I’m from the U.S. and to me Sofia speaks soooooo slow. It’s almost hard to listen to without wanting to fall asleep. I’m not sure if she’s trying to speak slowly on purpose, but generally, it’s more common for people from the United States to speak much quicker than what’s represented here.
I couldn't even finish the video because she's so fucking slow. I can't even do what I would usually do and turn the video up to a higher speed ... because the other people in the video can actually talk... So they sound far too quick
The American gal is so quiet spoken, slow speaking and proper, she's kinda a rate type of American, her speech pattern is not common at all. She seems like a sweetheart
Yes - very unusual, probably is a kind of affectation, or maybe she spent her younger age with a quieter person. Most American women are very nasal and high pitched, unlike the men. The women sound sort of screechy, talking through the nose, very stressful to listen to if they talk a lot. Their other modern affectation is the vocal fry where they suddenly drop their tone into a sort of buzzing irritating throat effect, especially when feeling aggrieved, this can switch to a rising inflection on words and a fading higher affect at the end of a statement when arguing and becoming unsure of their facts. These effects can be a fashion thing too. Quite distinctive and may be mainly from some states? Some talk about the Jersey Girl thing.
Many people in the Midwest are quiet like this…Michiganders with a neutral accent. But there are also those loud Michiganders that seem to have a Southern bent, even though they aren’t from the South or had a family that moved from the South and their accents are very shrill to the ear. I am one of the quiet ones. My voice is softer and neutral.
I fell asleep too, listening to all of these people. Not one of them had a proper accent of their countries represented , they all sounded very neutral, i.e middle class. If you want to hear a real proper strong accent you need to go to the working class areas of these countries. These people all sounded alike as if they were all brought up watching American TV shows..
I'm beginning to worry that the American girl is being held here against her will and forced to make these videos endlessly without sleep while on tranquilisers to keep her from rebelling. There is no other explanation.
Its really funny, how in Scotland and Ireland the use bucketing, because in Germany we also have the saying with basically translates to "It's pouring out of buckets" and i really like that term. Really cool to know that this also exists in other languages.
Think the scottish accent goes to a whole other level once you get to glasgow, even other scots are left looking bewildered when they hear our accent 😅
It's quite odd. I always hear people saying they can't get the Glaswegian accent but I, an Englishman, have never had much trouble understanding it. Same thing with a thick Scouse accent. I just find it so easy to understand while others always complain about not getting it. And I'm not a northerner. On the other hand, some thicker Northern Irish accents and certain older Geordie people from a generation where the Geordie accent was still quite rough around the edges... nah mate, can't get a word.
@@brendanm6921 yeah there is the softer spoken glaswiedgens and there is the proper rough type lol. Yeah the jordie accent I can understand no problem. Alot of the Irish accents are definitely hard to decipher
I know and he had the cheek to talk about representation and say Scottish accents that sound fairly typical are a fantasy. Born and lived in Scotland my whole life and turned the stupid video off at that.
5:13 I'm from Wales and, even from a non-Welsh-speaking region, we'd always say: *_Ych a fi_* as a way to say yuck or disgusting. So much so, I didn't realise it was actually Welsh until I grew up. I just thought it was a normal phrase.
This fascinates me - the Swedes have a (now somewhat archaic) expression _usch och fy_ meaning pretty much the same thing. I wonder if there's a common heritage there somewhere!
Only my dad is welsh, but i never knew 'ych a fi' was welsh omg. I also only recently realised that 'cwtch' was a welsh word 💀 i grew up in Gloucestershire tho
About the accent used for the ogre 'Shrek'. The voice was performed by Mike Myers, a Canadian. Mike used a different accent when he first recorded Shrek's voice. Mike decided that Shrek should have a Scottish accent. The producers of the movie were annoyed but eventually agreed to the change. So Shrek has a Scottish accent by a Canadian, softened for North American viewers. In the original 'Star Trek' tv series, the character Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was played by James Doohan a Canadian born in Vancouver BC. As Scotty was the Chief Engineer, James felt that the character should have a Scottish background as the Scottish have a reputation for Engineering. As the old saying goes - If it isn't Scottish, it's crap! 😀 🎸😎
Except 'Scotty' drove us all mad with his pseudo-Irish accent. Just listened to an audio story based in the Highlands around Loch Ness, where the American narrator ( 3 main characters were American) spoke in a blatantly Irish accent for all the Scottish locals. Aaaaaarrrggghhh!!!
@@lsb9073If you've ever watched the Hollywood version of How Green is my Valley you'll know every single Welsh accent has been replaced with an Irish accent. It's so weird.
The USA is so large and diverse that there are huge varieties of dialects/accents throughout the states. I'm from southeastern Kentucky, which is in the Appalachia Mountains, and we don't talk anything similar to the American girl in this video. A good idea for a video would be to get a group of people together from 5 to 10 different American states and sections of the US and have some fun comparing dialects. For instance, where I live and all through the South we pronounce pin and pen the same, but in the north and other sections of the country they have separate pronunciations for those words.
Do you know the "Tour of North American Accents" videos with Eric Singer by Wired? Before I watched those, I didn't realize how many different American dialects there actually are (I'm German). And it's incredible how Eric switches dialects right in the middle of a sentence.
@@skarn81 There was an implication to what I wrote. It's sort of a "read between the lines" thing - "where did they find ___" is an idiom. I forget right now what she was like, but she must have acted in a manner I found funny or notable.
I'm from South Wales, here's what I'd say: 1. "Alright butt?" 2. "That's brill" or "That's sick" 3. "That's grim" or "ych-a-fi" 4. "It's absolutely tipping down" 5. "Get in the queue" 6. "Where's the toilet?"
As an American I don’t think it odd that the Irish are calling the restroom the Jacks because in the USA we call it the John. “I’m going to the John” Jack is sometimes a nickname from John. Like John F. Kennedy’s nickname was Jack. I found this online. The John Sir John Harrington was the inventor of the forerunner of the first flushing toilet (known as the Ajax), so it’s only fitting that his first name should have become synonymous with the toilet. The Jacks The jacks is Irish slang for toilet, derived from the older English word for toilet jakes. Jakes itself comes from ‘The John’.
I'm already used to American accent by Sophia and also Lauren's accent 'cause of her presence on the channel often , but nothing from Wales' accent 😂 and just a little bit of Scottish
No one mentioned 'bogs' for the toilet. That's what I grew up with in England. Disappointed. I've heard that in bith England and Scotland. I've always understood Ty Bach to be Southern (Welsh) and Toiledau to be Northern, but there's more nuance obviously, I learned Llefrith as Northern for milk and Llaith as southern, Gallu as Southern and medru as Northern but not so in the North East of Wales. But this is about English, so I want to hear about going to the bogs for going to the toilet.
It's "the bog" for me when speaking either Welsh or English - my parents always said "tŷ bach" as did I, when I was much younger. For me milk is "llaeth" (not "llaith" which means damp). I grew up in mid Wales, just south of the border of the language dividing line, which is reckoned to be Machynlleth.
Depends where they are from, as a northeasterner we share more in common with the Scottish than English as we often say “Manky” “That’s rank” “Minging” etc.
@@jinxvrs So you're by Aberystwyth? Do you actually say 'llaeth' and 'llaith' differently, because down south we don't. We also say 'tŷ bach' generally, contrary to what the gog said.
8:39 Funly enough in European Portuguese we say a lot "casinha" (little house) for toilet as well. The most standard way to say toilet anyway is "casa de banho" (lit. bath house) so that's why. Apparently describing it as a house came about because the toilet was very often detached from the main building of a house. Like a small house next to it for washing and physiological needs
And oh boy, wouldn't they have loved how anyone native to the Philly area says, "water?" 😅 I'm from the suburbs, and I had to train myself not to say "wooder" once I went away to college. Nobody understood me!
The American girl is basically ASMR 😴😴😴 I could sleep to that voice..😅 Please do a follow up with her talking for a few hours.. doesn't really make about what .. I'll be asleep after a couple of hours anyway 😂🙏 Failing that anyone know where to hear more voices like hers?? Plsplspls i have tinnitus 😢😂
Everyone saying that is weed. That is def not thc high. Marijuana is a stim. She’s on benzos or opiates/opiods. Also the latter is more likely due to the amount of anxiety meds American women are on.
Having Yorkshire roots I certainly would say 'grand' for 'that's great'. For number 6, you can also say 'where's the bog', in some parts of England, with 'bog' being a slang term for toilet. We can also ask for 'bog roll' too, instead of toilet paper.
Agreed, it's just bog and bog roll. She says she's from the north west but she's really posh north west if she is. I'm a slovenly southerner living in the north west and I use slang from both regions frequently, and I don't think she uses the words the same.
Also saying " 'ow do" and 'O'reyt" for asking how are you, calling something disgusting "mingin'", saying "it's peeing it down" to say its raining (usually saying peeing as a slightly stronger version of the word though lol) for the other ones. For someone from the north west, she talks like she's from the south
@@emospider-man6498 She's from Manchester, they don't tend to sound as strong as Liverpudlians or Yorkshiremen, let alone Cumbrians which is the proper north-west in my opinion.
In parts of Scotland the bathroom is also sometimes referred to as the "bog" or "cludgie", additionally I've heard the terms "crapper" and "lav/lavvy" - short for lavatory - used across the UK. For rain I'd also add "it's coming down in sheets" for heavy rain, and when it's that odd weather somewhere between rain and fog (where the droplets just hang in the air) we might say it's "mizzle/mizzly" outside. "Smashin' " is another way to say you're doing fine or well.
no we do not say were going to the crapper LOL, possibly class may come into this. But if you called the toilet the crapper or bog, I would think twice about who I surround myself with HAHA. thinking of that scenes out of national lampoon Christmas vacation.
@@pumpkinbubbles1162 I'm judging them on the use of words. If you were to use crapper or bog in an office setting you would be seen as not being respectful to the facility. maybe a porta loo? camping maybe.
W.C. Water Closet! I am in my 40's, left England for Norway a decade ago, I never knew it was WATER CLOSET, thank you, and now I am wondering why I never knew that?!
The American girl.. is basically Jigglepuff from pokemon ..cartoon😴 I mean she's soo nice but honestly it wouldn't take long before i I'd be sitting down and getting warm comfortable and a little tired.. just listening 🎶 and not much longer again before I'd be asleep 😅😂 So basically Jigglepuff ..
Haha... I am from North West England, or the border with Wales, and my father was from a Scottish family, with my Grandad from Glasgow. So I was exposed to a a lot of phrases and words from these countries. So I understood most of these people...except not so much the Irish stuff. I think the Welsh language sounds really nice, and I am planning to move to North Wales later in the year and just started to learn the language. The welsh guy in this video would make a great Welsh language teacher! I have no idea how difficult it is to learn, but I learnt to speak, read and write Thai, so I hope it might be a bit easier than that (because that took me years).
No he would not believe me he would not I’m welsh with a English step mother and let’s just say no we don’t say half the stuff he said the only one I can think of is tin iawn and I’m from the north 😂😂 he is deff not in the right north side
Omg! I was interested until the American girl started speaking. And I’m American!!! That’s not a slow southern drawl (which I’m used to) it was more someone who’s been sedated or on drugs.
Canadians are known to say where are the rest rooms... or wash rooms and sometimes facilities.. like in public spaces. However in personal homes .. we'd say I have to use the wash room, bath room... the can.. or the john. Depending on your comfort level.. who you are and if you are trying to be funny. I know we also have many more.. but those are the ones that sprang to mind quickly. 🍁
I bathroom called a dunny in Australia. Us Americans also call it a can, head or latreen. America also uses the term water closest but it refers to a plumbing access.
I knew an Irish teacher who got into trouble in his first job in Australia, while talking to teens about how they date in Ireland explained that "well first they like to have a bit of craic"..............
This American girl is odviously from the hills in California, because the words she is saying and the slow motion in her voice are confirmed Californian style. All of the USA has different accents and different terminology for these things.
It was a bit interesting that the Scots say 'bucketing' in terms of raining. In Norway we say "det pøser ned" or "det bøtter ned", both means 'it is bucketing down', the first one is more maritime, since a bucket was/is called "pøs" on a ship.
We have quite a few Scots language words that are similar to Scandinavian languages. For example "bairn" for child, "oot" for out, "efter" for after, "flitting" for to move, "greeting" for crying, "hoose" for house and "keek" for to look/peek. There's loads more too, most likely due to the vikings. On islands in Scotland Norn was still spoken until 19th century. Quite interesting how language can intertwine😊
lol, they cut out the Irish for asking to go to the bathroom, which is something we all HAD to say in Irish in Elementary School lol. Asking in English not allowed. Lost the context a bit. For those curious its: _An bhfuil cead agam dul go dti an leithreas?_ Literally: can I have permission to go to the toilet. it’s been twenty years but that phrase is still deeply ingrained in my brain lol.
In Geordie (Newcastle) we'd say 1. alreet?, 2. that's class/mint/cush, 3. that's minging, 4. it's pissing doon, 5. get in the queue, 6. where's the bog?
In Canada, we occasionally call toilet rooms "the john", and "Jack" is a common nickname for people named John, so I get that. Generally, though, we call it a washroom (there's no bath in public toilets, why would it be called a bathroom?)
In America the more fun ways to say ask for the restrooms are shitter,pisser,Jhon and if you know where the restroom already located and you’re letting somebody know that you have to use the restroom the fun ways to say that are I have to use the porcelain throne, i’m about to go use the urinal, I have to take a leak, I have to take a shit I will be right back, And there’s more stuff you can say
In Ireland "the Jacks" is a very informal but common term, exactly the same context as "the John". We don't normally use the term "restroom" but it's understood if you asked for it. Bathroom/toilet or gents/ladies room would be the norm. Personally I find "where's the toilet" a bit blunt and prefer to use "where's the bathroom" but each to their own. If you ask for the pisser you'll be pointed in the same direction.
In South Wales for "That's great" we would use Tidy. (and for a while in the 80's there was a phase of throwing up the bull horns hand gesture while saying Moist for some reason lol). disgusting would be minging or rank. And it's raining cats and dogs in Wales would just be Tuesday lol.
Yeah I automatically said minging too. Also, 'Alright, Butt?' In the greeting section. So it's interesting to see that isn't something commonly said by the Gogs. XD
I love the English girl asking her “do you understand what everyone’s saying” zero faith in her to be able to understand four people speaking clear english to her
in Ireland you could also say "ooh that's deadly!" for something that is insanely cool, like meeting a celebrity we also say "aw that's rank!" for something disgusting
Sounds like a Dublin way of saying it. I'm from Cork, same as Irish guy, so I would have said it the same way as him. Just some regional variations but everyone understands.
We in America use to say something similar that kinda died out in the late 90s, we would say that's killer or you're killing it which meant something was awesome or cool.
I reckon in all of these countries you’ll get different variations depending on your region…it’s true for Ireland at least. To contribute, I could say “that’s mint” for “that’s great!”. “That’s pure mint!” would be something similar to “that’s really great!”. Coupled with a strong rural accent, I probably wouldn’t be understood. Lethal or deadly are also used, but I think they’re a few degrees higher than mint. Don’t know where this usage of mint comes from but I suspect there may be a connection to mint quality collectibles which would be unopened and be valued highly.
They found a Scotsman that only speak straight standard English with very little accent. They might have got an actual Scots speaker but of course that is not English it's another language. Problem it allows this man to imply that what is spoken in Scotland is just English with an accent.
The title does say ENGLISH so we can assume that it refers to Scottish English and not Scots. Having a Scots speaker in the mix would have been confusing especially since Scots uses its own spellings and therefore isn’t really comparable with the standard English spoken in the other countries.
@@101steel4 But the Welsh guy gave several examples in Welsh as well as English as spoken in Wales. Their Scottish representative's weak contribution was disappointing - apart from "minging" for disgusting. "Bog" or "cludgie" for toilet would have given the others something to talk about!
5:13 It’s normalised around me in South Wales that when we say: “That’s disgusting” people normally would say “Ych-a-fi”. 8:00 Here I was taught in school “Ga I fynd/(Mynd) I tŷ bach” or “Ble mae’r tŷ bach?” the first one would translate to “Can i go to/have the toilet” and the second is “Where is the toilet?” x
@@ponyxaviors4491 I'm from the North and would mostly agree with Eoin, but there are a few variations. I'd say "what's the craic?" but not "what's the story?" If someone said "story?" to me, I'd not know what they meant. We'd also say "what's happening?". I'd understand "that's unreal" but would be more likely to say "that's class". For "that's disgusting" I'd be closer to the Scottish guy - "that's minging", "that's dirty", etc. For "it's pissing it down" we'd say "it's pishing it down" and I'm surprised the Scottish guy didn't say that as well tbh. For "stand in line" we'd say "queue up". For toilet's we'd just say "toilets", or maybe "the bog". I think "jacks" is a distinctly southern word. For me, a bathroom has a bath in it. I'd understand any of the suggestions though, bathroom, WC, restroom, etc.
@@deyfuck Thank you for replying, and specifying where you're from 😁 I know there're a lot of phrasal and accent variations across countries, but people seldom differentiate between them. I like hearing about the distinctions.
Im from a European country whom does not have English as a first langauge but we are still pretty good at english so we are basically bi-lingual and in School they would familirazie us to all the different accents (Írish, Scottish, Wales and brittish) so I can understand all of them for the most part. Its hardest to understand children and older people becuase they tend to speak a bit unclearer but I had no issue understanding the people in this video. Any other non-english speaking european country who has had similar education that agrees? Maybe its just an european thing to be able to understand all european english accent im not sure.
Oh look, someone who believes English people means British! Ah bless….another person who isn’t caught up on history. British in terms of historical culture means Welsh! British in terms of Geographical identity means Wales + England and Scotland.
As an American, I’m not a fan of the phrases this American girl chose. Like “raining cats and dogs”? That’s such an old saying. And then she said it’s mostly in books, so why’d she bother saying it?
I’m an older American and have never said “What’s cracking!” I have heard of the idea of it but never actually heard anyone say it & it was never traditional
The American girl was more like NorCal girl. Northern California is the only place Americans say Janky. And Americans DO say queue for a long line, like outside a club. She's just young.
Shout out to the American girl who was able to stay awake for almost 12 minutes 😂🎉 👏👏
So sad!
She sounds so annoying
I thought she was stoned 😂
I thought she was gonna fall asleep soon 🤣
She was at x0.5 speed while the others were at x1
They found the most feminine Scottish man, the sleepiest American and the coolest Irishman.
Lol
I was just about to comment about the feminine Scottish guy
lmfao
@@Irn-BruMan same
@@Irn-BruManits for the wokeness
I didn't know valium was an accent until the american spoke
I actually did lol at that comment!
This was the reply I needed.
Lmao
I snorted 💀
LMFAOOO BEST ONE 😭😭😭
I’m from the U.S. and to me Sofia speaks soooooo slow. It’s almost hard to listen to without wanting to fall asleep. I’m not sure if she’s trying to speak slowly on purpose, but generally, it’s more common for people from the United States to speak much quicker than what’s represented here.
She definitely blends her words. It's just a string of noise without a break between words.
I think it was a case of serious jet lag. well, I hope it was ;-)
I couldn't even finish the video because she's so fucking slow. I can't even do what I would usually do and turn the video up to a higher speed ... because the other people in the video can actually talk... So they sound far too quick
It was actually ticking me off a little 😂 I felt so many Europeans laughing at me. In reality she’s probably just a valley girl.
Twice as many words, twice as fast. Yeah, she's not the best representative of the standard American accent
The American gal is so quiet spoken, slow speaking and proper, she's kinda a rate type of American, her speech pattern is not common at all. She seems like a sweetheart
Yes - very unusual, probably is a kind of affectation, or maybe she spent her younger age with a quieter person. Most American women are very nasal and high pitched, unlike the men. The women sound sort of screechy, talking through the nose, very stressful to listen to if they talk a lot. Their other modern affectation is the vocal fry where they suddenly drop their tone into a sort of buzzing irritating throat effect, especially when feeling aggrieved, this can switch to a rising inflection on words and a fading higher affect at the end of a statement when arguing and becoming unsure of their facts. These effects can be a fashion thing too. Quite distinctive and may be mainly from some states? Some talk about the Jersey Girl thing.
I have the feeling that English is her second language.
@@ladybug591sure buddy keep up with your weird conspiracies honestly that's not that deep go touch the grass
Many people in the Midwest are quiet like this…Michiganders with a neutral accent. But there are also those loud Michiganders that seem to have a Southern bent, even though they aren’t from the South or had a family that moved from the South and their accents are very shrill to the ear. I am one of the quiet ones. My voice is softer and neutral.
@@georgedelvalle4588It could be. There is a lot of spacing. Or she could just been raised to be quiet.
It's my first time seeing an American who speaks slowly, and it's good for me to deep learn English. Thank you, Sofia..
Don't learn English from an American 😂
Nice easy to understand 👍🏻
Yes. She does not apparently come from the American South but speaks slowly, much more slowly than I do.
It sounds sexy
In Switzerland we say Hus for house, as well. And we say I gang for I go. Like the Scots.❤️ And brroon for brown.
I’ve traveled to 47 of the states and I’ve never once heard a (sober) American speak with that accent and/or pace.
Also, if this is how she is while being “shocked”? Her relaxed moods must be like going backwards in time 😵💫
Ikr
She's a sleepy-american
Yea seriously... I'm American and struggling... She sounds like she's on a load of Valium
shes high
She's not shocked, she's half asleep.
or high
I fell asleep too, listening to all of these people. Not one of them had a proper accent of their countries represented , they all sounded very neutral, i.e middle class. If you want to hear a real proper strong accent you need to go to the working class areas of these countries. These people all sounded alike as if they were all brought up watching American TV shows..
Overdose of loratadine
The Americans they have on this channel usually sound so dumb. 😕
Fentanyl
Welshman is so proud of his language. I hadstudied in cardiff. Good memories. Love from 🇮🇳
I like she doesn't rush words, her vibe calms me down and I love that energy, I'd like to hear some whispering ASMR from her. ☺
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I have to watch this video at 1.5 speed ‘cause the American girl speaks so lethargically
I like it though. Feel like genius people talk like that. Like that game creator in the movie “Ready Player One”.
OMG I thought I was the only one god that’s hilarious
heavily medicated
why you mad though, I like her slow speaking a lot, just relax and take it easy
Relax, I think she’s from the south of the USA and they talk like that. Y’all Get over it.
I'm beginning to worry that the American girl is being held here against her will and forced to make these videos endlessly without sleep while on tranquilisers to keep her from rebelling. There is no other explanation.
😂😂😂 forced labour
Yeah, you´re right mate, her condition is unsettling... maybe she needs help.... ;-)
Well when I speak English I speak a little slowly too, but I´m Brazilian so I have an alibi ....
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The american girl is actually just an alien in a human suit that smoked a big fat blunt at the local MacDonalds and went there to troll people
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hahahhahahahhahh..true 100%
If i'd met and heard that US woman speak IRL i would've said "Life's too short for this" and walk away.
Lmao hahaha
> 300 million Americans and you find the Benadryl mascot?
This American girl always talks as if her batteries were running out 🤣🤣
She looks high lol.
But I like her, it doesn't bother me
Fr but shes cute
I was waiting for her to fall off her chair 🤣
She talking like a stereotypical caricature of a 90s pornstar 🥲
Idk why but I find it really cute lol.
American here. Regarding the American girl: I’ll have what she’s having.
Lol
The American lady talks at 0.5 speed. Id go insane
I just tried it at 0.5 speed. My word! hahaha!!!
Sophias way of talking is so pretty and calming
Its really funny, how in Scotland and Ireland the use bucketing, because in Germany we also have the saying with basically translates to "It's pouring out of buckets" and i really like that term. Really cool to know that this also exists in other languages.
Think the scottish accent goes to a whole other level once you get to glasgow, even other scots are left looking bewildered when they hear our accent 😅
It's quite odd. I always hear people saying they can't get the Glaswegian accent but I, an Englishman, have never had much trouble understanding it. Same thing with a thick Scouse accent. I just find it so easy to understand while others always complain about not getting it. And I'm not a northerner. On the other hand, some thicker Northern Irish accents and certain older Geordie people from a generation where the Geordie accent was still quite rough around the edges... nah mate, can't get a word.
@@brendanm6921 yeah there is the softer spoken glaswiedgens and there is the proper rough type lol. Yeah the jordie accent I can understand no problem. Alot of the Irish accents are definitely hard to decipher
@@getmwi aye I lived in glenrothes for a while with my kids mum and they always thought I was pissed off cause of my accent lmao.
Aberdonians are illegible XD
in renfrew 15 minutes doon the road somtimes i even struggle (na very very raerly tho
Man the yank is a walking lullaby.
And that's one UNCHARACTERISTICALLY soft spoken Scotsman right there.
I know and he had the cheek to talk about representation and say Scottish accents that sound fairly typical are a fantasy. Born and lived in Scotland my whole life and turned the stupid video off at that.
@@leonacurrie3471 I didn't turn the video off but the lads lack of experience of Scotland was telling.
5:13
I'm from Wales and, even from a non-Welsh-speaking region, we'd always say:
*_Ych a fi_*
as a way to say yuck or disgusting.
So much so, I didn't realise it was actually Welsh until I grew up. I just thought it was a normal phrase.
Im from Wales to, which part you from? Im from south
This fascinates me - the Swedes have a (now somewhat archaic) expression _usch och fy_ meaning pretty much the same thing. I wonder if there's a common heritage there somewhere!
Only my dad is welsh, but i never knew 'ych a fi' was welsh omg. I also only recently realised that 'cwtch' was a welsh word 💀 i grew up in Gloucestershire tho
@@liveforviolenceeI’m from mid wales but my fam is from north
@dangerousdormat turns out I actually got my directions wrong and I'm from South to TvT
But that's rlly cool!
American girl: Are you drunk dear ?
Sounds like slightly sedated for some reason? Strange IMO
I almost feel like shes from North Central NJ and trying to act dumb like a few I went to school with there
@@Anne_B. 🤣🤣🤣
This kind of conversation should be full of energy, expressions and good body language.
About the accent used for the ogre 'Shrek'. The voice was performed by Mike Myers, a Canadian. Mike used a different accent when he first recorded Shrek's voice. Mike decided that Shrek should have a Scottish accent. The producers of the movie were annoyed but eventually agreed to the change. So Shrek has a Scottish accent by a Canadian, softened for North American viewers. In the original 'Star Trek' tv series, the character Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was played by James Doohan a Canadian born in Vancouver BC. As Scotty was the Chief Engineer, James felt that the character should have a Scottish background as the Scottish have a reputation for Engineering. As the old saying goes - If it isn't Scottish, it's crap! 😀
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His parents are English
@@101steel4His Scottish accent was on a par with Dick Van Dyke's cockney😂😂😂
I don’t know weather your US centric.
For saying that or weather he really did that accent with North American’s in mind.😂
Except 'Scotty' drove us all mad with his pseudo-Irish accent.
Just listened to an audio story based in the Highlands around Loch Ness, where the American narrator ( 3 main characters were American) spoke in a blatantly Irish accent for all the Scottish locals. Aaaaaarrrggghhh!!!
@@lsb9073If you've ever watched the Hollywood version of How Green is my Valley you'll know every single Welsh accent has been replaced with an Irish accent. It's so weird.
The USA is so large and diverse that there are huge varieties of dialects/accents throughout the states. I'm from southeastern Kentucky, which is in the Appalachia Mountains, and we don't talk anything similar to the American girl in this video. A good idea for a video would be to get a group of people together from 5 to 10 different American states and sections of the US and have some fun comparing dialects. For instance, where I live and all through the South we pronounce pin and pen the same, but in the north and other sections of the country they have separate pronunciations for those words.
Do you know the "Tour of North American Accents" videos with Eric Singer by Wired? Before I watched those, I didn't realize how many different American dialects there actually are (I'm German). And it's incredible how Eric switches dialects right in the middle of a sentence.
Love the accent in Appalachia side of Kentucky, very hillbilly
Accents in the UK can vary even between streets ...
There are more accents on the British isles than in the USA. There’s something like 60.
@@amyw6808 ..
Way more than that in the UK
Y’all leave that poor girl alone. Bless her heart.
Bless her lungs after whatever she just smoked
@@irishduck2826 Oh shoot, i just died! LOL!
@@Ecthaelyon 🤣 I had to speed up the video 2x just to listen to the american girl
Lol
Is "bless her heart" a southern expression?
ofc they had to take a redhair irishman so iconic
Where did they find this American?
Probably America?
@@skarn81 There was an implication to what I wrote. It's sort of a "read between the lines" thing - "where did they find ___" is an idiom. I forget right now what she was like, but she must have acted in a manner I found funny or notable.
On the expired battery shelf
@@maximiliandegarnerinvonmon6457 🤣
In Sleepyville…. 😁😁😁😁
I'm from South Wales, here's what I'd say:
1. "Alright butt?"
2. "That's brill" or "That's sick"
3. "That's grim" or "ych-a-fi"
4. "It's absolutely tipping down"
5. "Get in the queue"
6. "Where's the toilet?"
same butt
Same
As an American I don’t think it odd that the Irish are calling the restroom the Jacks because in the USA we call it the John. “I’m going to the John” Jack is sometimes a nickname from John. Like John F. Kennedy’s nickname was Jack.
I found this online.
The John
Sir John Harrington was the inventor of the forerunner of the first flushing toilet (known as the Ajax), so it’s only fitting that his first name should have become synonymous with the toilet.
The Jacks
The jacks is Irish slang for toilet, derived from the older English word for toilet jakes. Jakes itself comes from ‘The John’.
"I found this online"= I just made it up.
My parents always referred to it as the john.
Doesn't "Ajax" sound like "a Jack's"?
I have never heard Jack for toilet. Why do Americans portrayed as hot but dum
Is the English girl from Liverpool
Why’s she talking so slowly omg
It's like she's on something
well-kempt =))
Maybe a Californian? I saw a vid once that New Yorkers were so annoyed at Cali’s slow accent.
Fentanyl. Its a huge hit in the US atm.
@@greatdude7279 You know fentanyl is fatal in even the smallest of doses, right?
Ty Bach is pretty similar in pronunciation the Irish teach beag "little house".
the "it's pissing down" actually had me laughing though-
I'm already used to American accent by Sophia and also Lauren's accent 'cause of her presence on the channel often , but nothing from Wales' accent 😂 and just a little bit of Scottish
No one mentioned 'bogs' for the toilet. That's what I grew up with in England. Disappointed. I've heard that in bith England and Scotland.
I've always understood Ty Bach to be Southern (Welsh) and Toiledau to be Northern, but there's more nuance obviously, I learned Llefrith as Northern for milk and Llaith as southern, Gallu as Southern and medru as Northern but not so in the North East of Wales. But this is about English, so I want to hear about going to the bogs for going to the toilet.
It's "the bog" for me when speaking either Welsh or English - my parents always said "tŷ bach" as did I, when I was much younger. For me milk is "llaeth" (not "llaith" which means damp). I grew up in mid Wales, just south of the border of the language dividing line, which is reckoned to be Machynlleth.
@@jinxvrs yes sorry llaeth, I spelled it wrong!
But yesss, bogs
Depends where they are from, as a northeasterner we share more in common with the Scottish than English as we often say “Manky” “That’s rank” “Minging” etc.
@@jinxvrs So you're by Aberystwyth? Do you actually say 'llaeth' and 'llaith' differently, because down south we don't. We also say 'tŷ bach' generally, contrary to what the gog said.
@@timeastwoodbagpiper 'Pisspot' and 'shitter' are also acceptable for those of us who are a little more irreverent haha.
American girls is looks like she just woke up high and running out of battery,with eastern European (accent/background)
For sure , she is from Eastern Europe
She doesn't looks like slavic. Maybe Hungary or Romania
This Scottish guy doesn’t even know what Scottish people would say
For which bit?
@@Thurgosh_OGany bit
Shocking representation of all 5 accents, couldn't bare more than 2 minutes 😂
Why does the American girl look like she's going to fall asleep any minute?
Jet lag?
She's an anthropomorphic dormouse
as an american girl with narcolepsy, it’s not what I have
8:39 Funly enough in European Portuguese we say a lot "casinha" (little house) for toilet as well.
The most standard way to say toilet anyway is "casa de banho" (lit. bath house) so that's why.
Apparently describing it as a house came about because the toilet was very often detached from the main building of a house. Like a small house next to it for washing and physiological needs
In Brazilian Portuguese is very common to say "casinha" (little house) too.
@@pauloguimaraes2010
No, it's not.
@@Capirotinho In my region, it is.
@@pauloguimaraes2010hell to the no! I've never heard that!
@@Gush12 Countryside of RS, SC and PR do it. We are a HUGE country.
I’m from Philly. I would literally say, “Yo” for more than half of these examples. -Just with different inflections 😂
And oh boy, wouldn't they have loved how anyone native to the Philly area says, "water?" 😅 I'm from the suburbs, and I had to train myself not to say "wooder" once I went away to college. Nobody understood me!
The American girl is basically ASMR 😴😴😴
I could sleep to that voice..😅
Please do a follow up with her talking for a few hours.. doesn't really make about what ..
I'll be asleep after a couple of hours anyway 😂🙏
Failing that anyone know where to hear more voices like hers?? Plsplspls i have tinnitus 😢😂
Sophia hitting that blunt again 🚬
I had to put video on 2x to sound her normal 😂😂
@@moktan289bruh 😂
I think she rolled a jumbo blifter then found out the others were non-tokers so she smoked it all herself.
Everyone saying that is weed. That is def not thc high. Marijuana is a stim. She’s on benzos or opiates/opiods. Also the latter is more likely due to the amount of anxiety meds American women are on.
Having Yorkshire roots I certainly would say 'grand' for 'that's great'.
For number 6, you can also say 'where's the bog', in some parts of England, with 'bog' being a slang term for toilet. We can also ask for 'bog roll' too, instead of toilet paper.
Agreed, it's just bog and bog roll.
She says she's from the north west but she's really posh north west if she is.
I'm a slovenly southerner living in the north west and I use slang from both regions frequently, and I don't think she uses the words the same.
Aye duck.
Also saying " 'ow do" and 'O'reyt" for asking how are you, calling something disgusting "mingin'", saying "it's peeing it down" to say its raining (usually saying peeing as a slightly stronger version of the word though lol) for the other ones. For someone from the north west, she talks like she's from the south
@@emospider-man6498 She's from Manchester, they don't tend to sound as strong as Liverpudlians or Yorkshiremen, let alone Cumbrians which is the proper north-west in my opinion.
In parts of Scotland the bathroom is also sometimes referred to as the "bog" or "cludgie", additionally I've heard the terms "crapper" and "lav/lavvy" - short for lavatory - used across the UK.
For rain I'd also add "it's coming down in sheets" for heavy rain, and when it's that odd weather somewhere between rain and fog (where the droplets just hang in the air) we might say it's "mizzle/mizzly" outside.
"Smashin' " is another way to say you're doing fine or well.
What about the shitehoose?
no we do not say were going to the crapper LOL, possibly class may come into this. But if you called the toilet the crapper or bog, I would think twice about who I surround myself with HAHA. thinking of that scenes out of national lampoon Christmas vacation.
@@samuelhastings6859 I have heard it used in situ, I don't tend to judge people based on socio-economic status.
@@stephenroney2366 I forgot about that one!
@@pumpkinbubbles1162 I'm judging them on the use of words. If you were to use crapper or bog in an office setting you would be seen as not being respectful to the facility. maybe a porta loo? camping maybe.
W.C. Water Closet! I am in my 40's, left England for Norway a decade ago, I never knew it was WATER CLOSET, thank you, and now I am wondering why I never knew that?!
The American girl.. is basically Jigglepuff from pokemon ..cartoon😴
I mean she's soo nice but honestly it wouldn't take long before i I'd be sitting down and getting warm comfortable and a little tired.. just listening 🎶 and not much longer again before I'd be asleep 😅😂
So basically Jigglepuff ..
Haha... I am from North West England, or the border with Wales, and my father was from a Scottish family, with my Grandad from Glasgow. So I was exposed to a a lot of phrases and words from these countries. So I understood most of these people...except not so much the Irish stuff. I think the Welsh language sounds really nice, and I am planning to move to North Wales later in the year and just started to learn the language. The welsh guy in this video would make a great Welsh language teacher! I have no idea how difficult it is to learn, but I learnt to speak, read and write Thai, so I hope it might be a bit easier than that (because that took me years).
No he would not believe me he would not I’m welsh with a English step mother and let’s just say no we don’t say half the stuff he said the only one I can think of is tin iawn and I’m from the north 😂😂 he is deff not in the right north side
Omg! I was interested until the American girl started speaking. And I’m American!!! That’s not a slow southern drawl (which I’m used to) it was more someone who’s been sedated or on drugs.
Exactly. I’m from the American south and I have lived 67 years in several southern states. She just sounds like she’s on drugs.
Canadians are known to say where are the rest rooms... or wash rooms and sometimes facilities.. like in public spaces. However in personal homes .. we'd say I have to use the wash room, bath room... the can.. or the john. Depending on your comfort level.. who you are and if you are trying to be funny. I know we also have many more.. but those are the ones that sprang to mind quickly. 🍁
I call it "going for a William". As in William Pitt.
In Northwestern US, we say it's pissing down rain.
I bathroom called a dunny in Australia. Us Americans also call it a can, head or latreen. America also uses the term water closest but it refers to a plumbing access.
Fun fact: Ty Bach, the Welsh for "Little House" is very similar to the Irish Tí Beag meaning Small Home
Same in Scottish Gaelic. Taigh-beag.
Also means toilet in Welsh😊
Hope to see Leigton more here, he has a good sence of humour😁👍
PS you should also add comparison of Welsh/Scottish/Irish languages
I knew an Irish teacher who got into trouble in his first job in Australia, while talking to teens about how they date in Ireland explained that "well first they like to have a bit of craic"..............
Why did the audio quality suddenly plummet at 0:26? Very offputting.
I fell asleep before then. Thanks for waking me up.
Maybe there is a music copyright issue. Nowadays YT will try to eliminate the music part if there is a copyright claimed
This American girl is odviously from the hills in California, because the words she is saying and the slow motion in her voice are confirmed Californian style. All of the USA has different accents and different terminology for these things.
I love the Irish "story" when you meet someone. Like i demand a tale now.
Is the American high or something? lol she seems very chill!!
In Glasgow you can have an entire conversation composed of '"Awright?"
"Awright?"
"Awright. Awright?"
"Awright."
"Awright."
American girl reminds me of Molly Ringwald's older sister in Sixteen Candles. Too many muscle relaxers before the wedding.
American here! Something is off with this girl, that is not normal!
The American girl is talking like she is about to sleep
It's probably a South Wales thing but I'd say "ych a fi" when something is disgusting. Or stinking.
It was a bit interesting that the Scots say 'bucketing' in terms of raining. In Norway we say "det pøser ned" or "det bøtter ned", both means 'it is bucketing down', the first one is more maritime, since a bucket was/is called "pøs" on a ship.
In Russian, it is "(льёт) как из ведра" - "(it is pouring) like from a bucket".
We have quite a few Scots language words that are similar to Scandinavian languages. For example "bairn" for child, "oot" for out, "efter" for after, "flitting" for to move, "greeting" for crying, "hoose" for house and "keek" for to look/peek. There's loads more too, most likely due to the vikings. On islands in Scotland Norn was still spoken until 19th century. Quite interesting how language can intertwine😊
We say "lashing" here in NI.
also the braw one. bra in norway means good
lol, they cut out the Irish for asking to go to the bathroom, which is something we all HAD to say in Irish in Elementary School lol. Asking in English not allowed. Lost the context a bit. For those curious its:
_An bhfuil cead agam dul go dti an leithreas?_
Literally: can I have permission to go to the toilet. it’s been twenty years but that phrase is still deeply ingrained in my brain lol.
As someone from America, the American drove me, bananas!
"Where's the toilet ?" Seems more an specific question and i think any person willl understand , but "where's the jacks ?" I would totally get lost 😂
How would you do with- Ble mae'r ty bach, os gwelwch yn dda? 😄
In Geordie (Newcastle) we'd say 1. alreet?, 2. that's class/mint/cush, 3. that's minging, 4. it's pissing doon, 5. get in the queue, 6. where's the bog?
In Canada, we occasionally call toilet rooms "the john", and "Jack" is a common nickname for people named John, so I get that. Generally, though, we call it a washroom (there's no bath in public toilets, why would it be called a bathroom?)
In America the more fun ways to say ask for the restrooms are shitter,pisser,Jhon and if you know where the restroom already located and you’re letting somebody know that you have to use the restroom the fun ways to say that are I have to use the porcelain throne, i’m about to go use the urinal, I have to take a leak, I have to take a shit I will be right back, And there’s more stuff you can say
In Ireland "the Jacks" is a very informal but common term, exactly the same context as "the John".
We don't normally use the term "restroom" but it's understood if you asked for it.
Bathroom/toilet or gents/ladies room would be the norm.
Personally I find "where's the toilet" a bit blunt and prefer to use "where's the bathroom" but each to their own. If you ask for the pisser you'll be pointed in the same direction.
Yea I'm from Ontario, and I've heard "the John" quite frequently when referring to washroom
Funniest ones: squeze a Douce, pinch a loaf, or drop a chalupa
They couldnt find a less spunding welsh guy 😂
Bog is a common one all around Britain I think.
Maybe it’s originally Gaelic.
In South Wales for "That's great" we would use Tidy. (and for a while in the 80's there was a phase of throwing up the bull horns hand gesture while saying Moist for some reason lol). disgusting would be minging or rank. And it's raining cats and dogs in Wales would just be Tuesday lol.
Yeah I automatically said minging too. Also, 'Alright, Butt?' In the greeting section. So it's interesting to see that isn't something commonly said by the Gogs. XD
I like the Tuesday reference
Moist 🤣
I love the English girl asking her “do you understand what everyone’s saying” zero faith in her to be able to understand four people speaking clear english to her
in Ireland you could also say "ooh that's deadly!" for something that is insanely cool, like meeting a celebrity
we also say "aw that's rank!" for something disgusting
I had the exact same thoughts, just wondering what county are you from??
Sounds like a Dublin way of saying it. I'm from Cork, same as Irish guy, so I would have said it the same way as him. Just some regional variations but everyone understands.
We in America use to say something similar that kinda died out in the late 90s, we would say that's killer or you're killing it which meant something was awesome or cool.
I’ve heard “mank” (not just “manky”) to mean “disgusting” in Ireland as well
My brothers and I used to say something was "minging" to mean disgusting when we were young (from Dublin)
She sounds so laid back
The American girl has a dial up processing time 😅 bless her heart
So nice to have a North Welshie representing for a change! 💕
I reckon in all of these countries you’ll get different variations depending on your region…it’s true for Ireland at least.
To contribute, I could say “that’s mint” for “that’s great!”. “That’s pure mint!” would be something similar to “that’s really great!”. Coupled with a strong rural accent, I probably wouldn’t be understood. Lethal or deadly are also used, but I think they’re a few degrees higher than mint.
Don’t know where this usage of mint comes from but I suspect there may be a connection to mint quality collectibles which would be unopened and be valued highly.
Similar vein.. I visited the South Coast once, I heard the expression "that's lush" so many times I wanted to punch someone lol
They found a Scotsman that only speak straight standard English with very little accent. They might have got an actual Scots speaker but of course that is not English it's another language. Problem it allows this man to imply that what is spoken in Scotland is just English with an accent.
That's exactly what it is. Apart from the English girl they're all speaking someone else's language.
The title does say ENGLISH so we can assume that it refers to Scottish English and not Scots. Having a Scots speaker in the mix would have been confusing especially since Scots uses its own spellings and therefore isn’t really comparable with the standard English spoken in the other countries.
@@101steel4 But the Welsh guy gave several examples in Welsh as well as English as spoken in Wales.
Their Scottish representative's weak contribution was disappointing - apart from "minging" for disgusting. "Bog" or "cludgie" for toilet would have given the others something to talk about!
@@robertfoulkes1832 speaking Welsh in a video about the English language. Pretty pointless.
@@101steel4 It's not pointless if the local language (Welsh, Irish, Scots or Gaelic) has influenced the words used in English speech in those areas.
5 people with 2nd generation American accents try to talk as the audio device constantly changes whilst the PA occasionally switches a fan on and off
Has that American ever been emotional at all? I can't see any shock, what a surprise.
5:13 It’s normalised around me in South Wales that when we say: “That’s disgusting” people normally would say “Ych-a-fi”.
8:00 Here I was taught in school “Ga I fynd/(Mynd) I tŷ bach” or “Ble mae’r tŷ bach?” the first one would translate to “Can i go to/have the toilet” and the second is “Where is the toilet?” x
I say ych a fi lol.
The way the American talks reminds me of Ariana Grande playing Kat in Victorious
Also reminds me of the Paris Hilton.
Yeah, i thought the same. it's not really an accent I think, just a unique way of talking
Sophia speaks like one of my friends from university, in slow motion. Maybe she is just very shy. This is not a judgement just an observation.
As someone from Ireland, I would have answered all of these differently than how Eoin answered them
How would you have answered them? I'd love to hear variations 😊
@@ponyxaviors4491 I'm from the North and would mostly agree with Eoin, but there are a few variations. I'd say "what's the craic?" but not "what's the story?" If someone said "story?" to me, I'd not know what they meant. We'd also say "what's happening?". I'd understand "that's unreal" but would be more likely to say "that's class". For "that's disgusting" I'd be closer to the Scottish guy - "that's minging", "that's dirty", etc. For "it's pissing it down" we'd say "it's pishing it down" and I'm surprised the Scottish guy didn't say that as well tbh. For "stand in line" we'd say "queue up". For toilet's we'd just say "toilets", or maybe "the bog". I think "jacks" is a distinctly southern word. For me, a bathroom has a bath in it. I'd understand any of the suggestions though, bathroom, WC, restroom, etc.
@@deyfuck Thank you for replying, and specifying where you're from 😁 I know there're a lot of phrasal and accent variations across countries, but people seldom differentiate between them. I like hearing about the distinctions.
@@deyfuckin Dublin we say Assalamu Alaikum السلام علیکم
@@ponyxaviors4491
In Dublin we usually use
السلام علیکم
And
مرحبا Marhaba
And
يعطيك الف عافيه yateek al arfiya
if you adress groups
As someone from scotland I find the scottish guys way of saying things is very specific to his area instead of common scottish terms
It was really nice that no one got negative or hateful.
Im from a European country whom does not have English as a first langauge but we are still pretty good at english so we are basically bi-lingual and in School they would familirazie us to all the different accents (Írish, Scottish, Wales and brittish) so I can understand all of them for the most part. Its hardest to understand children and older people becuase they tend to speak a bit unclearer but I had no issue understanding the people in this video. Any other non-english speaking european country who has had similar education that agrees? Maybe its just an european thing to be able to understand all european english accent im not sure.
Not Brittish, or British. But English.
You mean English
@@101steel4
U w0t bri‘ish mate?
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti I'm sorry, I only speak English.
Oh look, someone who believes English people means British! Ah bless….another person who isn’t caught up on history. British in terms of historical culture means Welsh! British in terms of Geographical identity means Wales + England and Scotland.
I like the way Sophia talks, it's kind of a vibe
Methinks Sophie’s a wee bit stoned.
The United States 🇺🇸 got multiple multiple different ways of using the English language 😂😂
English has its own kettle of fish. Northern, midlands, southern, and then SCOUSE
As an American, I’m not a fan of the phrases this American girl chose. Like “raining cats and dogs”? That’s such an old saying. And then she said it’s mostly in books, so why’d she bother saying it?
In some parts of Canada we say 'can' instead of bathroom/toilet, like 'I'm going to the 'can' or 'they're in the 'can'.
In Australia we say the dunny, a corruption of dung probably.
Same here in the Chicago area.
Forgot about can
I’m an older American and have never said “What’s cracking!” I have heard of the idea of it but never actually heard anyone say it & it was never traditional
Not seen any of these videos for awhile, and I'm glad to see they've finally gave the English person the English flag, rather than the Union Jack.
The American girl was more like NorCal girl. Northern California is the only place Americans say Janky. And Americans DO say queue for a long line, like outside a club. She's just young.