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Christina grew up less than 30 miles from 4 towns in Massachusetts with the same names and somehow didn't know how to say them. I'm starting to think she's actually from the midwest.
Pronouncing it as it's spelt is not incorrect, but the way they're pronounced has evolved over the centuries as some of them can be hard to pronounce in the way they're spelled out. For example: saying "Chis-ick" rather than "Chis-W-ick" is a lot easier to pronounce in conversation & that's the case with many towns, cities & counties.
its only kids that think theirs rivalries. im british and i love americans. well some. the amount of times ive had some american kid act like hes better then me cuz hes american and im not is insane. but im sure americans have british kids doing the same
@@joebainbridge2636 I've lived both in usa and UK, I have to say that UK is one of the most shitty place in the world.. but everybody was so proud and racist...really I still cannot find A SINGLE thing that is good there )))))). so happy that you got the fuck out of EU, much better
@@andreasmanique113 It's a little bit harsh dropping in a Welsh name alongside a load of English* names, given that Welsh is an entirely different language with completely different pronunciation. *(And one Scottish and one Cornish name).
**'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch', pronounced [ˌɬanvairpʊɬˌɡwɨ̞ŋɡɨ̞ɬɡɔˌɡɛrəˌχwərnˌdrɔbʊɬˌɬantəˌsɪljɔˌɡɔɡɔˈɡoːχ] intensifies** I mean, in a weird way it's actually better than some of the English names when comparing both forms, but it's just overwhelming to see such a long word w/o clear syllables.
Right, so there is a Gloucester, Massachusetts, and it is pronounced "Gloster" with a short "o" sound -- so it's kind of weird that she struggled with the identical English city name. Also, Gloucester is not just any small city in New England, it is well known nationally as a fishing and nautical center for the past 200 years.
Only when Apple mac computers released their Yosemite operating system did I come across this word and had no clue about the park in California. I pronounced it as Yossemite (the ending the same as vegemite/marmite). Its quite crazy how different verbal pronunciation can be to written spelling.
welcome back christina and thanks both you for your good clip ,and i have good vibes which was witness of christina return to clip performance, am waiting your next clip, your sincerely blue one
I'm surprised she didn't know how to pronounce Gloucester, considering there is a town called Gloucester in Massachusetts that's pronounced exactly the same way
Both New England and the eastern half of Canada are littered with places that have borrowed British place names that are not pronounced like their British counterparts (although some are). For example, Peterborough, Ontario is usually pronounced with clearer O sounds in the final two syllables. Generally speaking, every portion of the name will be enunciated without the British habit of dropping syllables or portions of syllables. In and near Quebec, you'll even her them pronounced with Canadian French phonetics and stress patterns (or rather sheer absence of English syllable-stress since English is stress-timed while French is syllable-timed), just for added fun.
Gloucester in Massachusetts and Virginia are pronounced the same. There is a street in Norfolk VA called Leicester Ave. Locals pronounce it "Lee-chester" or "Lie-chester". . A road in Virginia Beach is named Greenwich Rd. Many pronounce it "Green-which" instead of the correct "Gren-ich". Both incorrect pronunciations give me the chills....
The spelling is so weird cause it depends on the origin. If its Celtic, Roman, Germanic, Viking, but English has changed over time while the written names of places stayed the same. Watch Jay Forman did an episode of Map Man on it
If you think Aberystwyth is hard, try Ysbyty Ystwyth. Both are on the River Ystwyth. I live in western North Carolina. Winter may be noisy in Asheville, but the ice is silent in Leicester.
*would've (contraction of "WOULD haVE") You mistake it for "would of" because that's how how it sounds when spoken, but "of" is not a verb. Similarly, it's could've, should've, may've, might've, and must've.
@@alvallac2171 technically, Americans did borrow African American broken English and mixed it with their dialect, so it is kinda normalized to say (would of) and (better then) and (can I ax you a question) etc....
I've never heard of Trottiscliffe before but that honestly sounds like one of the weirdest ones I've heard of so far. My favourite has always been Wymondham = wind'm
The thing with British placenames you have to bear in mind is their etymology - and the fact that pronunciation changes over time even though the spelling does not. And id she thinks Aberystwyth id difficult, she should try Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwerndrobwyllllantisiliogogogoch. I dare her!
"Shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and some other English-speaking countries. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement, and spread to most of the rest of England in the tenth century" The is just a local land administration as "oblast" in Russia, "comarcas" in Spain or "comuni" in Italy
"Ruislip" made me think of Epping...and Barking...and taking the Picadilly Line from Heathrow all the way in to Covent Garden. Oh, how I miss being able to spend a weekend in London just for fun. COVID be damned!
I wish I had half the social skills, manners, cheerfulness and intelligence Christina has. She seems to be a very polite, funny, intelligent, self confident young women. Her and Lauren together are so much fun to watch together. I'm gonna binch through more videos now. ❤️️🎆
Yes. A reeve was an official who represented the Crown in the shire. It is interesting that England does not now have a word Sheriff but that is where it came from.
Mm. Sort of. A Reeve, historically, is a local official, say a magistrate - whom you were brought in front of were you caught pilfering or transgressing certain bylaws.
I'm in atlantic Canada and most of the places named there are mostly places aswell and we say it the same way except for Gloucester where we pronounce the "ce" !
Love to see more interactions between Christina and Lauren, maybe a part2 to this one or a vice versa British Tries To Pronounce American Town, something like that. (PS: Oh the title has a typo, Pronounce the letter "n" is missing)
There are even regional pronunciations in America. For example: the cities of Newark, NJ and Newark , DE. New Jersey puts the emphasis on the first syllable and sometimes 'swallows' the second syllable ending up with 'Nork'. Whereas citizen of Delaware pronounce it New Ark. They actually resent those who pronounce it like New Jerseyans. But then Newark was named after a town in England.
Herford is a small city in eastern wesfalia in germany... sounds alomost the same to Hereford. Actually, come to think of it, more placenames in Westfalia could be placenames in middle to northern england (like Corvey). Probably it's because westfalian platt (the local dialect) is relatively close to old english. It's where the saxons were from, anyway, so there may be the connection.
Another one that trips Americans up is Slough. The -ough is quite malleable in English, Consider this sentence: 'I travelled through Slough to Loughborough to deliver a dough trough.' Each instance of -ough is pronounced differently.
Massachusetts means "Large hill place" in Algonquin Indian. Massapequa (a city in New York): Great water land. Potomac: Place where people trade. Manhattan (Lenape): Island of many hills.
I knew Gloucester and Worcestershire, because in Virginia, where I live, there’s a Gloucester and a Gloucester County, and I’ve used Worcestershire sauce on my food. The other ones, I had absolutely no clue.
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Lauren here 🇬🇧 Christina had me DYING with laughter during this 😂😂😂
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Hehe love your accent and content!!
Love ur accent 🤗❤️
Being Indian we know the names of counties since we follow cricket so much. That was really fun! 😂
Christina grew up less than 30 miles from 4 towns in Massachusetts with the same names and somehow didn't know how to say them. I'm starting to think she's actually from the midwest.
Sometimes English spelling just doesn't make sense. Where did that W go? Who knows 🤣🤣 Hope you enjoyed the video! -Christina 🇺🇸
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Do all of you guys from the different countries speak Korean too? It would be funny to see you all test your Korean against each other.
This spelling is simply illogical, it's not your fault.
@@AnthonyAllenJr I’m pretty sure they would as they live in Korea
Pronouncing it as it's spelt is not incorrect, but the way they're pronounced has evolved over the centuries as some of them can be hard to pronounce in the way they're spelled out. For example: saying "Chis-ick" rather than "Chis-W-ick" is a lot easier to pronounce in conversation & that's the case with many towns, cities & counties.
Love these girls - no US/UK rivalries, no snark. Great fun and perfect understanding. An uplifting show 👍
its only kids that think theirs rivalries. im british and i love americans. well some. the amount of times ive had some american kid act like hes better then me cuz hes american and im not is insane. but im sure americans have british kids doing the same
@@joebainbridge2636 Nah, old people do it as well
@@valerijajovanovic2020 yea its the old and young generations
@@robbstark5444white Americans are British blood right?
@@joebainbridge2636 I've lived both in usa and UK, I have to say that UK is one of the most shitty place in the world.. but everybody was so proud and racist...really I still cannot find A SINGLE thing that is good there )))))). so happy that you got the fuck out of EU, much better
Challenge: American tries pronouncing Welsh town names
Aberystwyth is welsh I suppose
@@andreasmanique113 It's a little bit harsh dropping in a Welsh name alongside a load of English* names, given that Welsh is an entirely different language with completely different pronunciation.
*(And one Scottish and one Cornish name).
**'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch', pronounced [ˌɬanvairpʊɬˌɡwɨ̞ŋɡɨ̞ɬɡɔˌɡɛrəˌχwərnˌdrɔbʊɬˌɬantəˌsɪljɔˌɡɔɡɔˈɡoːχ] intensifies**
I mean, in a weird way it's actually better than some of the English names when comparing both forms, but it's just overwhelming to see such a long word w/o clear syllables.
Or British tries pronouncing American town names.
@@ThePoreproductions Or English pronouncing Welsh town names. That one is always fun, given that they've had 1500 years to learn...
A lot of cities and towns in Massachusetts are named after ones in Britain. It’s why that area is called New England.
exactly, as an east coaster, she should have definitely seen Worcester before
She's from Massachusetts, and fully half these names exist in Mass, with the same pronunciation.
Right, so there is a Gloucester, Massachusetts, and it is pronounced "Gloster" with a short "o" sound -- so it's kind of weird that she struggled with the identical English city name. Also, Gloucester is not just any small city in New England, it is well known nationally as a fishing and nautical center for the past 200 years.
@@johnalden5821 there used be a plane made in Gloucester and They called it The Gloster Gladiator.
I actually got frustrated that she lived in Massachusetts and struggled with Gloucester, Leicester, Truro, and Worcestershire lol
I can feel Lauren is the kind of friend you always want in your group
I'm always waiting for Lauren and christina's Collab videos
I really love them together. Lauren and Christina ♥️
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mee too both are so funny together
0:19 architexture?!
Btw Christina has the slickest ponytail ever
- What's the -shire?
Me, a LOTR fan: so...
They need to do this with the hardest American city names. Those Native American and Native Hawaiian names...I can't even. 😂
Yeah, there are tons of names of American cites and counties that even most Americans can't pronounce.
Only when Apple mac computers released their Yosemite operating system did I come across this word and had no clue about the park in California. I pronounced it as Yossemite (the ending the same as vegemite/marmite). Its quite crazy how different verbal pronunciation can be to written spelling.
Christina is just next level beauty
Wales 🤣🤣🤣 Omg you girls have me cracking up 🤣🤣🤣
0:20 - To be fair, London does have great architexture. It also has amazing buildings.
Too bad the best ones are literally called "Big Ben" and "London Bridge" while the rest aren't even pronouncable by the language it's written in
My two favourite girls!!! Love you both!!! You guys are so adorable!!!
THE VIDEO WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! ❤️
I love both of them. God bless you. ❤️❤️❤️
welcome back christina and thanks both you for your good clip ,and i have good vibes which was witness of christina return to clip performance, am waiting your next clip, your sincerely blue one
This is by far the best video on this Christina & Lauren channel!
Wow christina look's stunning , love her 💕
3:48 - that reaction lol 🤣
I'm surprised she didn't know how to pronounce Gloucester, considering there is a town called Gloucester in Massachusetts that's pronounced exactly the same way
Yea she said she's from somewhere near Worcester in mass
@@sliver7993 Utter embarrassment for someone from Massachusetts ngl 😂
@@ZhangK71 most of Massachusetts is embarrassing -someone from western mass
@@sliver7993 No wonder you don’t know how to pronounce New England place names then.
Lol jk from a former Eastern MA resident
There’s also a Leicester, MA. Extra embarrassing
The "hello" at the beginning is so heartwarming lol
Speaking as someone who studied in Aberystwyth, I loved hearing her try to pronounce it.... For any potential visitors it's a genuinely lovely place.
Not me reading it Aubry stink💀
Everyone in Massachusetts knows how to say these.
Massachusetts born and raised. I didn’t really struggle with these, even the ones I hadn’t heard before lol
Both New England and the eastern half of Canada are littered with places that have borrowed British place names that are not pronounced like their British counterparts (although some are). For example, Peterborough, Ontario is usually pronounced with clearer O sounds in the final two syllables. Generally speaking, every portion of the name will be enunciated without the British habit of dropping syllables or portions of syllables. In and near Quebec, you'll even her them pronounced with Canadian French phonetics and stress patterns (or rather sheer absence of English syllable-stress since English is stress-timed while French is syllable-timed), just for added fun.
It often seems that with British pronunciation the less syllables you pronounce the more accurate it is.
The American said "English is hard" and I was helpless on the floor with laughter... :-)
Gloucester in Massachusetts and Virginia are pronounced the same.
There is a street in Norfolk VA called Leicester Ave. Locals pronounce it "Lee-chester" or "Lie-chester". . A road in Virginia Beach is named Greenwich Rd. Many pronounce it "Green-which" instead of the correct "Gren-ich". Both incorrect pronunciations give me the chills....
I actually live in worcestershire, boarding Shropshire and herefordshire. Stay safe xxx
The spelling is so weird cause it depends on the origin. If its Celtic, Roman, Germanic, Viking, but English has changed over time while the written names of places stayed the same. Watch Jay Forman did an episode of Map Man on it
Finally everyone's favorite girls is back. But where's Grace??
woah,.,finally its christina,., love love love
Both of you were amazing and funny. Had a great laughter! 🤣
Im in love with lauren 😍😍😍 so beautiful 🥺
Best combo! Love those 2!
I'm obsessed with Lauren 😘😍😍😘😘😘
If you think Aberystwyth is hard, try Ysbyty Ystwyth. Both are on the River Ystwyth.
I live in western North Carolina. Winter may be noisy in Asheville, but the ice is silent in Leicester.
Lauren and Christina make a great team, I think the toy mallet would of made it funnier. Both are adorable
*would've (contraction of "WOULD haVE")
You mistake it for "would of" because that's how how it sounds when spoken, but "of" is not a verb.
Similarly, it's could've, should've, may've, might've, and must've.
@@alvallac2171
technically, Americans did borrow African American broken English and mixed it with their dialect, so it is kinda normalized to say (would of) and (better then) and (can I ax you a question) etc....
In North Kent we have a few unguessable pronunciations, e.g. Meopham = Meppum, Wrotham = Rootum - but Trottiscliffe = Trosli really takes the biscuit.
I've never heard of Trottiscliffe before but that honestly sounds like one of the weirdest ones I've heard of so far. My favourite has always been Wymondham = wind'm
Christina, we're from Massachusetts. We have a Gloucester and a Leicester pronounced the same way...also Truro.
The thing with British placenames you have to bear in mind is their etymology - and the fact that pronunciation changes over time even though the spelling does not. And id she thinks Aberystwyth id difficult, she should try Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwerndrobwyllllantisiliogogogoch. I dare her!
You two have a nice conversation. Next time I want to see you a lot more!!!!
Lauren cracks me up 🤣 that Peterborough part 🤣
Yaaay my favorit girls are back 🤗🤗
So funny with Christina looking so proper and trying so hard and then crack up when she hear Lauren pronounce it correctly. Love it!
*she hears
@@alvallac2171 Thanks mum for correcting me!
As a Canadian, Peterborough and Truro are easy to pronounce because they are both names of cities in Canada.
Glad to see Christina on Mom’s Diary again (teaching Won Hee English)
I love this couple give us more content with them🥰🥰🥰
"Shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and some other English-speaking countries. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement, and spread to most of the rest of England in the tenth century"
The is just a local land administration as "oblast" in Russia, "comarcas" in Spain or "comuni" in Italy
Shire hence shire Reeve hence sherriff. Norman French changed shires to counties ruled by counts.
I love Laurens every expression, and Cristina's mistakes
*Lauren's
*Christina's
*mistakes.
Christina’s always the best 😍
"Ruislip" made me think of Epping...and Barking...and taking the Picadilly Line from Heathrow all the way in to Covent Garden. Oh, how I miss being able to spend a weekend in London just for fun. COVID be damned!
Love that duet!!! I’m personally from Ukraine and I feel like during these videos I forget about everything and can just let myself go. Thanks! 🙏🔥
I got embarrassingly excited when Hereford came up 😂 (I'm Herefordian haha)
I actually got most of them right! Thank you BBC Masterpiece channel
Luvly girls with good chemistry :)
I love both of your chemistry
I wish I had half the social skills, manners, cheerfulness and intelligence Christina has. She seems to be a very polite, funny, intelligent, self confident young women. Her and Lauren together are so much fun to watch together. I'm gonna binch through more videos now. ❤️️🎆
*woman (singular)
women = plural
It's like "man" vs "men," but with wo- added on the front.
*She and Lauren
*binge
My favorite colab 😍😍😍😍!
There is a Gloucester in Massachusetts.
Loving in New England, some names are familiar, especially Massachusetts and New Hampshire. But was fun 😊
The word sheriff (which most Americans know) comes from Shire+Reeve (Shire roughly "county", Reeve might be something like steward).
Yes. A reeve was an official who represented the Crown in the shire. It is interesting that England does not now have a word Sheriff but that is where it came from.
Mm. Sort of. A Reeve, historically, is a local official, say a magistrate - whom you were brought in front of were you caught pilfering or transgressing certain bylaws.
chistina's face is so sophisticated, so beautiful for an american...
Really amazing. I can't to going live on Glasgow soon. Always i wanted to know about "shire" . Congratulation sucess always to channel
In the US, in Massachusetts we have Gloucester, Leicester and Worcester, but I have also been to Peterborough New Hampshire too!
0:26 I'm American...and the way she said "I like fewd", very American...now I know why all my foreign friends laugh at me sometimes hahaha
Me. Growing up in Massachusetts. Nailing this challenge lol.
Worcerstershire? I'm thinking of a sauce in cooking! 🤣😁😊
Yes! She got Worcestershire! I'm still trying to convince my family it isn't "wer SES ter SHY er".
Funny, as a German I just knew the right pronounciation of all but 2 of the cities. And I was several times in Gloucester, Mass., too
*pronunciation
Both of you are different kinds of beauties
I see christina on mom diary (sbs variety show) and i shocked.
I know chiswick pronunciation cause I’ve stayed there a couple times when visiting the uk. It’s lovely!
You won me over for persistence Christina.
A very interesting video, also for foreign speakers! Worcestershire alone for the pronunciation of the sauce ...
Simply great. Please do some more videos on the same topic
Christina, you are really beautiful.
I'm in atlantic Canada and most of the places named there are mostly places aswell and we say it the same way except for Gloucester where we pronounce the "ce" !
I hope there's one for Aussie towns soon. Goonoo goonoo, Tanami, Canowindra, Woolloomooloo, Scone, and so forth
Love to see more interactions between Christina and Lauren, maybe a part2 to this one or a vice versa British Tries To Pronounce American Town, something like that.
(PS: Oh the title has a typo, Pronounce the letter "n" is missing)
There are even regional pronunciations in America. For example: the cities of Newark, NJ and Newark , DE. New Jersey puts the emphasis on the first syllable and sometimes 'swallows' the second syllable ending up with 'Nork'. Whereas citizen of Delaware pronounce it New Ark. They actually resent those who pronounce it like New Jerseyans. But then Newark was named after a town in England.
Fun fact lol.
New Jersey was named after then Channel isle, so... You should heard people try to rationalize Cheesequake, or pronounce Lake Hopatcong. 😁
Yeah, the architexture in London is worth seeing.
Complimenti siete due bravissime insegnanti e molto carine
I've been to Leicester twice... great place.
My aunt lives there
I really enjoy it!. Greeting from Perú
I’m from Ruislip (just outside of London) and it’s nice here! (Rice-lip)
This is interesting n enlightening
Herford is a small city in eastern wesfalia in germany... sounds alomost the same to Hereford. Actually, come to think of it, more placenames in Westfalia could be placenames in middle to northern england (like Corvey). Probably it's because westfalian platt (the local dialect) is relatively close to old english. It's where the saxons were from, anyway, so there may be the connection.
wow they are so pretty 😍
Hi Lauren
British pronunciation v.nice
Christina is on here taking one for the team!
Another one that trips Americans up is Slough. The -ough is quite malleable in English, Consider this sentence:
'I travelled through Slough to Loughborough to deliver a dough trough.' Each instance of -ough is pronounced differently.
idk why i even watch this as german lmao
its still fun af :))
love your videos, keep it up 😊
"She's a bit posh." 😂🤣😂
Massachusetts means "Large hill place" in Algonquin Indian.
Massapequa (a city in New York): Great water land.
Potomac: Place where people trade.
Manhattan (Lenape): Island of many hills.
Try these out for size: Wymondham, Costessey and Happisburgh 👍🤣
I knew Gloucester and Worcestershire, because in Virginia, where I live, there’s a Gloucester and a Gloucester County, and I’ve used Worcestershire sauce on my food. The other ones, I had absolutely no clue.
My favorite trio minus Grace! 😭 you guys still makes it fun to watch!
What color is Lauren's hair? When I see it again and again, I do love it so.
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They should have done the longest town name in wales....that would have been amazing.