UK say it different. Like how places spell color as colour because it has to do with how they normally pronounce things
@@GamzeenMakara Pita is the espanol spelling and is why Americans pronounce it Pee ta. It's actually a Greek work (probably middle-eastern before that) but because it came to America via Spanish as a borrowed word is why the "i" has the long "e" sound - in Spanish "i" always is a long "ee" sound.
Completely beyond the point... in English its pronounced VITA-MIN... based on using the structure of our language properly and all... Not here to be a hater... I love America! You just massacre our language is all 😂 It really makes me laugh when you hear someone from the states saying... "uhhh do you speak.. AM ERRR I CAN!?" its English.. you speak english 😂
Emerald Soaps read the BBC article I posted above. We speak what would have been old British English they changed the way they pronounced words. We are a more rhotic language like original settlers and they are more of a non-rhotic language. No matter who (around the world) you ask their way is always correct. Lol.
I was going to say that too. Lol! One "t" in pita. And we do pronounce it "peetuh" it's just the American rules of the English language. I guess they're a bit different. But I do love their accents! Lol!😁
Limerence the first and the last need no explanation, even so the first one (different spelling). zebra is only pronounced differently because of the difference in pronouncing the letter "Z".
Hana M No, actually the adjective form IS spelt 'humous' BUT the noun is in both English 'humus' And what she meant in the video was 'hummus' and that's a special kind of food (actually a juicy, creamy spread or dip) usually eaten with Pitta bread - as mentioned in the video :)
Yes... however us The ENGLISH (not Brits) laugh at you Americans so much more that vice versa because it is very appropriate to do so. Btw stop calling us Brits as I can tell you there are different countries here within these Islands and an Irishman doesn't consider himself to be English nor Scottish and the same goes for an Englishman or Scott consider themselves to be anything else other than what they are. Should I consider you to be a Canadian or Brazilian...?
Yes, the US has unfairly claimed the word American. As to Brit, wouldn't it fairly apply to all of the UK? Even Ireland, the independent part, is on one of the British Isles, isn't it? Do you applt the shortened word only to the English?
@@MICKEYISLOWD - Well, as someone whose family tree traces back to Daniel O'Connell, I can certainly understand the Irish considering themselves separate from the English. But the other branches trace back to the Boswell clan of Scotland, and the Parmenters of England. We even have ties to the Isle of Mann. Each of those branches considered themselves "separate" from the other. So, I'll give you that one. But objecting to being referred to as a Brit I don't really get. You are all on the British Isles. You are all citizens of Great Britain. You are collectively often referred to as "the British". For us, it's an automatic step to saying "Brit".
Fair point. I'm an American, obviously, but my family is English from Cheshire, Middlewick, England,is which, of course, is neither Irish or Scottish (do we even need to include the Welsh?) However, your analogy is not quite a fair comparison... Brazil is on another continent and Canada is, well, Canada! As well as having been tinged by the French. I mean, what's all that "aboot, eh?" Their money is called the 'Looney' for Pete's sake! That'd be like you having a currency called the "Nutter" and the expecting the rest of the world to take an economic crisis within said country seriously. I think a better analogy may be calling someone who's a Southerner a New Yorker and vice versa, or calling anyone from any other part of the U.S. Californian! :) Finally, besides having to refer to almost everyone from the Isles as Brits, probably up around 85-90% of Americans don't realize that the United Kingdom isn't truly a country, but a complex governmental arrangement based on agreements and traditions dating back centuries that's evolved overtime and, for lack of a better term at the moment, is somewhat a type of alliance between the countries of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. I know that the UK is academically stated to be a 'Constitutional Monarchy' within the field of Political Science, but a good number are unaware that it has no such Constitution, most especially in the form Americans think of it... as a single, concise, enumerated document, lying about somewhere, outlining how the Federal Goverment should function. Just so that you're aware as well, a good portion of our population also pretty much seem to think that England, Britain, Great Britain, and United Kingdom are all interchangeable terms with essentially the same meaning and pretty much use them as such when speaking. Of course, that could be partly the fault of the English themselves. While they were here, before we booted them out and gave them their pink slipped, they referred to themselves as "Brits" and "British", kind of lumping anyone from England, Wales, Scotland, and, at the time, all of Ireland under their magnanimous control and lead. On the bright side, it could be worse though. People could not know that the UK and Ireland make up the Isles, think that you're part of the Continent proper, and confuse you with a Snail-eating Toad Sucker!
Just a small correction before the IRA goes apeshit here... the Irish are not British citizens. Northern Ireland was kept by Great Britain by colonizing it with Protestant English settlers, offering them small parcels of land, and essentially pushed the Irish out of Northern Ireland. For all intents and purposes, they were driven from a good chunk of their own country. The Irish are, however, citizens of Ireland, which is now independent.
Diane Thoroughman Same for slang. Different regions have different sayings. Wholly different words, too. Soda and pop for a carbonated beverage. One has breakfast, lunch and dinner while another has breakfast, dinner and supper. Language changes.
I love this series as an American. But did you know - Brits used to speak in a very similar accent to Americans prior to the Victorian era? Google it! It’s fascinating how it just changed
Here in the U.S. we were taught in school that normally when you have a single consonant followed by a vowel that the vowel preceding the consonant is long. The reason we pronounce it pee-ta is that we spell it "pita." So the "a" after the "t" in "pita" makes the "i" long, having the "ee" sound; and with "tomato" the "o" makes the "a" long rendering "toe-may-toe" rather than "toe-mah-toe."
I don't know where YOU go do school but where I went to school we were taught that America is great and whatever we say, goes. To be honest, all your rules are triggering me right now and I'm very uncomfortable. I think I'm going to report your comment as abusive.
@@User0000000000000004 don't generalize like we all think our country is better and great. most of us think it's a meh or ok country, the vocal minority is the patriotic idiots. also calm the hell down dude
True. I hate the fact that some people pronounce route as rowt, but more and more people are pronouncing it that way, so it will soon be an acceptable pronunciation. It's like the word "short-lived". At least 98% of the population has said it incorrectly, so now the incorrect pronunciation has been accepted as correct.
I saw someone else mention it - “vase” pronounced “vahz” can be taken as a classist thing here in the states - like you’re trying too hard to sound better or more wealthy than someone else. Although it’s sort of interchangeable depending on your generation - kind of like I could still say “parlor” for “living room” because I heard it growing up, but it’s an antiquated way of saying it here. There are several words I might say differently on any given occasion - like “Caribbean” - I might say “cara-BEE-ehn” today and “Kuh-RIB-ee-ehn” tomorrow.
I think of a parlor as a separate room from a living room. Like a parlor is just for guests, but this only applies if you have a big house and have both. I say Foyay instead of Foyerrrr
I don't think Americans are truly wrong, considering much of American English is a mixture of Irish, Spainish, French, and many more, so the differing accents slowly changed the way we pronounce things.
AMY HOARD yeah no I agree Americans are not wrong but neither are Brits, we’re both right in our own way (idk why it’s relevant but I’m an American speaking just to clarify lol)
If we spelled it pitta we would pronounce it pitta but we spell it pita so we pronounce it pita. I would guess that all English speakers aren't handling this word authentically anyway.
Fun Fact: you know what one of the most hated, feared and controversial books ever published was? The dictionary. Not because we had a difference of opinion in spelling or pronunciation, but because it educated! It was hugely feared by the rulers of the time. Here's a little gem: Read the section titled "American English Dictionaries" on the Wikipedia page for the history of the dictionary to understand how and why our two countries differ in pronunciation. It is because our great American dictionary pioneer, Noah Webster, thought there were superfluous letters in English (British) words, so in his life long work producing an American standard dictionary, he literally changed the standard spelling of words within our version of English. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary
And did a half arsed job of it thus why American English is full of orphan cognates, that is to say words that are derived from a common root but spelt completely differently because they only bothered to change one of them. For instance the metallic element suffix is mutated in Aluminium but not Sodium or Chromium for example. Not the only example of weirdness with Latin suffixes the reformulation or -our is highly inconsistent for example. Those are just the worst ones with the most numerous orphan cognates there are countless other examples but listing them all would take forever lol.
I'm choosing to read this comment in the spirit in which I hope it was delivered - a desire to continue the dialogue. I would think most would recognize that referring to Webster's work as a "half arsed job" might come across as a bit strident. Perhaps even indicative of a constricted paradigm of the complexities and vagaries of the English lexicon. Peace.
Well to be fair it was most certainly a pretty much impossible task for one person at one single time. Not only is the language extremely complex with millennia of history behind it's evolution making it pretty much impossible for anyone to study every word, it's etymology and relations to other words properly but it's constantly in flux too. If someone ever actually wanted to do the job of standardising English they would have to have set up a committee full of experts to form a standardisation committee in perpetuity honestly and then most importantly convince everyone to do what the committee recommended when they attempted to standardise both pronunciation and spelling across the board. Other languages do have such things though with varying degrees of actual success, mostly far from actually coming close to actually succeeding in getting everyone on the same page mind you. Trying to tinker with something so complex and evolving without committing to it long term really was never going to get the job done right and would only result in additional complexity.
Seraphina S Actually Webster created very few new spellings or pronunciations. The majority of the words he included in his new dictionary were already old, established spellings and pronunciations in Britain. For instance, "color" was already an accepted spelling variation for "colour" in England. He did create some completely original words, but most of them were not popular and never really caught on. And aluminium is spelled the way it is in the UK because some English chemists, on a whim, decided to change the spelling and pronunciation of the word "aluminum" (which was coined by the metal's discoverer, Humphrey Davey) simply because it sounded more "Greek" to them. It has nothing to do with other elements or their spellings. They didn't change tantalum or platinum, etc.
Lellobeetle ...because England didn't know how to pronounce, or spell, English. England had been occupied by France for 200 years, and the English language was outlawed. That's why they use the U in some words, and there are so many French words and phrases. Nobody had any English words or phrases that they could find to replace them, so the French was assimilated. America was a bit upset at England anyway, so the linguists in America just put their efforts into correcting the language. Funny when you think about it, but American is actually more correct. It's even starting to be the standard now.
Ok so I am an American and I do date a British gent...funny story, when he would joke around with me he would call me a tart....I actually thought it was cute the way he said it but never knew the real meaning. Tart in America typically means something that tastes tangy or sour.....One evening we went out to eat with his friend whom was visiting from London. He asked me how something tasted and I used the word tart which made my boyfriend and him laugh....that was the first time I learned its real meaning with you guys...nonetheless we are still dating today and I still think it was just as cute as the beginning....Love you guys!!!
Tart sometimes spelt tarte is used for taste in Britain. But if your using it as description of a person well you get loose sexuality or worse. But there's also fellas that'll use it completely complimentary in a bit of a familiar way. She's my tart. She's sweet and sharp so I better behave. In London though in particular it amalgated as an insult. Tarts are tasty and you buy them. Often cheaply. Dowry was a big thing back then so a nice girl from a poor family with a low dowry came first. They would be occasional ass hats promising their dowry to sweet talk them for some hanky panky then go off to some arranged marriage with another wealthy family. But history teachers won't really touch on the relationship between paying a woman for marriage and paying her for hanky panky. Or the abusive relationship those with too much treated those with too few. There's also pastry tarts which are much more common verbally.
You two are so cute! I really enjoyed. As an American, I have pronounced "garbage" as "Garbhagge" only when I was having fun imitating rich ~ snooty people. I really got a kick out of that part, because that's what I do. I always think whatever the Brits say sounds so posh and elegant. Thanks so much for sharing. I really enjoyed. xo
Holly Maguire Northern English accents sound beautiful to me. They may not be posh compared to other English accents, but they sound fancy compared to American accents.
Garbage and cabbage are pronounced differently than garage because they entered into the language during the period known as "Middle English" and have been Anglicanized since. Garage entered the language in the early 20th century and is thus pronounced more like the original French from which the word came.
Actually, their pronounced differently because that’s how they’re spelled... they both end in -bage and are pronounced that way. The begging is also phonetical: Gar/Cab. What’s the problem?
Brandon Johnson They’re not saying that the endings of cabbage and garbage are pronounced differently. They’re saying that the endings of cabbage and/or garbage are pronounced differently, compared to garage. For a minute you had me pronouncing cabbage as ‘keh-barge’ in my head. And I wondered, in what part of the world they pronounce it like that. Then I understood your confusion.
I was just re-watching this video...and it struck me that the old saying describing American and Britain is absolutely correct- it goes "Two nations separated by a common language." Anyway, Joel and Lia went on and on about a few words that were quite odd to Me, as an American. For instance...Pants. To an American, pants always describes something worn on the outside- they are...outerwear. Lia mentioned- over and over- something that I've heard mentioned quite a few times by British people "Y-Fronts." I'm still not entirely certain what the word means. In any case, to an American, the word "Trousers" is extremely old-fashioned, a word that we've pretty much dropped from our use- in fact, it was probably last used often- over a hundred years ago. Then we come to food. Americans and British people often eat many of the same dishes- but we may well use quite different words for them- or, in some cases, quite by accident, I suspect, we use the same word- but one of us has altered it in some way or another. Jelly- to Us, the description denotes Gelatin, or to use a common brand name, Jello. The creamier version of this...is, to Us, called pudding. And to Brits...apparently pudding is some sort of bread dish. That flat bread that can be stuffed with a variety of things, to Brits is called Pitta. So, it tends to be pronounced the way it is spelled- but Americans use Pita- one less "T" totally alters the sound of the word. As for pronunciation of Tomato- both that item and the humble super food Potato...come from the Americas, originally, so I'd suspect that the American pronunciation is a tad more correct. Or not- after all, We got them some someone south of the border, so... Yoghurt- my spellchecker immediately flags that one as incorrectly spelled- Americans drop the "H," so the way we pronounce the word actually makes sense. On the other side of it, Brits have a tendency to, with people named "Peter," to drop the "R" when speaking the name- and Americans do not. All in all, I do find it interesting how both peoples will often use the same words for the same things- and then, out of the blue, use completely different words- or pronunciations. And then we go on to Slang, and Then it's truly time for a good laugh...
I'm an older American raised and living in the Southern U. S.. I can say that in school we were taught that a vowel is long when between two consonants...So Tom*A*to would be correct vs. Tom*AH*to, etc...Of course, there is the famous quote from some Englishman that goes "The English and Americans are two peoples separated by a common language."
I'm one of those Americans that "get it." Life is much too short to take EVERYTHING seriously or personally. People need to learn to laugh more! It's excellent therapy! With that being said,please continue doing what you all are doing! P.S. I actually ventured to this channel by accident. I was searching for a video regarding two of my favorite English(British) accents-Posh and Cockney and you two were the first that showed up in my search engine! How glad that I discovered this channel!
Aw thanks so much Nate! So glad you get it! Everyone (not just Americans) need to have a good laugh every now and then! Like you said, lifes too short ❤️
Yes, we are making fun of ourselves and our differences with this saying and acknowledging we don't care what someone's accent is, they are still accepted.
We spell very differently too 😉 Yogurt vs yoghurt Pita vs pitta -or vs -our (color vs colour) -zed vs -sed (realized vs realised) You guys also pronounce both t's while we pronounce them with two d's (butter we pronounce like budder). I love these American vs British videos 😍
A silent E at the end of any word changes the vowel before it into a sounding vowel for e.g ‘wine’ silent e at the end changes the i to an “eye” sound tomato does not have an e at the end so all vowel sound as they are seen! SAME WITH VITAMIN! Americans, get it? Got it? Good!
The british a sound in tomato and vase is actually the same a sound we use in french. Indeed, there are quite a lot of words in british english that resemble to french words.
I think here in America vahze is more formal. It sounds too formal to me when someone says it in normal conversation. I feel like he or she is consciously trying to sound smart.
Natalia Salma I do love them. But none of my comments are hate comments. This one is a question of how they pronounce base. To your comment, sarcasm doesn't always read well.
I was told that if it cost more than 50 USD (39 GBP) then it was a snooty, upper-crust "vahze". Else it is just a cheap vase. Surely you have heard the famous song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (Fred Aistaire and Ginger Rogers). It is the source of the rhyme "potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto..." Here is the clip from the movie... ruclips.net/video/LOILZ_D3aRg/видео.html
We say vase both ways. I don't think it even depends on regional accent. It just depends on the person. Like the word Either, which I find myself saying both, like Ee-ther or Eye-ther.
Robert Hofmann really? I’ve never heard any American say vase like vaase, I’ve always heard vayse (I don’t know how to illustrate pronunciations in writing so don’t judge me) and I’ve always said it vayse
You are both awesome and have amazing on screen chemistry! This is the most entertaining channel I’ve discovered in quite a long time. Thanks for the great laughs!
We pronounce certain words different here in America because we speak our own...dialect, if you will...of the English language. I think that's owing to the fact that we are all from a wide assortment of other countries, and English borrows so much from those countries! So, while we may be saying certain words incorrectly according to your ears, it sounds just fine to us. It may also sound wrong to you because of our very different accents. But just like there are different accents in different parts of the U.K., we have different accents dependent upon where you are in the US!
American English underwent a few intentional modifications in the 19th and 20th centuries. The spelling reforms and simplifications are a big example of that... it's why we write *color* and you write *colour,* for example.
About 80 percent of the entries in any English dictionary are borrowed, mainly from Latin. Over 60 percent of all English words have Greek or Latin roots. In the vocabulary of the sciences and technology, the figure rises to over 90 percent. About 10 percent of the Latin vocabulary has found its way directly into English without an intermediary (usually French).
Potato/tomato: there are two famous songs about it: "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" by George Gershwin (as featured in the film "Shall We Dance", starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers), and "My Sugar Is So Refined" by Johnny Mercer.
You two are hilarious. I'm in love with your channel! I'm a new fan/subscriber all the way from Los Angeles, California (: I travelled to London in July with a few theatre friends and we didn't want to return home. It was absolutely lovely. It was also the first time most of us, including myself, travelled outside the U.S. I hope to go back one day. Thank you for the videos. Sending you much love from California!
You should look for a video about English accents that includes I believe the number 11 in the title and specifically the evolution of the southern accent. I forget the channel or title or producer or anything but that.
It depends on the word and the accent really, I’m Southern English and I do say ga-ridge but I also pronounce bath and in bar-th and not bah-th. I pronounce all words based off of how I feel they would best suit my accent, really.
LittleLulubee we do speak like commoners mostly in the south then the north speak like royals (so confusing) but then sometimes when I’m saying something I think 💭 wow that sounds really posh now I think bout it 😂
honestly, I don't hear the difference in how we all say "yogurt". We follow the "native" way to pronounce "pita", whatever that is. Shouldn't tomato sound like potato, I mean, there's only one letter difference. (Oh, forgive me. I'm from the South, and we hold a lot of the 16th century English pronunciation). Vitamin as you're doing it is more Latinish. We are just following the spelling/pronunciation rules that Noah Webster laid out when he couldn't get a British dictionary during the Revolutionary War. No, I don't exactly hate you, but, from time to time I find that you are, shall we say, "misinformed".
Nope, one is English, from England. The other is a bastardised version called American English. Two very different things, the English know how to speak English, because it's their language and it's from England. The Americans on the other try their best to speak English, and fail, so it ends up as American English from America.
You both are so much fun! Thanks for the vids. I am American, from the northeast (New England). The people in this area probably speak most closely to the varieties of British English than the rest of the country, so much of what you talk about sounds normal to me or is familiar. Firstly, one is not wrong in pronunciation unless you speak differently than the locals. What is correct depends on the location of the speakers. Secondly, most Brits are assumed to be better educated in Americans’ minds simply by your accent (sorry, does not apply to Cockney speakers or the Irish) lol Thirdly: Yoghurt you have right. Yo-ghurt here, Yog-hurt there. I love the difference. The word is actually Turkish and pronounced “yourt” with the vowel sounds drawn out. We are both wrong. Pitta is different. We say Peeda bread and spell it Pita. American English has a rule taught in school that “when two vowels come walking, the first does the talking” meaning the I in Pita is pronounced long like an ee. Of course this flavors American differently and does not apply in all cases. The t and d slips are an influence mainly from the Irish immigrants. Peter gets pronounce Peedr. Tomato is fun. Tomaydo is phonetically American. Saying tomahto is considered high class and something only the well-to-do British still say. The word comes from a Native American language, Nahuatl, and would be spoken as tomatl. Same with Potato- originally from Taino and said batata, although I was told years ago it came from nahuatl and was spoken as batatl (not sure on that one). See ruclips.net/video/zZ3fjQa5Hls/видео.html Vitamin is completely dependent on which side of the pond you are. No argument here. Garage is garahhge in American, although I sometimes hear garrage. There is no such thing as cabbahhhge, however, but I do like the sound of it. Lol Garbage is garbage, but if one wants to sound falsely or jokingly “posh” they would say garbahhge. With our Spanish influence from our southern neighbors you may hear Garbahey. Not sure if this is a Spanish pronunciation or just a made up English/Spanish mash-up for fun. I understand and appreciate your humour, don’t stop. So I’m off to have a cuppa coffee and a bran muffin. (it is pronounced cauwwwfee-like cool, but drop the l, add w and add fee. That is mostly New York and mid-atlantic) I’ll let you figure out the subtle joke about the bran muffin on your own. 😊
Yeah, I have a heavy Brooklyn NY accent and we elongate our vowels to a "awww" sound to extend our vowels. We have non rhotic accents with R dropping at the end of words but also add Rs in many words. It Depends on the US dialect. Louisiana Cajun accent is unique with its French influence.
StormoakLonewind Great job on your info!! My Dad's family are from Massachusetts, though not a bit Irish or British in any way. However, my Polish and French Gram always said bahdaydah and shooah for sure!! Sounds funny to we Midwesterners, but I definitely prefer that pronunciation over our shur and pitaytas, uggh! Keep up the great vids, Joel and Lia! I love me some linguistics!!😊
Just wanted to add that garbage is an old English word that stopped being used over there for some odd reason. Like the word "gotten". It's also an old English word but English people totally stopped using it, and now some English people assume Americans made the word up.
Brits sound hoity-toity (posh) regardless of the pronunciation--until you toss them a box of macaroni and they say, "Thanks for the paaaaaaaasta". And I say that with love.
MariNate but like Geordies and Scousers actually write it like 'me', just like they write 'us' is 'is' instead of 'me', so I think that's a matter of dialect, not accent
But your not. Your speaking on your perspective of a stereotype. You know nothing about me or my views or my ego. My original comment was a joke. I could really care less who says what, and if it’s the “right” way to say it. It seems to me that you’re looking at a mirror, and then replying to my comment. You seem to be the one with the inflated ego. It’s ok Sarah I will continue to watch videos of these two from time to time. Laugh, and then move on. P.S. your not my vibe
@@keithfitz850 I wish they'd include the comparison that is used by the Australians which sound even more crude than these two would like to say we Americans do.
The rule is if you have vowel consonant vowel then the first vowel says its own name, hence the hard "O" in yogurt. There are exceptions to this rule, but yogurt isn't one of them.
The saying tomato tomato(british pronunciation of tomato) means it is basically referring to the same thing but saying it a different way or using a synonym.
Accents are accents and can be fun to study... True words they say differently that I would say are not accents; Aluminium, Antartica... and there are few others
In the US it isn’t spelled Aluminium, it’s spelled Aluminum. Based off of this, the American accent pronunciation is correct in our case. Ps, I pronounce it Antarctica, but most people pronounce it Anartica not Antartica. It’s technically not pronouncing it wrong (well that’s exactly what it is idk why I bothered even saying that lmao) because it’s just slang.
@@brohambbg In the UK, another guy spelled the element at the same time, and he spelled it according to the same rules that applied previously to elements. So FOR THEM "aluminium" is 'correct". 'Sides, here if you say "tin foil" everyone knows what you mean. ;)
Actually the American way of pronouncing pitta is the correct one. Pitta is a Hebrew word, Americans pronounce it very similar to how it sounds in Hebrew. BTW I prefer British accent and I love love love your videos
TM N Yes and no. The Wikipedia article says that English acquired the word pita from Greek. But the i vowel in Greek (iota) is not pronounced like the "short" i in English that they were using, i.e. the same vowel that's in hit, pit, zit, and bit. The i vowel in Greek is more like the vowel in b*ee*, l*i*tre, and s*ea*t. So the sound would be peeta, spelled more phonetically.
This is a perfect video of how British people pronounce their own words wrong. Anything that ends in A and you pronounce as an R is incorrect. like "Pitta bread" and "Peter bread" America has perfected the "English" language. On all accounts grammatically speaking the British are incorrect.
Hi, Joel and Lia. Here's a question that I don't know if anyone knows the answer to: Do Americans pronounce some words in a posh British way, or do posh Britons try to mimic American English? The one word that annoys me is "vase" because when I was young (which was a long time ago), I was taught that a "vays" is something you put flowers in, and a "vahz" is an art object.
We're not sure, but it's probably a bit of both seeing as our countries are now closer than ever - particularly in the media/tv/films etc. And thats really interesting about vase. Had no idea there might be a difference in meaning between both pronunciations.
Well, you're half-right. As I said, I was (wrongly) taught that a very long time ago. Actually, "vahz" is the correct British pronunciation, and "vays" is the correct American pronunciation.
"no Brit over the age of 18 would try to copy an American accent. Sorry, but we just wouldn't!" Unless, of course, they are an actor or a RUclipsr or an English teacher. :)
Come on everyone, lighten up! I’m American and I think you guys are hilarious! We have to be able to laugh at ourselves or the world would be a boring, sad place! Keep up the great videos! 😀😂
I just think their full of themselves like they are claiming that what they do is correct and what we do is wrong but in reality what we are all correct
Why do you think you need to say lighten up??? I have read through the comments and most if not all have positive things to say. They all like Joel and Lia and think they are funny, as I do. There was no hate......... seriously?
‘Yogurt’ comes from ‘yoğurt’ in Turkish, and the ‘yo’ part in ‘yoğurt’ is pronounced similarly to that in the American pronunciation. ‘Vase’ is prounced /veiz/ in various parts of the UK.
British th-fronting is NOT correct. Saying "fis" vs "this" is not right however you want to look at it. Same with Southern U.S.(typically African American slang) and Irish th-stopping where you omit the "th" sound like saying "tis" over "this" or "moda" over "mother". Not being able to pronounce the "th" sound is a lazy cop out. I mean there's nothing wrong with saying you like to say slang but don't say you are saying it correct when you aren't.
What would be funny is a video of you learning when it's correct to use "a" and when it's correct to use "an" in a sentence. Don't make fun of a language you have a tenuous grip on yourself, y'all.
What you guys don’t realize is if we try to correct the way we pronounce certain words, we will get corrected or looked at strangely, or not be understood at all!
We say renaissance differently. Unfortunately, Americans are closer to the original pronunciation in French than Brits. Sorry had to rub it in 😉. #1 Actually we both mispronounce yogurt. Yogurt is an old Turkish word for condense. Have fun trying to pronounce the Turkish version because I certainly couldn’t 😂. #2. Pita. You are adding an “r” at the end of your attempt at an American accent making it as you said, the name Peter, which is actually pretty funny 😆. Love your attempts at American accents, they are hilarious. We don’t say Pit-ahr, we say pee-tah which is actually closer to the Greek pronounciation which is the origin language of the word Pita. And can I ask why wonder how Australians would pronounce it? 😂 I do enjoy your channel, and most of the time, I get your humor but maybe double check facts about Americans by asking questions of Americans so that no one feels offended.
BNL07604 you know what's more annoying than oversensitive PC people?? People who point out how much they hate PC people when being PC has nothing to do with the situation.
There is a reason we pronounce words differently. When we were colonies, our contact with Britain was greater. After the revolution, that decreased. And yet, cities on the East Coast, because of trade, were in touch with the mother tongue. That's why Bostonians, New Yorkers, and those in southern cities often drop the 'r' when it comes after a vowel. As people moved westward, contact with those people in eastern cities was less. Of course, this has changed some with the rise in technology, but people have hung on to the dialects from earlier days.
@@marydavis5234 well, you can’t watch a RUclips video and assume fact without checking it, and I said that English was created in Britain, which it was
I think a lot of the difference in word pronunciation is just the accent not necessarily words pronounced differently but I could be over simpilizing it.
"The great melting pot". If you figure in the massive amount of different origins of immigrants into the United States any odd pronunciation of any word could come from nearly anywhere. Throw in an American spin over time and we have a great source of comedy :)
Oh my goodness. When you started talking about the garbage I had to laugh. When we are goofing around and try to speak "fancy" we actually pronounce garage the way you were laughing about. LOL So when you wonder why we don't pronounce things the same as you, it's because we don't want people to think we are showing off. Is that funny or what? Actually here in America we laugh at each other (state to state we pronounce things different) i am from West Virginia (yes it is a state, not part of Virginia) but live in North Carolina. both have southern accents but are somewhat different. I also think Americans get offended way too much. You two are very funny! Love the video!
Alexander Olinger I live in the eastern US, and it’s not super common to pronounce it that way where I live-those who do are usually seen as being a bit pompous or OTT. 😜 But that’s the beauty of language-it varies so much even over smaller areas. 😊
Mama Bear My folks owned an antique shop back in the 70's and they taught me that a vaize is just a regular piece that is not too old or valuable, where as a vahz is a very valuable piece and very expensive!! Oh well, Vive la Difference, I guess!!☺️
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Being British: Joel & Lia, You do realize that some Americans drop R's too? This includes New Englanders, some Southerners, particularly Cajuns and those in eastern Virginia, as well as many New Yorkers. Non-rhoticity is NOT exclusive to the United Kingdom and Australia!
The Utopiano Utopioan Non-throticity! Wow, what a word!! Wish I could use that one in Scrabble!!☺️😉
I'm from South Carolina some of us call tomatoes, Ta mae tas, or even "matters with a long A. 😂 I'm enjoying watching your videos. Lots of love from SC.
why are you guys so pressed about the way we talk? and who are you to say it is wrong? and lastly who are you to tell us to change the way we talk?
Being British: Joel & Lia what the fuck is posh??
In the States - the difference between a vaaase and a vahz is about $1,000
HAHA so true!
#facts
Hahaha omg I died laughing cause this is seriously true.
They seemed to pronounce each with a z sound. I certainly wouldn't, except possibly as a joke.
So true you hit the nail on the head! But I have heard Americans while trying to be proper say “vaughz.” spelling it how it’s pronounced of course.
Are these words spelled the way that you have them on the screen? Because so far yogurt and pita I spelled differently?!?
I also have a question about the rules of language… So here in the US the word vase because it has an E on the end makes a long A sound is that not a rule that you guys follow?? Now this rule is obviously not for garage, LOL! I could never figure out the word rage is in garage but we save them differently is that weird? LOL
Lastly I had to laugh hysterical because my brothers and sisters and I always say (Gar-baj)
We did too.
Yes that’s how we spell pitta and yoghurt.
Jeri-Ann Henson yes we do go by the “magic e” rule. We apply it to vase too. The e makes the a longer. Without the e it would be pronounced vas (a short a like in cat).
Pitta is spelled pita, and Yoghurt is spelled yogurt in the US
Pita=pain in the arse...oh bah ha ha ha ha.
It’s most likely the reason why the US and the UK say it different. Like how places spell color as colour because it has to do with how they normally pronounce things
@@GamzeenMakara Pita is the espanol spelling and is why Americans pronounce it Pee ta. It's actually a Greek work (probably middle-eastern before that) but because it came to America via Spanish as a borrowed word is why the "i" has the long "e" sound - in Spanish "i" always is a long "ee" sound.
It's פיתה, so pitta is just wrong.
I spell it pita and I'm British
Fyi... the man who coined the term Vitamin was a Polish American.
So I think we might actually be pronouncing it correctly.
I think that's what they were saying... its broken down from VITAl MINerals so Americans say it correctly and we don't
Bam! In your faces!
That’s right
There is no e in vitamin though it’s just basic english...
Completely beyond the point... in English its pronounced VITA-MIN... based on using the structure of our language properly and all...
Not here to be a hater... I love America! You just massacre our language is all 😂
It really makes me laugh when you hear someone from the states saying... "uhhh do you speak.. AM ERRR I CAN!?"
its English.. you speak english 😂
But Americans also spell it Pita only one 't' which is the Greek way so it must be right, right? lol
Emerald Soaps and we don't say it with an r at the end
Πίτα is pronounced pee-ta. So who's pronouncing it "wrong" really??
Innes MacNeil its a Greek product. We pronounce ballet "bal-ay" not "ball-ette" because its French.
Emerald Soaps read the BBC article I posted above. We speak what would have been old British English they changed the way they pronounced words. We are a more rhotic language like original settlers and they are more of a non-rhotic language. No matter who (around the world) you ask their way is always correct. Lol.
@@pinktie Yet many Americans say "Valette", not Valet. Pointing out such corrections to we Brits is fine, gut look to your own habits too.
We also spell "pitta" the correct way - "pita."
If you’ve spelled it with one T then the would make the I be pronounced as a capital i not a lowercase I which it why it is spelled Pitta 🤪😂😃
I was going to say that too. Lol! One "t" in pita. And we do pronounce it "peetuh" it's just the American rules of the English language. I guess they're a bit different. But I do love their accents! Lol!😁
Well we spell thru instead of through. I believe that UK English is just constructed to cheat in scrabble.
Double-Barrelled Simian Thru instead of through? Who? When? No?
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Limerence the first and the last need no explanation, even so the first one (different spelling).
zebra is only pronounced differently because of the difference in pronouncing the letter "Z".
Limerence you forgot to add glacier to the list!
Brooke Jonas Do they even pronouce it differently? I didn't even know.
Yeah. Most of them anyway. Most Brits say
/glæsiə/ but some say it the way Americans do.
Limerence and herb
Different country, different pronunciation rules. To say that one is better than the other or that one is wrong is pretty pretentious.
sj4iy Do you realise that they're joking when they say wrong?
Did Lia realise she said, "I love dipping my humus in Pitta bread"?
Person 123 I noticed that too 😂😂😂
Hana M No, actually the adjective form IS spelt 'humous' BUT the noun is in both English 'humus'
And what she meant in the video was 'hummus' and that's a special kind of food (actually a juicy, creamy spread or dip) usually eaten with Pitta bread - as mentioned in the video :)
Hana M you come from stupid town?
It’s the opposite way round u should say dipping pita bread in humous 😂
Yup, she fucked it up.
As an American, I find you hilarious. We have to enjoy laughing at each other
Yes... however us The ENGLISH (not Brits) laugh at you Americans so much more that vice versa because it is very appropriate to do so. Btw stop calling us Brits as I can tell you there are different countries here within these Islands and an Irishman doesn't consider himself to be English nor Scottish and the same goes for an Englishman or Scott consider themselves to be anything else other than what they are. Should I consider you to be a Canadian or Brazilian...?
Yes, the US has unfairly claimed the word American. As to Brit, wouldn't it fairly apply to all of the UK? Even Ireland, the independent part, is on one of the British Isles, isn't it? Do you applt the shortened word only to the English?
@@MICKEYISLOWD - Well, as someone whose family tree traces back to Daniel O'Connell, I can certainly understand the Irish considering themselves separate from the English. But the other branches trace back to the Boswell clan of Scotland, and the Parmenters of England. We even have ties to the Isle of Mann. Each of those branches considered themselves "separate" from the other. So, I'll give you that one.
But objecting to being referred to as a Brit I don't really get. You are all on the British Isles. You are all citizens of Great Britain. You are collectively often referred to as "the British". For us, it's an automatic step to saying "Brit".
Fair point. I'm an American, obviously, but my family is English from Cheshire, Middlewick, England,is which, of course, is neither Irish or Scottish (do we even need to include the Welsh?) However, your analogy is not quite a fair comparison... Brazil is on another continent and Canada is, well, Canada! As well as having been tinged by the French. I mean, what's all that "aboot, eh?" Their money is called the 'Looney' for Pete's sake! That'd be like you having a currency called the "Nutter" and the expecting the rest of the world to take an economic crisis within said country seriously.
I think a better analogy may be calling someone who's a Southerner a New Yorker and vice versa, or calling anyone from any other part of the U.S. Californian! :)
Finally, besides having to refer to almost everyone from the Isles as Brits, probably up around 85-90% of Americans don't realize that the United Kingdom isn't truly a country, but a complex governmental arrangement based on agreements and traditions dating back centuries that's evolved overtime and, for lack of a better term at the moment, is somewhat a type of alliance between the countries of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. I know that the UK is academically stated to be a 'Constitutional Monarchy' within the field of Political Science, but a good number are unaware that it has no such Constitution, most especially in the form Americans think of it... as a single, concise, enumerated document, lying about somewhere, outlining how the Federal Goverment should function.
Just so that you're aware as well, a good portion of our population also pretty much seem to think that England, Britain, Great Britain, and United Kingdom are all interchangeable terms with essentially the same meaning and pretty much use them as such when speaking. Of course, that could be partly the fault of the English themselves. While they were here, before we booted them out and gave them their pink slipped, they referred to themselves as "Brits" and "British", kind of lumping anyone from England, Wales, Scotland, and, at the time, all of Ireland under their magnanimous control and lead. On the bright side, it could be worse though. People could not know that the UK and Ireland make up the Isles, think that you're part of the Continent proper, and confuse you with a Snail-eating Toad Sucker!
Just a small correction before the IRA goes apeshit here... the Irish are not British citizens. Northern Ireland was kept by Great Britain by colonizing it with Protestant English settlers, offering them small parcels of land, and essentially pushed the Irish out of Northern Ireland. For all intents and purposes, they were driven from a good chunk of their own country. The Irish are, however, citizens of Ireland, which is now independent.
A lot of the words are pronounced differently depending on what part of America an American is from.
Diane Thoroughman Same for slang. Different regions have different sayings.
Wholly different words, too. Soda and pop for a carbonated beverage. One has breakfast, lunch and dinner while another has breakfast, dinner and supper.
Language changes.
Yeah in fact many Americans cannot pronounce the country they live in! What the hell is 'Murica?
John Willis you do realize that's just a joke. I've never heard anyone actually say 'Murica
John Willis that started with team America world police.
Diane Thoroughman same with in England there are SO many different accents in England
I love this series as an American. But did you know - Brits used to speak in a very similar accent to Americans prior to the Victorian era? Google it! It’s fascinating how it just changed
Here in the U.S. we were taught in school that normally when you have a single consonant followed by a vowel that the vowel preceding the consonant is long. The reason we pronounce it pee-ta is that we spell it "pita." So the "a" after the "t" in "pita" makes the "i" long, having the "ee" sound; and with "tomato" the "o" makes the "a" long rendering "toe-may-toe" rather than
"toe-mah-toe."
I don't know where YOU go do school but where I went to school we were taught that America is great and whatever we say, goes. To be honest, all your rules are triggering me right now and I'm very uncomfortable. I think I'm going to report your comment as abusive.
MtlCstr Finally someone who understands!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Jason schmidt YES
Honestly explains it well. Though honest would be pronounced ho-nest-ly
@@User0000000000000004 don't generalize like we all think our country is better and great. most of us think it's a meh or ok country, the vocal minority is the patriotic idiots. also calm the hell down dude
It should be called what we say differently, just because it’s different doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
Basil_Mr_Salty yeah it's like comparing Standard German to Austrian German
Basil_Mr_Salty agreed! At the same time though I feel like they were kind of joking 🙃
But aren't they British like me?
Yes it does
Basil_Mr_Salty exactly thank you
So many of the words sound so stupid with the British pronunciation in an American accent, though.
I think the British pronunciation sounds stupid, but their badass accents hide it.
BlowoverBros they probably think our pronunciation is stupid for a lot of things lol
American English is rubbish, mate. 😉😂
Baru Jezkova as an American, I agree 😂
Yes yogurt is weird it's yoghurt not being mean to any americains
This was hysterically funny! You both are always amazing!
Fun fact: Americans do say “garbage” with the long a sound when we’re trying to be sarcastically posh😂
hahaha, it's so funny!
Olivia Glick fun fact: your fun “fact” is false
Frisky disky what
Frisky disky
no, it's true. We say that in my family sometimes. We know it's wrong but we say it anyway. It's like calling Target stores Tar-jhay.
exactly.
The difference between vase (voz) and a vase is the price. A vase is inexpensive and a vase (voz) is expensive.
If everyone says it "wrong" then it's not wrong. Language is difficult
That's true... urgh. THEN WHO'S RIGHT?! 😂
True. I hate the fact that some people pronounce route as rowt, but more and more people are pronouncing it that way, so it will soon be an acceptable pronunciation. It's like the word "short-lived". At least 98% of the population has said it incorrectly, so now the incorrect pronunciation has been accepted as correct.
@ Joel & Lia - Everyone
@@ThoseTwoBrits1 Theres no right and wrong. Theres just difference. Theres always differences in dialects and accents
@@ThoseTwoBrits1 both of you are right. There are multiple standards in the English language due to there being multiple dialects
I saw someone else mention it - “vase” pronounced “vahz” can be taken as a classist thing here in the states - like you’re trying too hard to sound better or more wealthy than someone else. Although it’s sort of interchangeable depending on your generation - kind of like I could still say “parlor” for “living room” because I heard it growing up, but it’s an antiquated way of saying it here. There are several words I might say differently on any given occasion - like “Caribbean” - I might say “cara-BEE-ehn” today and “Kuh-RIB-ee-ehn” tomorrow.
I think of a parlor as a separate room from a living room. Like a parlor is just for guests, but this only applies if you have a big house and have both. I say Foyay instead of Foyerrrr
I don't think Americans are truly wrong, considering much of American English is a mixture of Irish, Spainish, French, and many more, so the differing accents slowly changed the way we pronounce things.
AMY HOARD yeah no I agree Americans are not wrong but neither are Brits, we’re both right in our own way (idk why it’s relevant but I’m an American speaking just to clarify lol)
Moonlone Silence I agree I’m a Brit (that sounds do posh) 😂🤣
If Americans were wrong they'd be called British.
Sometimes Italian
A pitta is a kind of bird. Pita is the bread.
Pita is pronounced pitta.
You spell it as pitta
That changes the pronunciation from "peeta" to "pit-a". "pita" is pronounced "peeta".
CNVideos no its pit-ta
If we spelled it pitta we would pronounce it pitta but we spell it pita so we pronounce it pita. I would guess that all English speakers aren't handling this word authentically anyway.
Fun Fact: you know what one of the most hated, feared and controversial books ever published was? The dictionary. Not because we had a difference of opinion in spelling or pronunciation, but because it educated! It was hugely feared by the rulers of the time. Here's a little gem: Read the section titled "American English Dictionaries" on the Wikipedia page for the history of the dictionary to understand how and why our two countries differ in pronunciation. It is because our great American dictionary pioneer, Noah Webster, thought there were superfluous letters in English (British) words, so in his life long work producing an American standard dictionary, he literally changed the standard spelling of words within our version of English. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary
And did a half arsed job of it thus why American English is full of orphan cognates, that is to say words that are derived from a common root but spelt completely differently because they only bothered to change one of them. For instance the metallic element suffix is mutated in Aluminium but not Sodium or Chromium for example. Not the only example of weirdness with Latin suffixes the reformulation or -our is highly inconsistent for example. Those are just the worst ones with the most numerous orphan cognates there are countless other examples but listing them all would take forever lol.
I'm choosing to read this comment in the spirit in which I hope it was delivered - a desire to continue the dialogue. I would think most would recognize that referring to Webster's work as a "half arsed job" might come across as a bit strident. Perhaps even indicative of a constricted paradigm of the complexities and vagaries of the English lexicon. Peace.
Well to be fair it was most certainly a pretty much impossible task for one person at one single time. Not only is the language extremely complex with millennia of history behind it's evolution making it pretty much impossible for anyone to study every word, it's etymology and relations to other words properly but it's constantly in flux too. If someone ever actually wanted to do the job of standardising English they would have to have set up a committee full of experts to form a standardisation committee in perpetuity honestly and then most importantly convince everyone to do what the committee recommended when they attempted to standardise both pronunciation and spelling across the board. Other languages do have such things though with varying degrees of actual success, mostly far from actually coming close to actually succeeding in getting everyone on the same page mind you.
Trying to tinker with something so complex and evolving without committing to it long term really was never going to get the job done right and would only result in additional complexity.
Seraphina S
Actually Webster created very few new spellings or pronunciations. The majority of the words he included in his new dictionary were already old, established spellings and pronunciations in Britain. For instance, "color" was already an accepted spelling variation for "colour" in England. He did create some completely original words, but most of them were not popular and never really caught on.
And aluminium is spelled the way it is in the UK because some English chemists, on a whim, decided to change the spelling and pronunciation of the word "aluminum" (which was coined by the metal's discoverer, Humphrey Davey) simply because it sounded more "Greek" to them. It has nothing to do with other elements or their spellings. They didn't change tantalum or platinum, etc.
Lellobeetle
...because England didn't know how to pronounce, or spell, English.
England had been occupied by France for 200 years, and the English language was outlawed. That's why they use the U in some words, and there are so many French words and phrases. Nobody had any English words or phrases that they could find to replace them, so the French was assimilated.
America was a bit upset at England anyway, so the linguists in America just put their efforts into correcting the language.
Funny when you think about it, but American is actually more correct.
It's even starting to be the standard now.
Ok so I am an American and I do date a British gent...funny story, when he would joke around with me he would call me a tart....I actually thought it was cute the way he said it but never knew the real meaning. Tart in America typically means something that tastes tangy or sour.....One evening we went out to eat with his friend whom was visiting from London. He asked me how something tasted and I used the word tart which made my boyfriend and him laugh....that was the first time I learned its real meaning with you guys...nonetheless we are still dating today and I still think it was just as cute as the beginning....Love you guys!!!
Tart sometimes spelt tarte is used for taste in Britain. But if your using it as description of a person well you get loose sexuality or worse. But there's also fellas that'll use it completely complimentary in a bit of a familiar way. She's my tart. She's sweet and sharp so I better behave. In London though in particular it amalgated as an insult. Tarts are tasty and you buy them. Often cheaply. Dowry was a big thing back then so a nice girl from a poor family with a low dowry came first. They would be occasional ass hats promising their dowry to sweet talk them for some hanky panky then go off to some arranged marriage with another wealthy family. But history teachers won't really touch on the relationship between paying a woman for marriage and paying her for hanky panky. Or the abusive relationship those with too much treated those with too few.
There's also pastry tarts which are much more common verbally.
Tart is also a little pie
I'm American and I absolutely LOVED this video!!! (and your humor! You two are the best!!!!)
haha thank you Lisa! ❤️
Lisa Barth would you change the way you say them?
You two are so cute! I really enjoyed. As an American, I have pronounced "garbage" as "Garbhagge" only when I was having fun imitating rich ~ snooty people. I really got a kick out of that part, because that's what I do. I always think whatever the Brits say sounds so posh and elegant. Thanks so much for sharing. I really enjoyed. xo
Donna Okoniewski ahahahha you should see British people with ascents for example Manchester
Not posh at all
Holly Maguire Northern English accents sound beautiful to me. They may not be posh compared to other English accents, but they sound fancy compared to American accents.
Leslie Yancey is from Manchester so I have a proper manc acsent
I say that too!! It's funny
Leslie Yancey Manchester isn't northern.
Garbage and cabbage are pronounced differently than garage because they entered into the language during the period known as "Middle English" and have been Anglicanized since. Garage entered the language in the early 20th century and is thus pronounced more like the original French from which the word came.
Exactly... it all depends on from where the word was stolen
@@michelewhiting7022 Amen... glad someone is following what I'm saying!
Actually, their pronounced differently because that’s how they’re spelled... they both end in -bage and are pronounced that way. The begging is also phonetical: Gar/Cab. What’s the problem?
Brandon Johnson They’re not saying that the endings of cabbage and garbage are pronounced differently. They’re saying that the endings of cabbage and/or garbage are pronounced differently, compared to garage.
For a minute you had me pronouncing cabbage as ‘keh-barge’ in my head. And I wondered, in what part of the world they pronounce it like that. Then I understood your confusion.
I was just re-watching this video...and it struck me that the old saying describing American and Britain is absolutely correct- it goes "Two nations separated by a common language." Anyway, Joel and Lia went on and on about a few words that were quite odd to Me, as an American. For instance...Pants. To an American, pants always describes something worn on the outside- they are...outerwear. Lia mentioned- over and over- something that I've heard mentioned quite a few times by British people "Y-Fronts." I'm still not entirely certain what the word means. In any case, to an American, the word "Trousers" is extremely old-fashioned, a word that we've pretty much dropped from our use- in fact, it was probably last used often- over a hundred years ago.
Then we come to food. Americans and British people often eat many of the same dishes- but we may well use quite different words for them- or, in some cases, quite by accident, I suspect, we use the same word- but one of us has altered it in some way or another. Jelly- to Us, the description denotes Gelatin, or to use a common brand name, Jello. The creamier version of this...is, to Us, called pudding. And to Brits...apparently pudding is some sort of bread dish.
That flat bread that can be stuffed with a variety of things, to Brits is called Pitta. So, it tends to be pronounced the way it is spelled- but Americans use Pita- one less "T" totally alters the sound of the word. As for pronunciation of Tomato- both that item and the humble super food Potato...come from the Americas, originally, so I'd suspect that the American pronunciation is a tad more correct. Or not- after all, We got them some someone south of the border, so...
Yoghurt- my spellchecker immediately flags that one as incorrectly spelled- Americans drop the "H," so the way we pronounce the word actually makes sense. On the other side of it, Brits have a tendency to, with people named "Peter," to drop the "R" when speaking the name- and Americans do not.
All in all, I do find it interesting how both peoples will often use the same words for the same things- and then, out of the blue, use completely different words- or pronunciations. And then we go on to Slang, and Then it's truly time for a good laugh...
I'm an older American raised and living in the Southern U. S.. I can say that in school we were taught that a vowel is long when between two consonants...So Tom*A*to would be correct vs. Tom*AH*to, etc...Of course, there is the famous quote from some Englishman that goes "The English and Americans are two peoples separated by a common language."
".... a vowel is long when between two consonants..." When the Second Consonant is Followed by a Vowel, Thank You
We, as colonists, refuse to say it your way. 😂
King Of Thë Hill. Wow. Have a sense of humor. We need each other as friends.
Not wrong; just different!
If your white your not a colonist you've got european blood
King Of Your Hill lol
Ron Anderson you are so right. That’s why we beat them out of our country! Country boys will survive!
Tomato is actually an Aztec word. Tomato's are from Mexico originally.
Green Dreams I wonder how the Aztecs said it!?
Same with potatoes.
then I'll be tomate
Deorman Robey No, potatoes are from South America.
Actually?
1:47 “dipping my hummus in pita bread!”😂🙈😂
Dipping my pitta bread in Hummus
I thought I heard that 🤣
I'm one of those Americans that "get it." Life is much too short to take EVERYTHING seriously or personally. People need to learn to laugh more! It's excellent therapy! With that being said,please continue doing what you all are doing! P.S. I actually ventured to this channel by accident. I was searching for a video regarding two of my favorite English(British) accents-Posh and Cockney and you two were the first that showed up in my search engine! How glad that I discovered this channel!
Aw thanks so much Nate! So glad you get it! Everyone (not just Americans) need to have a good laugh every now and then! Like you said, lifes too short ❤️
When two things are really similar we say "tomato tomahto" meaning it's the Same thing. 😄
Gigi 2018 Some of us say " 'maters and 'taters", but that's more of a regional thing.
Yes, we are making fun of ourselves and our differences with this saying and acknowledging we don't care what someone's accent is, they are still accepted.
Gigi 2018 tomaytos* tomato 😜
Gigi 2018 so do we sometimes x
Yes! Meaning "same thing said differently"
We spell very differently too 😉
Yogurt vs yoghurt
Pita vs pitta
-or vs -our (color vs colour)
-zed vs -sed (realized vs realised)
You guys also pronounce both t's while we pronounce them with two d's (butter we pronounce like budder).
I love these American vs British videos 😍
I'm not American but I say butter with two ts
A silent E at the end of any word changes the vowel before it into a sounding vowel for e.g ‘wine’ silent e at the end changes the i to an “eye” sound tomato does not have an e at the end so all vowel sound as they are seen! SAME WITH VITAMIN! Americans, get it? Got it? Good!
I know right!
We aren't saying anything wrong.
We in the USA use American English which pronounced everything different from English from England.
Agerix Official thats what i was thinking they cant just say we are saying things wrong when thats just the way we speak and have been taught
Breona Lynn im from england and i agree with you but it is different from
the original english language
yestcast english from modern day england is nothing like original English so whats your point?
Agerix Official yeah but its evolved from what we created and so has yours ? im not saying ours is better or anything like that.
yes exactly. What I'm trying to say is they are both correct because they come from the same place.
I've never heard anyone say Peter bread😂😂😂it's spelled Pita
Aaliyah Lopes and thus prononounce a single t. Rhymes with my name Rita
Not “Peet-er” , “Peet-ah.”
Even Greeks don't emphazise on the p.
R E That would be absolutely the same in Australian accent.
A's aren't pronounced in the US east coast either. Remember JFK with "Cuber"?
That’s because In America yogurt is how it is spelled
Elise Butterfield yes they are pronouncing it without a “r”
Innes MacNeil no one that I have ever met has said it that way it’s yōgurt
Anteater Lover which part because we don’t say yorgurt
The british a sound in tomato and vase is actually the same a sound we use in french. Indeed, there are quite a lot of words in british english that resemble to french words.
Am Scottish and I say yogurt and who the hell says pitta is peeta
Us Americans do, & we spell it pita with only 1 t.
@piemann177 the Greeks (who invented it) do. 😉😉
Am Scottish and I say peeta....
@pieman177 Sorry I thought you meant "Who says that pitta is peeta??" I read that wrong. My apologies
...& for our next trick: "is it pita or pitta?"
If you say vase how do you pronounce base?
Maxid1 some Americans will say “Vahze”. Not me tho.
Base= Bass Vase=Varz
I think here in America vahze is more formal. It sounds too formal to me when someone says it in normal conversation. I feel like he or she is consciously trying to sound smart.
Natalia Salma I do love them. But none of my comments are hate comments. This one is a question of how they pronounce base. To your comment, sarcasm doesn't always read well.
I was told that if it cost more than 50 USD (39 GBP) then it was a snooty, upper-crust "vahze". Else it is just a cheap vase.
Surely you have heard the famous song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (Fred Aistaire and Ginger Rogers). It is the source of the rhyme "potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto..." Here is the clip from the movie...
ruclips.net/video/LOILZ_D3aRg/видео.html
We say vase both ways. I don't think it even depends on regional accent. It just depends on the person. Like the word Either, which I find myself saying both, like Ee-ther or Eye-ther.
Robert Hofmann A vase is inexpensive. A "vaze" is expensive 😉
true
vahz is always incorrect.
Robert Hofmann really? I’ve never heard any American say vase like vaase, I’ve always heard vayse (I don’t know how to illustrate pronunciations in writing so don’t judge me) and I’ve always said it vayse
I LOVE you both! I think your humor is hilarious. When you two are laughing and joking...I am EQUALLY laughing along like I would with my own friends.
You are both awesome and have amazing on screen chemistry! This is the most entertaining channel I’ve discovered in quite a long time. Thanks for the great laughs!
Aw thank you Barry! That's very kind! Thanks for watching!
I think that this pronunciation of garage comes from French language, so don't blame Americans 😂
Bloody French! They have a lot to answer for!
Being British: Joel & Lia Oh really?!😉
Michelle Duquette Haha 😂😂
That's what I was thinking
also British pronunciation for "vase" comes from French I think
We pronounce certain words different here in America because we speak our own...dialect, if you will...of the English language. I think that's owing to the fact that we are all from a wide assortment of other countries, and English borrows so much from those countries! So, while we may be saying certain words incorrectly according to your ears, it sounds just fine to us. It may also sound wrong to you because of our very different accents. But just like there are different accents in different parts of the U.K., we have different accents dependent upon where you are in the US!
Also, it's pita, with one T.
No one says pot- ahh-to!
In England we don't live in burrows. Rabbits live in burrows!
PhilBaker1000 Here in California its not a burrow it’s a counties different parts of the US it varies from state to state
American English underwent a few intentional modifications in the 19th and 20th centuries. The spelling reforms and simplifications are a big example of that... it's why we write *color* and you write *colour,* for example.
Do you guys know any slang from over here in America?
About 80 percent of the entries in any English dictionary are borrowed, mainly from Latin. Over 60 percent of all English words have Greek or Latin roots. In the vocabulary of the sciences and technology, the figure rises to over 90 percent. About 10 percent of the Latin vocabulary has found its way directly into English without an intermediary (usually French).
Potato/tomato: there are two famous songs about it: "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" by George Gershwin (as featured in the film "Shall We Dance", starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers), and "My Sugar Is So Refined" by Johnny Mercer.
Will look it up!
CNVideos One of my fave numbers from the Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire movie musicals!!😊
Kenny Everett did a really good take on that song.
You two are hilarious. I'm in love with your channel! I'm a new fan/subscriber all the way from Los Angeles, California (: I travelled to London in July with a few theatre friends and we didn't want to return home. It was absolutely lovely. It was also the first time most of us, including myself, travelled outside the U.S. I hope to go back one day. Thank you for the videos. Sending you much love from California!
We are two countries separated by a common language. This makes us more than just allies.
So we Americans speak like the royals, and you Brits speak like commoners? Good to know! 😄
You should look for a video about English accents that includes I believe the number 11 in the title and specifically the evolution of the southern accent. I forget the channel or title or producer or anything but that.
It depends on the word and the accent really, I’m Southern English and I do say ga-ridge but I also pronounce bath and in bar-th and not bah-th. I pronounce all words based off of how I feel they would best suit my accent, really.
Yeah kinda 😂
Excuse me.
LittleLulubee we do speak like commoners mostly in the south then the north speak like royals (so confusing) but then sometimes when I’m saying something I think 💭 wow that sounds really posh now I think bout it 😂
Not offended in the least bit! Love you guys!!! I love the way English words sound. Much more proper than American words.
Yay! Phew! Coz we really do love you guys!! ❤️
Being British: Joel & Lia ❤️❤️
Its crazy isnt it. This reminds me how thick my Brooklyn NY accent is.
Yusuf elsayed I know your pain! Lived in Chicago my whole life. Anytime I go to east or west coast I am reminded!!
honestly, I don't hear the difference in how we all say "yogurt". We follow the "native" way to pronounce "pita", whatever that is. Shouldn't tomato sound like potato, I mean, there's only one letter difference. (Oh, forgive me. I'm from the South, and we hold a lot of the 16th century English pronunciation). Vitamin as you're doing it is more Latinish. We are just following the spelling/pronunciation rules that Noah Webster laid out when he couldn't get a British dictionary during the Revolutionary War.
No, I don't exactly hate you, but, from time to time I find that you are, shall we say, "misinformed".
I can hear the yogurt thing but I CAN'T pronounce it that way. I think that is so interesting.
Wait are you american or british
What they are saying is closer to “yaw-gut” with a short o sound and almost no r.
Margaret Gamez you can’t hear the difference between yow- ghurt and yog-hurt. The first to rhyme with low or slow the second to rhyme with dog or fog!
"Potato, potato; tomato, tomato" is from an old black and white musical. You can search the song up here on RUclips.
Joel: talking about British English with an American flag on his chest... Yes💪🏻
It might also have to do with the difference in our accents
Nope, one is English, from England. The other is a bastardised version called American English. Two very different things, the English know how to speak English, because it's their language and it's from England. The Americans on the other try their best to speak English, and fail, so it ends up as American English from America.
Pitta / Peter reminds me of a Family Guy joke.
pile333 , that is a last name also.
pile333, Pitta and Peter usually sound alot alike in non-rhotic English
Pahahaha
Oh PEEETA
pile333 but it's spelled pita in America. And I suspect the pronunciation is influenced by Spanish speakers
Depending on what part of the States some call Pepsi/Coke pop, soda, or cola. In the UK is there a certain word for carbonated drinks?
Fizzy drinks
You both are so much fun! Thanks for the vids. I am American, from the northeast (New England). The people in this area probably speak most closely to the varieties of British English than the rest of the country, so much of what you talk about sounds normal to me or is familiar.
Firstly, one is not wrong in pronunciation unless you speak differently than the locals. What is correct depends on the location of the speakers. Secondly, most Brits are assumed to be better educated in Americans’ minds simply by your accent (sorry, does not apply to Cockney speakers or the Irish) lol
Thirdly:
Yoghurt you have right. Yo-ghurt here, Yog-hurt there. I love the difference. The word is actually Turkish and pronounced “yourt” with the vowel sounds drawn out. We are both wrong.
Pitta is different. We say Peeda bread and spell it Pita. American English has a rule taught in school that “when two vowels come walking, the first does the talking” meaning the I in Pita is pronounced long like an ee. Of course this flavors American differently and does not apply in all cases. The t and d slips are an influence mainly from the Irish immigrants. Peter gets pronounce Peedr.
Tomato is fun. Tomaydo is phonetically American. Saying tomahto is considered high class and something only the well-to-do British still say. The word comes from a Native American language, Nahuatl, and would be spoken as tomatl. Same with Potato- originally from Taino and said batata, although I was told years ago it came from nahuatl and was spoken as batatl (not sure on that one). See ruclips.net/video/zZ3fjQa5Hls/видео.html
Vitamin is completely dependent on which side of the pond you are. No argument here.
Garage is garahhge in American, although I sometimes hear garrage. There is no such thing as cabbahhhge, however, but I do like the sound of it. Lol Garbage is garbage, but if one wants to sound falsely or jokingly “posh” they would say garbahhge. With our Spanish influence from our southern neighbors you may hear Garbahey. Not sure if this is a Spanish pronunciation or just a made up English/Spanish mash-up for fun.
I understand and appreciate your humour, don’t stop. So I’m off to have a cuppa coffee and a bran muffin. (it is pronounced cauwwwfee-like cool, but drop the l, add w and add fee. That is mostly New York and mid-atlantic) I’ll let you figure out the subtle joke about the bran muffin on your own. 😊
Yeah, I have a heavy Brooklyn NY accent and we elongate our vowels to a "awww" sound to extend our vowels. We have non rhotic accents with R dropping at the end of words but also add Rs in many words. It Depends on the US dialect. Louisiana Cajun accent is unique with its French influence.
I've never heard gar-bah-hey. I think that's fake Spanish. Real Spanish is basura.
And people definitely say gar-BAHZH for humorous effect.
Thanks for that info!
StormoakLonewind Great job on your info!! My Dad's family are from Massachusetts, though not a bit Irish or British in any way. However, my Polish and French Gram always said bahdaydah and shooah for sure!! Sounds funny to we Midwesterners, but I definitely prefer that pronunciation over our shur and pitaytas, uggh! Keep up the great vids, Joel and Lia! I love me some linguistics!!😊
Just wanted to add that garbage is an old English word that stopped being used over there for some odd reason. Like the word "gotten". It's also an old English word but English people totally stopped using it, and now some English people assume Americans made the word up.
Brits sound hoity-toity (posh) regardless of the pronunciation--until you toss them a box of macaroni and they say, "Thanks for the paaaaaaaasta". And I say that with love.
hahaha that's true. Why don't we say 'pah-sta' like Americans? It doesn't make sense!
Vase is said both ways in the US
The British say it both ways as well. The difference is that when it's said in the USA, it's correct.
I've always personally felt as though a more expensive fancier flower holder is the long A and a cheaper one is the short. For the word vase that is.
LOVE THIS KIND OF VIDEOS xx
haha thank you! We like to make you guys happy!
Andrea Me too!! Love me some linguistics!!
Not to mention how differently US and UK pronounce many of the -ed past participle words.
That's true, very different!
Being British: Joel & Lia like learned and learnt.
That's just a difference in pronunciation. "me" like in scouse and geordie is really "my"
MariNate but like Geordies and Scousers actually write it like 'me', just like they write 'us' is 'is' instead of 'me', so I think that's a matter of dialect, not accent
Isabella Rey what? Que queres decir?
Thank you for proving that we Americans pronounce it right, cheers!
You don’t though
Wow Sarah... just wow
But your not. Your speaking on your perspective of a stereotype. You know nothing about me or my views or my ego. My original comment was a joke. I could really care less who says what, and if it’s the “right” way to say it. It seems to me that you’re looking at a mirror, and then replying to my comment. You seem to be the one with the inflated ego. It’s ok Sarah I will continue to watch videos of these two from time to time. Laugh, and then move on. P.S. your not my vibe
You’re something else. Have a nice day 👍
You don't pronounce it right
Why do you say boooey for bouy? That makes 0 sense
Existentalist question here. How do non rhotic British people learn the r sound if it doesnt exist in RP English? Like how is it taught?
I’m from Scotland and we say yogurt the “american way” and we’re definitely not posh😂
Do you eat Car-barge also 😑😑 😅
Same here in Ireland
@@keithfitz850 I wish they'd include the comparison that is used by the Australians which sound even more crude than these two would like to say we Americans do.
Australians say yo-gurt too
The rule is if you have vowel consonant vowel then the first vowel says its own name, hence the hard "O" in yogurt. There are exceptions to this rule, but yogurt isn't one of them.
Its spelled yogurt in America
It is a great video! 😍 I must compliment Lia’s hair, love your colour!
hahaha aw thank you! ❤️
The saying tomato tomato(british pronunciation of tomato) means it is basically referring to the same thing but saying it a different way or using a synonym.
Garbaj sounds so posh. We should all say it 😂🤣
It's so funny, I love it 👍
I say it that way jokingly sometimes.
better than saying rubbish
Accents are accents and can be fun to study...
True words they say differently that I would say are not accents;
Aluminium, Antartica... and there are few others
VERY TRUE
In the US it isn’t spelled Aluminium, it’s spelled Aluminum. Based off of this, the American accent pronunciation is correct in our case. Ps, I pronounce it Antarctica, but most people pronounce it Anartica not Antartica. It’s technically not pronouncing it wrong (well that’s exactly what it is idk why I bothered even saying that lmao) because it’s just slang.
@@brohambbg yeah the US was just lazy with Antarctica. People struggled to pronounce it properly so it lost the C over time
Nick A I understand if the public has to pronounce a word differently so people can use it
@@brohambbg In the UK, another guy spelled the element at the same time, and he spelled it according to the same rules that applied previously to elements. So FOR THEM "aluminium" is 'correct".
'Sides, here if you say "tin foil" everyone knows what you mean. ;)
Actually the American way of pronouncing pitta is the correct one. Pitta is a Hebrew word, Americans pronounce it very similar to how it sounds in Hebrew. BTW I prefer British accent and I love love love your videos
Ah that's interesting, thanks for letting us know!
Being British: Joel & Lia We also don't spell it with two t's. Just one. Pita bread. Makes the pronunciation even more sensible.
Pita (spelled with a single « t ») is originally from Greece. You can refer to the Wikipedia page. So the UK pronouncitation would be the correct one.
TM N Yes and no. The Wikipedia article says that English acquired the word pita from Greek. But the i vowel in Greek (iota) is not pronounced like the "short" i in English that they were using, i.e. the same vowel that's in hit, pit, zit, and bit. The i vowel in Greek is more like the vowel in b*ee*, l*i*tre, and s*ea*t. So the sound would be peeta, spelled more phonetically.
Here in UK we also say Pitta ( peeta) I have heard a few people say pitta like she did and it sounds so wrong.
This is a perfect video of how British people pronounce their own words wrong. Anything that ends in A and you pronounce as an R is incorrect. like "Pitta bread" and "Peter bread" America has perfected the "English" language. On all accounts grammatically speaking the British are incorrect.
Hahah when my mom tries to be posh (we’re Americans) she’ll be like “throw it in the gar-BAHJ”
Yeah, people do say it like that jokingly
We call Target - Tar Zhay
@@thepermman That sounds silly 🤣 It's "Tar-git"
Hi, Joel and Lia. Here's a question that I don't know if anyone knows the answer to: Do Americans pronounce some words in a posh British way, or do posh Britons try to mimic American English?
The one word that annoys me is "vase" because when I was young (which was a long time ago), I was taught that a "vays" is something you put flowers in, and a "vahz" is an art object.
We're not sure, but it's probably a bit of both seeing as our countries are now closer than ever - particularly in the media/tv/films etc. And thats really interesting about vase. Had no idea there might be a difference in meaning between both pronunciations.
No, a "vahz" is both. A "vays" is a vase that is being pronounced incorrectly.
Well, you're half-right. As I said, I was (wrongly) taught that a very long time ago. Actually, "vahz" is the correct British pronunciation, and "vays" is the correct American pronunciation.
Mark OldGeezer - no Brit over the age of 18 would try to copy an American accent. Sorry, but we just wouldn't!
"no Brit over the age of 18 would try to copy an American accent. Sorry, but we just wouldn't!"
Unless, of course, they are an actor or a RUclipsr or an English teacher. :)
Come on everyone, lighten up! I’m American and I think you guys are hilarious! We have to be able to laugh at ourselves or the world would be a boring, sad place! Keep up the great videos! 😀😂
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT
I just think their full of themselves like they are claiming that what they do is correct and what we do is wrong but in reality what we are all correct
@@prestonhamilton8124 They were obviously joking about that
@@prestonhamilton8124 they are
Why do you think you need to say lighten up??? I have read through the comments and most if not all have positive things to say. They all like Joel and Lia and think they are funny, as I do. There was no hate......... seriously?
‘Yogurt’ comes from ‘yoğurt’ in Turkish, and the ‘yo’ part in ‘yoğurt’ is pronounced similarly to that in the American pronunciation.
‘Vase’ is prounced /veiz/ in various parts of the UK.
"Chuck em in the garbage!" Love it. Great video you two!
hahah thanks Cate!
Nobody pronounces anything wrong, they just pronounce things differently in different places
I agree
Vector OCTO wrong
British th-fronting is NOT correct. Saying "fis" vs "this" is not right however you want to look at it. Same with Southern U.S.(typically African American slang) and Irish th-stopping where you omit the "th" sound like saying "tis" over "this" or "moda" over "mother". Not being able to pronounce the "th" sound is a lazy cop out. I mean there's nothing wrong with saying you like to say slang but don't say you are saying it correct when you aren't.
Yeah apart from Adidas. It's not adee dus its adi das named after Adi Dassler
No, you are incorrect sir/madam. The British pronounce EVERYTHING wrong. Even their dictionaries are wrong.
I would love to see a video of y'all trying to say all words with a R, actually pronouncing the R sound. That would be funny!
What would be funny is a video of you learning when it's correct to use "a" and when it's correct to use "an" in a sentence. Don't make fun of a language you have a tenuous grip on yourself, y'all.
@@User0000000000000004 you use the word "an" when it starts with a vowel. You use "a" when it begins with a consonant .
What you guys don’t realize is if we try to correct the way we pronounce certain words, we will get corrected or looked at strangely, or not be understood at all!
We say renaissance differently. Unfortunately, Americans are closer to the original pronunciation in French than Brits. Sorry had to rub it in 😉.
#1 Actually we both mispronounce yogurt. Yogurt is an old Turkish word for condense. Have fun trying to pronounce the Turkish version because I certainly couldn’t 😂.
#2. Pita. You are adding an “r” at the end of your attempt at an American accent making it as you said, the name Peter, which is actually pretty funny 😆. Love your attempts at American accents, they are hilarious. We don’t say Pit-ahr, we say pee-tah which is actually closer to the Greek pronounciation which is the origin language of the word Pita. And can I ask why wonder how Australians would pronounce it? 😂
I do enjoy your channel, and most of the time, I get your humor but maybe double check facts about Americans by asking questions of Americans so that no one feels offended.
Lmfao... " I don't understand what Americans say when they say tomato " his response "why?" .
I thought they were going to say that it sounds like "To me, too"
In order to properly watch this video you must chuck your PC culture in the garBAGE. Eh hem, thank you.
YES! Very true! Not sure how people can get so easily offended.
BNL07604 you know what's more annoying than oversensitive PC people?? People who point out how much they hate PC people when being PC has nothing to do with the situation.
They can't say vitamins properly. It is not vite a mins. It is vitt a mins.
It's pronounced
1.Yo-gurt
2.Peetah (like from the hunger games)
3.They're both wrong its mater
4. its not vaze it's vase
5. VI-timan
6. Gar-aj
Lizzy_Puggy Luv
You're fucking stupid if you dont understand thats a fucking joke
Not offended at all!!! Love you both, hilarious!!!
yay! Thanks Stacie! A few people still are! 🙄
Vase is pronounced with an s not a z
I pronounce it 'vahze' and I'm American!
To me, pronouncing "vase" as "vahze" sounds pretentious. I pronounce it 'vase." (vayse) Anyway, either way, I understand what it is.
Want to hear something weird? Now everyone pronounces 'almond' like 'ahmond', right? My mom didn't. She pronounced the A part as you would in 'whale'
Nancy, popular word usage is what (partially) dictates changes in our languages.
As a teenager, some of my friends would say “garbage” with the same pronunciation we use for garage, but only to be silly.
There is a reason we pronounce words differently. When we were colonies, our contact with Britain was greater. After the revolution, that decreased. And yet, cities on the East Coast, because of trade, were in touch with the mother tongue. That's why Bostonians, New Yorkers, and those in southern cities often drop the 'r' when it comes after a vowel. As people moved westward, contact with those people in eastern cities was less. Of course, this has changed some with the rise in technology, but people have hung on to the dialects from earlier days.
Vase, vowel consonant vowel, the rule is the first vowel says its name. Therefore and thusly, Americans pronounce it correctly.
Same with face, race, base, and case
Nope
Americans can’t talk about English
It was created in Britain
Therefore you are wrong
@@marydavis5234 well, you can’t watch a RUclips video and assume fact without checking it, and I said that English was created in Britain, which it was
Love this vids so much. It made me laugh loudly in my office unconsciously till everyone starred at me. LoL ... You both are awesome. (y)
hahaha, thank you! Glad you found it funny!
Garbahhge. This needs to be a thing 😂😂😂 Love you guys! Greetings from Florida 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I think a lot of the difference in word pronunciation is just the accent not necessarily words pronounced differently but I could be over simpilizing it.
"The great melting pot". If you figure in the massive amount of different origins of immigrants into the United States any odd pronunciation of any word could come from nearly anywhere. Throw in an American spin over time and we have a great source of comedy :)
Agreed
Oh my goodness. When you started talking about the garbage I had to laugh. When we are goofing around and try to speak "fancy" we actually pronounce garage the way you were laughing about. LOL So when you wonder why we don't pronounce things the same as you, it's because we don't want people to think we are showing off. Is that funny or what? Actually here in America we laugh at each other (state to state we pronounce things different) i am from West Virginia (yes it is a state, not part of Virginia) but live in North Carolina. both have southern accents but are somewhat different. I also think Americans get offended way too much. You two are very funny! Love the video!
Life With Kathey I’m from West Virginia too
People in the Eastern US say vase like you.
Alexander Olinger I live in the eastern US, and it’s not super common to pronounce it that way where I live-those who do are usually seen as being a bit pompous or OTT. 😜 But that’s the beauty of language-it varies so much even over smaller areas. 😊
Mama Bear I grew up in Kansas and we had a teacher from Boston I think who made us say it like that.
Mama Bear My folks owned an antique shop back in the 70's and they taught me that a vaize is just a regular piece that is not too old or valuable, where as a vahz is a very valuable piece and very expensive!! Oh well, Vive la Difference, I guess!!☺️
It definitely varies. I live in NY and pronounce it to rhyme with face.
Kristina Mickelsen Yup, my relatives in Massachusetts say vase to rhyme with face, as well!!😉☺️