What a dear. This has made me realise what’s missing from UA-cam - lovely ladies and gentlemen of a certain generation, bestowing their teachings on us ❤️
I just figured I'd watch a minute or two of this, but before I knew it, 24 minutes had gone by. What a joy this lady is to watch! A charming and succinct presenter. Thank you for explaining these accents.
Hahahaha. Yes indeed . I typed same thing before i read your comment. I can,t believe! Is that real ? What kind of a magic she use to draw people towards her.!?
I don't understand how this video has any dislikes. The woman is so lovely and she presents beautifully and clearly, the video is very intuitive. People need to stop hating.
Yes many dislikes. She is helping us to understand the root of the English language. I'm a Tamilian. It's really really really helps me in understanding the English.
Not stereotyping but I find a lot of strongly opinionated Americans tend to dislike videos about the British accents. As I said, not stereotyping and again, as I said its only some very opinionated Americans who still begrudge the British from times former to the war of independence.
Just a side note, I'm not saying its ONLY Americans but it is logical that America would be the majority of those as there is no logical reason for a Briton to dislike and America has the largest internet/electronic products consumption.
My Dad spoke RP because he was a solicitor in London and conscious of appearances but when he'd get a bit pissed the Yorkshire accent would creep back out.
Paul Kerr Stopped the video at the halfway mark but is the Yorkshire accent you are speaking of the same as Midland/Northern accent told in the video.Very interested in UK,their culture and all the accents.
It's so funny, I am American as is my husband but his mother was born and raised in Scotland. She's all but lost her accent now and sounds quite American but when she returns from a visit home you can hear the accent peek through.
@@carynschmidt5061 I'm the same. When I go back to my home town Barnsley my accent gets stronger. My family and work colleagues have noticed this and tease me about it.
I wish I could hug her. She's too competent, she should have her own tv program and it should be aired in Italy. Chances are young girls and boys would really appreciate a fine lesson like this.
🇮🇹.. esattamente!ho avuto un'insegnante simile per il First e l'ho amata! 🇬🇧 exactly! I've had one teacher like her for my First examination and I've absolutely loved her!
I love this woman for the single fact that she included Canada as an english-speaking country and didn’t just lump us into the US. Living north of the US means we get forgotten all the time but we are a distinct society, have our own culture and speak differently than our neighbour. We mostly use British-spelling and call many of the same things a different word than the US uses. Thank you Kind Lady for acknowledging us over here! Lol. Have a great one!
Uhhh well, these days the US is mostly used as negative example, at least in my opinion, so not too bad not being mentioned as often 😂 but I absolutely get what you mean, I got relatives in Winnipeg and they tell me the same. I was happy too when she mentioned Canada 😍
Apparently, according to American comedy, Canadians say "Ay" all the time. We actually use that a lot in the south of England. An example would be "So what do you think ay?" Or if you didn't quite hear what someone said you might say "ay?" It's not really considered polite speech and as a child the reply would be "Ay!? That's what horses eat, say pardon". Haha.. Never stopped me, I still say it all the time ... don't I ... ay?
every time i watch one of the videos in this channel while laying down on my bed, i tend to change my position and sit down properly. what a pleasant lady, she deserves all my respect and attention.
im asian and imho,american english sounds clearer.i cant understand a lot when british speak,but i still sooo love british accent i really love listening to them speak :-D and jill,i think it's my 1st time listening to british speak and understanding it so so well,probably coz it's slow (hihi) ... all clear ... thank you for the lesson and keep it up! my respect goes to you with love ... ♡♡♡
Brad Halliday I'm watching this video, but haven't reached to the Scottish accent part yet. Speaking of a Scottish accent, could you please define the differences between this list of Edinburgh accents? Are they all Morningside (a highly educated Edinburgh)? - Yours truly, a foreigner • Richard DEMARCO + the late Capt. Eric "Winkle" BROWN (I think these two accents share some similarities in many ways.) • Sir Malcolm RIFKIND • Sir Chris HOY • Ian CHARLESON in 'Chariots of Fire' (probably his natural accent, but sadly no interview clips of his exist in YT) • Englishwoman Maggie SMITH as Miss Jean Brodie (the accent re-used for the role of Prof. Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series)
Brad Halliday , I was waiting for how she would describe Scots English, so many variations I wouldn't know where to start. So glad she didn't use the American term British English where she was referring to RP - as if Scots and Scots Irish were not also British English.
She is an excellent tutor who explains the origins of words, and how we can be different but also unique in our ways of expressing ourselves. Thank you very much.
The British class thing is so strange to me. There are a lot of English people where I live and it surprises me how some of them try to translate this into American life. It just doesn’t work. Many families, including mine, have a combined history of both upward and downward mobility, lol.
RP is neutral, not posh. Over and above RP, there are upper class accents and those of the nobility and royalty. Although they are rare these days, you will hear them in certain cicles.
Native U.S. English speaker, and Deaf. I lived for the past several years in NW England. Got a handle on the local accent through lip patterns but had less/messier exposure to other accents. Such clear explanations here, even if you can't hear her! I just happened upon this video whilst going down the UA-cam rabbit hole and stayed. I love this lady! And she MAKES REAL CAPTIONS, not the autocraptions.
What an intelligent woman she is. Idk if many of you notice but almost all UA-camrs cut and chop their way through their video postings as they can’t maintain their thoughts/message that they’re trying to get across for more that about 20 seconds. This woman gave a superb lesson all in one single take. Afterward she remembered to remind her viewers to subscribe if they liked the content of the lesson, etc. This all may seem minuscule/trivial but I promise you most UA-camrs either simply forget to remind their viewers of this at the end of their videos or they’re just too lazy and therefore have a prerecorded, “canned” reminder message that they insert into the end of each of their videos. I’m just impressed at the quality of her lessons. I truly doubt you will see this, Gill, but if you do- please know that you’ve got a loyal subscriber! And also, please keep making content that we can all learn from and enjoy! Thanks a ton!
As a Russian person, obsessed with languages and accents, I found this mini lecture vastly informative and interesting. Being in self-isolation, I took it upon myself to learn the most popular of the accents in English speaking countries, such as the UK, Ireland etc. This quickly proved to be quite a laborious task, but this video was extremely helpful, as it's pretty difficult to find a good lesson on this topic. Thank you.
From your well written comment nobody would know English wasn't your first language. I know bits of a few languages but other than English I only speak Hungarian to a reasonable level but my written Hungarian is poor. Learning accents and slang is so useful in day to day chats and conversations. Good luck with the English ones, there are a hell of a lot and some are hard to understand even for native speakers.
Right???!!!! I am born and bred in the States, and I will have to really practice this. I don't seem to sound quite like her when I try; however, to be fair, she is pronouncing other syllables and vowels in certain words different words, different than "we" say it. (Ea. doctor: DAWC-tah)
Miss, in all honestly, you are the only accent teacher on youtube that have really brought some form of program that makes sense when teaching accents. The other videos probably talk about how they learn the accent, talk about a few little vocal points, compare it to American and a few other points but they don’t go through it as thoroughly as you do. Bravo!! Keep it up Miss!!
Shes got that British accent that I would understand 100% of, contrary to some thicker ones I really like that she signifies clarity as being most important when communicating. Very informative
I appreciate this lesson very much. I have a degree in English but no teacher ever taught me about the different British accents. I find it very useful. Thank you.
Probably the best British English language teacher right now.👍👍👍. She is gentle, sweet and her teaching skill is so adorable. Her lessons are comprehensive as well as informative. Lots of love from Nepal 🙏🙏🙏
Dear Gill, just wonderful how you explain the different accents of english language for me as a German. I have been visiting Scotland for some years now and i really love this part of UK. But every time i spent my holidays there i thought, oh my god. I have never learned English before in my life. The reason is that i just know the R.P. accent.
Very interesting. I came here by chance but I enjoyed it very much. I have north-east American accents and now hear more British at work. I have no much problems because they speak the standard London accents. When I visited Scotland and Wales, I had a hard time to understand them.
I worked with a good friend from Norway, and his English accent seemed indistinguishable from a Northern England one, at least to my ears. So there is no doubt something in what you say @trefod
This lady is so sweet and very clever. If I had a teacher like Gill, my English would be much better by now. But its never too late. Thank you very much Mrs Gill and may God bless you. BTW, there are very nice comments here , I was so glad to read all of them. keep up the good work.
An excellent guide to some of Britain's many varied accents. It is also worth mentioning a recent addition to the UK's dialect collection - Multicultural London English or MLE. This is mostly spoken by younger people in the big cities and is a mixture of Cockney, Jamaican Patois, Arabic, Bengali and numerous other linguistic influences. It is a melting pot of sounds firmly rooted in music and youth culture.
I'm a Native New Yorker, with a Nuyorican accent and i found this so fascinating. Ive never heard the difference in English accents explained, i loved how she explained the origins behind the different sounds.
I remember my English teacher telling me the same thing! It doesn't matter how you pronounce it, what it matters is that you speak slowly, and loudly and don't be shy! She was from England!
I'm in England about 13 years and I'm really still struggling everyday to understand people because of different accent. I wish you were my first teacher it's really difficult to find such good teacher like you thank you so much for your videos 🤗🤗
I'm several generations American with Scots-Irish English French ancestors. As I'm reading Reginald Hill novels especially the Sixsmith series I would just love to know how they sounded when they talked.
One of the most important things to remember for UK accents is that they don't just vary with location, they also vary with class. There are at least 4 accents (with associated dialects) in Glasgow depending on whether you are working class or if you are middle class there are a couple of accents (Glasgow uni accent, west end, newton mearns, Bearsden) and if you are even posher than that then there are more accents above that. Another important point is that unlike in many parts of the USA and elsewhere in the anglophone world, people change accents and dialect depending on the situation and the group of people around them. It can be pretty interesting to hear a friend from work on the phone home to their family and hear their accent and dialect totally change.
People do adopt accents in the US as well. I moved a lot as a child and have a very generic sort of American accent but as an adult I have been living in the southeast US for 20 years. I have indeed picked up a bit of drawl, though it's nowhere near as pronounced as if I were born in the rural areas. Similarly I know people who were born and raised here and it is undetectable in their speech patterns. I should say also that my family on my mother's side is from the British West Indies and I adopt a different speech style at family gatherings as well!
Wow, I think its similar to Indonesia which have so many races and also their own languange. The dialect and their accent could change drastically when the people stay long-time or moved to different area.
@Bernadette Part of my husband’s family settled in Canada in the 1970s (Ontario and later BC). There are accents. It’s hard to define, but I know it when I hear it.
Absolutely love Gill, she truly is a treasure. I could listen and learn from her every day, and it would be a total pleasure! Amazing, engaging and interesting teaching, Gill is the best on UA-cam.
A truly remarkable teacher. I could listen to her all day long! She has an amazing ability to clarify ALL aspects of what she is teaching, with a lovely demeanour. She's a rare example of teaching at it's best.
She looks like Granny from Tweety 😄. So cute....... This is a very helpful video indeed. I speak english with american accent, because I learnt english from movies and songs 😂
Same but since i became fluent in English when i was 14 thx to all these American songs lmao..(now I'm 18 ) I really want to have one accent cause a lot of Americans understand me even when I speak fast 🌚 but sometimes i shock them with different accents according to my mood xD. .
she's a real good teacher she's so engaging without even trying her voice is also so soothing and she's very sweet I could watch her lessons all day ps I subscribed
Teaching was created for you ..! the sweetest and most articulate teacher I have ever come across ... anything you teach I would enjoy learning and watching you spreading delight ..
I have just found out this awesome lady and I am in love. I absolutely adore her accent and the peace she communicates. I teach English in Italy and from now on she will be my special lighthouse. Thank you 💡❤️
Back in the 1968 I and some of my university classmates were members of the Nixon advance team for his visit in San Antonio, Texas, we received this position by being much like three year old's in not knowing what we should be able to do and surprised the establishment. Anyway we went to the bar in the Menger Hotel bar and sat at a table with three English men . One turned out to be Allister Cook, who was the Senior correspondent for the BBC, his camera man and the sound man. Allister of course had the RP accent, the camera man, cockney and the sound man had what I perceived as middle class which was Midland/Norther accent, The conversation that we were engaged with was so fascinating that when we were asked to come up and meet Nixon, we blew that meeting off. One more thing I am a 5th generation Texan both of my parents spoke German before English, My father being Alsace and my mother Hock Deutch so I was raised with two of many accents and dialects of my heritage. Really enjoyed your blog
I have the weirdest accent, I lived in the south US for 10 years then moved to Wales. I'm 14 now and still have had that southern accent and a strong welsh accent. It sounds super weird.
+Clare Sanger You could record a video on your smartphone and upload it to your youtube account. There is an option to make it 'private' so that not everyone can view it and you could just send me the link to it. Alternatively you could do a sound recording and email the file to me? (I could give you my email address)
Frankly, I am a person who loves to learn and use British accent, and I love this channel. I've just started to take an interest in this subject and I loved having this kind of content on this channel. I'm not normally someone who likes long videos, but this video really caught my attention and I watched it all. Fantastic. Thank you so much
Same, tho. I mean, aye! Watching it is where I acquired kind of an obssession with it, sounds curious and good to me. It also helps me a lot to understand Shakespeare's plays, though that kind of old english is still hard to get in some expressions for me, a non native english speaker.
Gill is such a nice and great English teacher I ever watched or met. She speak really clear and genuine English which can be well received and understood fully!
I've lived in South England for two years and I've experienced by myself what this ma'am is talking about . I came from Italy and, before moving to England (specifically, to Aylesbury, a small town in the heart of Buckinghamshire), I took several private lessons by a dear friend of mine, an old lady from Liverpool who has been living in my country for years. Totally different accent. Then, I moved to Oxford, beautiful city, culturally stimulating and open-minded (an important aspect if you're a foreigner, especially after Brexit...), and the english spoken by local people is very clear.
Very much so agree. It’s so much easier to learn when being taught be someone who is highly intelligent yet very down to earth and polite.. also her great sense of humor doesn’t hurt! Lol.
I don’t know how many times I have watched this video over and over again through out the years , just to make sure I still remember the lesson. I studied in Wales almost 30 years ago and I spoke in RP which I realised sounded a bit peculiar among the Welsh, then the Welsh language itself, totally a different language altogether. Really enjoy this class. Hope Ms. Jill is healthy and well. It has been 6 years since I first watched this video .
It's funny how we come across these videos by accident....I was checking the difference between Esto and Eso in Spanish...then the eyes notice something to the right and that gets clicked as well. Clicking right... known as the 'R' factor if I'm not stealing that phrase from somewhere.....
well I'm mexican and I've been studying English with Oxford's books haha I tought that my accent was very awful (cause my native language is Spanish ) but now I realize that only I have a mixture of all these accents 😅😆
This lovely lady has one of those natural personalities and demeanor that just make someone so pleasant to listen to...and before you know it, you've watched 24 minutes of a video you landed on by mistake and loved all of it.
This lady is so british my coffee turned into tea.
Jakob Strand lol
ROFL
Jajajaja muy bueno!
loool
She reminds a bit of my english teacher at high school Mrs. Gardner. She was from Liverpool and had a very strong nothern accent.
What a dear. This has made me realise what’s missing from UA-cam - lovely ladies and gentlemen of a certain generation, bestowing their teachings on us ❤️
Laura Reeves Sweet comment. You’re so right!
I absolutely agree.
Right
Thoroughly enjoyed the video and your comment is an absolute gem! xx
Laura Reeves good one In HULL Yorkshire No one pronounces The Letter H so it’s ULL ELLO ow are ya
I love her with my whole heart. 😭 Can I adopt her as my third grandma? I just want to sit and chat with her. 😄💕
Also, great video! Very informative and fascinating that one small country could have so many accents. 💜
Very true
The same feeling
Me too, she's lovely😍
Same honesty
I just figured I'd watch a minute or two of this, but before I knew it, 24 minutes had gone by. What a joy this lady is to watch! A charming and succinct presenter. Thank you for explaining these accents.
Hahahaha. Yes indeed . I typed same thing before i read your comment.
I can,t believe!
Is that real ? What kind of a magic she use to draw people towards her.!?
Same
I don't understand how this video has any dislikes. The woman is so lovely and she presents beautifully and clearly, the video is very intuitive. People need to stop hating.
There is nervous and sick people everywhere. But the likes and good appreciation is way up!
Yes many dislikes. She is helping us to understand the root of the English language. I'm a Tamilian. It's really really really helps me in understanding the English.
Clorox Bleach Sometimes people just click the wrong place by accident. I've done it a few times.
Not stereotyping but I find a lot of strongly opinionated Americans tend to dislike videos about the British accents. As I said, not stereotyping and again, as I said its only some very opinionated Americans who still begrudge the British from times former to the war of independence.
Just a side note, I'm not saying its ONLY Americans but it is logical that America would be the majority of those as there is no logical reason for a Briton to dislike and America has the largest internet/electronic products consumption.
My Dad spoke RP because he was a solicitor in London and conscious of appearances but when he'd get a bit pissed the Yorkshire accent would creep back out.
Paul Kerr Stopped the video at the halfway mark but is the Yorkshire accent you are speaking of the same as Midland/Northern accent told in the video.Very interested in UK,their culture and all the accents.
It's so funny, I am American as is my husband but his mother was born and raised in Scotland. She's all but lost her accent now and sounds quite American but when she returns from a visit home you can hear the accent peek through.
@@carynschmidt5061 I'm the same. When I go back to my home town Barnsley my accent gets stronger. My family and work colleagues have noticed this and tease me about it.
🤣🤣🤣👍
When I get squiffy, I actually start typing words using dialect.
I wish I could hug her. She's too competent, she should have her own tv program and it should be aired in Italy. Chances are young girls and boys would really appreciate a fine lesson like this.
🇮🇹.. esattamente!ho avuto un'insegnante simile per il First e l'ho amata!
🇬🇧 exactly! I've had one teacher like her for my First examination and I've absolutely loved her!
*hoog
I love this woman for the single fact that she included Canada as an english-speaking country and didn’t just lump us into the US. Living north of the US means we get forgotten all the time but we are a distinct society, have our own culture and speak differently than our neighbour. We mostly use British-spelling and call many of the same things a different word than the US uses. Thank you Kind Lady for acknowledging us over here! Lol. Have a great one!
Uhhh well, these days the US is mostly used as negative example, at least in my opinion, so not too bad not being mentioned as often 😂 but I absolutely get what you mean, I got relatives in Winnipeg and they tell me the same. I was happy too when she mentioned Canada 😍
Canadians certainly don't get forgotten over here mate.We're brothers in arms,with closely intwined history.All the best from Yorkshire!
I like Canada as it us as cold there as in Russia..sometimes I think we are brothers)hehe
All my Canadian family are Scottish. They also say "Eh?" all the time, which is very much a NE Scotland thing.
Apparently, according to American comedy, Canadians say "Ay" all the time.
We actually use that a lot in the south of England.
An example would be "So what do you think ay?" Or if you didn't quite hear what someone said you might say "ay?"
It's not really considered polite speech and as a child the reply would be "Ay!? That's what horses eat, say pardon". Haha..
Never stopped me, I still say it all the time ... don't I ... ay?
every time i watch one of the videos in this channel while laying down on my bed, i tend to change my position and sit down properly. what a pleasant lady, she deserves all my respect and attention.
agree
im asian and imho,american english sounds clearer.i cant understand a lot when british speak,but i still sooo love british accent i really love listening to them speak :-D and jill,i think it's my 1st time listening to british speak and understanding it so so well,probably coz it's slow (hihi) ... all clear ... thank you for the lesson and keep it up! my respect goes to you with love ... ♡♡♡
ooops! im sorry ive spelled your name wrong :-(
ooops! im sorry ive spelled your name wrong :-(
agree
She looks like the sweetest lady, she reminds me of the pink fairy godmother in sleeping beauty!
Yeee, me too :)
Yes she does! She is a lady, with traditional English values. I am English and she is typical. My daughter is at Oxford, and has a Surrey accent.
Fantastic women
She actually reminds me of the green one 😂 Fauna I think
Make it blue.
As a man born and raised in Scotland, I properly loved this video. That was the most polite Scottish accent I've heard. Haahaa.
Brad Halliday
I'm watching this video, but haven't reached to the Scottish accent part yet.
Speaking of a Scottish accent, could you please define the differences between this list of Edinburgh accents? Are they all Morningside (a highly educated Edinburgh)? - Yours truly, a foreigner
• Richard DEMARCO + the late Capt. Eric "Winkle" BROWN (I think these two accents share some similarities in many ways.)
• Sir Malcolm RIFKIND
• Sir Chris HOY
• Ian CHARLESON in 'Chariots of Fire' (probably his natural accent, but sadly no interview clips of his exist in YT)
• Englishwoman Maggie SMITH as Miss Jean Brodie (the accent re-used for the role of Prof. Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series)
Brad Halliday , I was waiting for how she would describe Scots English, so many variations I wouldn't know where to start. So glad she didn't use the American term British English where she was referring to RP - as if Scots and Scots Irish were not also British English.
Bless her. As a Brit, I can confirm that she is the most British thing on youtube. If you see her in the chemist, let her go first.
Hello sir! Do u know any UA-camrs or people I can hear that have a good British accent like her?
OR LET HER GET ON THE DOUBLE DECKER BUS FIRST 🇬🇧
Have to agree with you there. I'm not even British but she definitely seems like it. Such a sweet lady too.
"You cannae be serious.... man!"
Bless this pure woman
😂 och
She's pure dead brilliant this wumman!
I don't say dinnae I say don't
Cannnae neab can? 😂😂😂 oww I luv this accent
I see new this
The most lovable english lesson I've ever had!!! And she's such a charming Lady.
She sure is...
“Och! I fell in the loch!”
This lady is delightful. ❤️
yeah she has beautiful voice
The Scots say that all the time.
It sounds so funny in Russian 😂
legendary/Gaming Legendaries !! You mean “while you were sitting”
She is an excellent tutor who explains the origins of words, and how we can be different but also unique in our ways of expressing ourselves. Thank you very much.
And this is the moment when you realize what a real British accent is. This lady is a gift for anyone who wants to learn English with class and pomp.
true
She sounds a bit north of London to me. More midlands.
@@steveedney8011 she said she’s from midlands
Hello
First time in my life , i can understand each words from a British person. Thank you for your super clear explaining.
Each word- singular
All the words - "plural" for "many"
@@lilianikolova7685 In fact, what difference between "each" and "every" that's making me confuse everytime...
She sounds so friendly I just wanna give her a hug
Tess Gonzalez I wish she was my nanny she is that nice
a hoog, you mean?
As a Native English speaker myself, from East Essex. This woman is very good. Never heard British accents explained quite as well as this before.
SHE IS SO ADORABLE. I love how she chuckles to herself xD
She s lovely
What means chuckles please?
@@nataliaa23 "chuckles" are when you laugh, but in a quiet way and for a short time. It is NOT laughing loudly and making lots of noise.
My friends from England refer to "RP" as "Really Posh."
Because whoever speaks it tends to be really posh- types of customers u serve who expect you to love your job lol
The British class thing is so strange to me. There are a lot of English people where I live and it surprises me how some of them try to translate this into American life. It just doesn’t work. Many families, including mine, have a combined history of both upward and downward mobility, lol.
Na that was funny ! 😀😂👌
RP is neutral, not posh. Over and above RP, there are upper class accents and those of the nobility and royalty. Although they are rare these days, you will hear them in certain cicles.
@@Hertog_von_Berkshire Yes ,Jacob Rees Mogg sounds RP(really posh).
This lady really lowers my blood pressure for some reason.
Martin Quitugua she's very soothing to listen too...
I am in love with how pleasant and soothing I find her demeanor.
This is the weirdest compliment I've seen so far
Unintentional ASMR
Ya...her voice and teaching is magical...she has a soothing voice...love her and love her pedagogy:-)
Native U.S. English speaker, and Deaf. I lived for the past several years in NW England. Got a handle on the local accent through lip patterns but had less/messier exposure to other accents. Such clear explanations here, even if you can't hear her! I just happened upon this video whilst going down the UA-cam rabbit hole and stayed. I love this lady! And she MAKES REAL CAPTIONS, not the autocraptions.
It honestly never occurred to me that a deaf person would have difficulty with different accents. Thanks for sharing.
What an intelligent woman she is. Idk if many of you notice but almost all UA-camrs cut and chop their way through their video postings as they can’t maintain their thoughts/message that they’re trying to get across for more that about 20 seconds. This woman gave a superb lesson all in one single take. Afterward she remembered to remind her viewers to subscribe if they liked the content of the lesson, etc. This all may seem minuscule/trivial but I promise you most UA-camrs either simply forget to remind their viewers of this at the end of their videos or they’re just too lazy and therefore have a prerecorded, “canned” reminder message that they insert into the end of each of their videos. I’m just impressed at the quality of her lessons. I truly doubt you will see this, Gill, but if you do- please know that you’ve got a loyal subscriber! And also, please keep making content that we can all learn from and enjoy! Thanks a ton!
She actually pauses and there is an edited break about 4/5ths of the way through. So in two takes, still very good and extremely clear.
As a Russian person, obsessed with languages and accents, I found this mini lecture vastly informative and interesting. Being in self-isolation, I took it upon myself to learn the most popular of the accents in English speaking countries, such as the UK, Ireland etc. This quickly proved to be quite a laborious task, but this video was extremely helpful, as it's pretty difficult to find a good lesson on this topic. Thank you.
Yes, lots of thanks from Russia!
You are so eloquent; you use so much sophisticated language! Huge commendations for your ability in English, it’s truly admirable.
From your well written comment nobody would know English wasn't your first language. I know bits of a few languages but other than English I only speak Hungarian to a reasonable level but my written Hungarian is poor. Learning accents and slang is so useful in day to day chats and conversations. Good luck with the English ones, there are a hell of a lot and some are hard to understand even for native speakers.
@@tealwashablemarker8886 this is how I find myself thinking after reading one too many victorian novels ahah
Right???!!!! I am born and bred in the States, and I will have to really practice this. I don't seem to sound quite like her when I try; however, to be fair, she is pronouncing other syllables and vowels in certain words different words, different than "we" say it. (Ea. doctor: DAWC-tah)
everyone: reading the comments regularly.
Me: reading the comments with British accent.
same
Same thing LOL
🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧
Guilty 🤣🤣🤣
ahahahahlolololol
Miss, in all honestly, you are the only accent teacher on youtube that have really brought some form of program that makes sense when teaching accents. The other videos probably talk about how they learn the accent, talk about a few little vocal points, compare it to American and a few other points but they don’t go through it as thoroughly as you do. Bravo!! Keep it up Miss!!
Nice comment. Totally agree.
That moment when you find yourself watching a video on how to do a British accent when you already have a British accent...
Same cumbrian here
LOL. So funny!
Me too, Nottingham here!
Ha ha that’s funny!
County Durham here, just luv it :O)
Shes got that British accent that I would understand 100% of, contrary to some thicker ones
I really like that she signifies clarity as being most important when communicating. Very informative
I think Cokney is the hardest to understand.
Have fun if you ever go to Glasgow, I'm British but oh god they talk with a very strong accent
As a transcriber, I can tell you that clarity is important.
Alas, when you meet Joe Bloggs in the street, you might not get this level of clarity...
What an adorable lady! How I wish she had been my English teacher back in school.
Alex Gabriel.....I feel the same
we all wish
Me too!
Agreed!
And me! I like how she's demonstrating with the UK's accents. I'm very observant with accents.
I have been speaking English for my entire life...Feels like she's teaching me again...I love it XD
Why am I as an English person sat in bed watching this at 2 am.
haha, I am watching now at 3a.m
@@jono8728 he's a genuine English as he was sat while watching this video
Because she is brilliant!
Bruh actually same here, as a Cornish person as well this video was still interesting but it is actually 11:00 and i don’t care
Blutwolf It annoys me a great deal too, but it is common usage in England. (German living in UK here)
I appreciate this lesson very much. I have a degree in English but no teacher ever taught me about the different British accents. I find it very useful. Thank you.
That's true and it's a huge surprise for all foreigners!😂😂😂😂
I’m from the north west of England (Lancashire) and this lovely African lady thought I was American.
When you're British but still decided to watch this video
I'm English and I watched it! 😁
I watched even though I'm British 👍
As a colombian guy I also enjoy watching videos that talks about the accents and dialects from my country.
I'm Scottish and I watched it.
I'm Aussie and I have watched Aussie vids...😎
Probably the best British English language teacher right now.👍👍👍. She is gentle, sweet and her teaching skill is so adorable. Her lessons are comprehensive as well as informative. Lots of love from Nepal 🙏🙏🙏
3 a.m. "Learn British Accents and Dialects"
*youreadmymind*
2.55 am - you just reminded me to go to bed
2.50 am and I have no idea why I am here
5:30am in the States...
3:35 am. Same.
2:18 am :o
I wouldn't mind to take a day-long class with her... she's just so sweet and clear!
I'd be too relaxed for a whole day listening to her. Then again, she's just so lovely that I'd probably just sit there smiling at her.
Same!!
This woman is a real English lady🤗 ... she's wonderful in every way ...
I'm sorry I didn't have an English teacher like her ...
Dear Gill, just wonderful how you explain the different accents of english language for me as a German.
I have been visiting Scotland for some years now and i really love this part of UK.
But every time i spent my holidays there i thought, oh my god. I have never learned English before in my life. The reason is that i just know the R.P. accent.
Your accent is the most clear I've ever heard
Yes, definitely some northern aspects, an educated northerner, neutral accent of the speech lessons student.
I wish every native speaker has accent like that :(
Mine would be terrible...lol!
She’s the Bob Ross of language teachers.
Yeah, indeed! She's so calming and friendly :D!
Barb Ross
The truest thing I’ve read all day
Betsy Ross
Of course! 😆
this lady is precious and must be protected
Mahardika Pitaloka yes, I agree.
Must be protected lollll
Very interesting. I came here by chance but I enjoyed it very much. I have north-east American accents and now hear more British at work. I have no much problems because they speak the standard London accents. When I visited Scotland and Wales, I had a hard time to understand them.
The Midlands/Northern accents retain a lot of the sounds of scandinavian. It's very clear to my ears as a danish speaker.
A lot of our towns and villages still retain their 'viking' names too. They had a huge presence in the North of the UK so that's probably why :)
I worked with a good friend from Norway, and his English accent seemed indistinguishable from a Northern England one, at least to my ears. So there is no doubt something in what you say @trefod
Newcastle/Geordie accent is most similar I think. It still has the 'hiccup' sounds like in Danish words.
Have you heard Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer’s accent? Would explain a lot! Lol
Interesting!
This lady is so sweet and very clever. If I had a teacher like Gill, my English would be much better by now. But its never too late.
Thank you very much Mrs Gill and may God bless you.
BTW, there are very nice comments here , I was so glad to read all of them.
keep up the good work.
When UA-cam recommends an actually good video
Eduardo Yamamoto and recommending 3 years after release
I’ve never seen or heard a better explanation of British accents. Exceptional teaching in every way. 🦋
Im french and i learn english, its the first time i can understand someone speaking english (start and end) . Thank you for this video.
Te ssy your English is really good👍
та же тема, чувак, я тоже
Te ssy bon travail !
I'm Russian and I understand you
I´m portuguese and i understand you
I'm french and I can understand perfectly all words she says... perfect
Me too !
Same :)
I'm Russian, from Vladivostok.
Elle est strictement géniale.
And im south east asian
Me too. I'm from Panama
How utterly charming this lady’s lesson was. I enjoyed watching and listening thoroughly!
She reminds of several teachers I was lucky enough to have.
An excellent guide to some of Britain's many varied accents. It is also worth mentioning a recent addition to the UK's dialect collection - Multicultural London English or MLE. This is mostly spoken by younger people in the big cities and is a mixture of Cockney, Jamaican Patois, Arabic, Bengali and numerous other linguistic influences. It is a melting pot of sounds firmly rooted in music and youth culture.
Full of great content, unlike 85% of UA-cam. Clarity - Pace - Volume: if only we paid more attention to this simple concept! Thanks for this video.
The most adorable grandma to ever live
Yep Dude
I'm a Native New Yorker, with a Nuyorican accent and i found this so fascinating. Ive never heard the difference in English accents explained, i loved how she explained the origins behind the different sounds.
Great Britain is an island with lots of different accents
I often struggle with the us accents especially southern but people from New York speak well
I remember my English teacher telling me the same thing! It doesn't matter how you pronounce it, what it matters is that you speak slowly, and loudly and don't be shy! She was from England!
And for absolute clarity, one must “articulate” the words and do not mumble whilst speaking.
I'm in England about 13 years and I'm really still struggling everyday to understand people because of different accent. I wish you were my first teacher it's really difficult to find such good teacher like you thank you so much for your videos 🤗🤗
Love this woman! Such clear explanations and such an earnest personality
6:56 - That's the sight of a person seriously getting mesmerized by the beauty of their own field - and with good reason.. :)
Yes 😃
Omg I hadn't noticed. This lady is so lovely :)
I'm an English teacher and I want to play this video to all of my students!!!!
She is lovely, interesting and engaging. So interesting learning all of the subtle ( and huge) differences in regional uk accents and dialects
This lady is the kind, confident British people I remembered. Today we have well you know what the UK is like now.
I'm Scottish, don't really know why I started watching this but you're so charming I just couldn't turn off. Och! I fell in the loch!
I'm several generations American with Scots-Irish English French ancestors. As I'm reading Reginald Hill novels especially the Sixsmith series I would just love to know how they sounded when they talked.
Here's Glasgow for you (Rab C Nesbitt UA-cam) ua-cam.com/video/zKwOJbIELH0/v-deo.html
Hi I'm from Peru. Can you help me practice English? ☺
Mariana Stewart I've been to peru and I taught English in Tacna
I am the only one who read his comment with a Scottish accent? :D
17:39 her laugh made my day, this lady is so polite and kind.
One of the most important things to remember for UK accents is that they don't just vary with location, they also vary with class. There are at least 4 accents (with associated dialects) in Glasgow depending on whether you are working class or if you are middle class there are a couple of accents (Glasgow uni accent, west end, newton mearns, Bearsden) and if you are even posher than that then there are more accents above that.
Another important point is that unlike in many parts of the USA and elsewhere in the anglophone world, people change accents and dialect depending on the situation and the group of people around them. It can be pretty interesting to hear a friend from work on the phone home to their family and hear their accent and dialect totally change.
Pretty interesting. In Canada, except for some in the Maritimes, I don't feel like we have any accents. :)
People do adopt accents in the US as well. I moved a lot as a child and have a very generic sort of American accent but as an adult I have been living in the southeast US for 20 years. I have indeed picked up a bit of drawl, though it's nowhere near as pronounced as if I were born in the rural areas. Similarly I know people who were born and raised here and it is undetectable in their speech patterns.
I should say also that my family on my mother's side is from the British West Indies and I adopt a different speech style at family gatherings as well!
Wow, I think its similar to Indonesia which have so many races and also their own languange. The dialect and their accent could change drastically when the people stay long-time or moved to different area.
@@berngirl5624 there's no such thing as no accent. Even if every Canadian spoke the same, they'd still have a Canadian accent.
@Bernadette Part of my husband’s family settled in Canada in the 1970s (Ontario and later BC). There are accents. It’s hard to define, but I know it when I hear it.
Absolutely love Gill, she truly is a treasure. I could listen and learn from her every day, and it would be a total pleasure!
Amazing, engaging and interesting teaching, Gill is the best on UA-cam.
Everyone: I've got mail
Cockney: I've got mayo
I've got maił
I laughed at this more than I should have 💀
Isn't it more like "I've go mayo" without the t?
Everyone: You've mail
Cockney: You've got mayo
'got mayw
I clicked here because this lady looked like she had such a sweet voice, and indeed she does.
The lady is the most British person I've found on youtube apart from the Queen herself.
The most English person rather.
Hahahahahah that is very true, you made my day with this!
I agree. She is a very polite and her pronunciation is excelent!
This lady is very kind and a great professor. She explains everything in a very clear way. She's doing her job very well. Bravo for her !
A truly remarkable teacher. I could listen to her all day long! She has an amazing ability to clarify ALL aspects of what she is teaching, with a lovely demeanour.
She's a rare example of teaching at it's best.
She looks like Granny from Tweety 😄. So cute....... This is a very helpful video indeed. I speak english with american accent, because I learnt english from movies and songs 😂
Same but since i became fluent in English when i was 14 thx to all these American songs lmao..(now I'm 18 ) I really want to have one accent cause a lot of Americans understand me even when I speak fast 🌚 but sometimes i shock them with different accents according to my mood xD. .
she's a real good teacher she's so engaging without even trying her voice is also so soothing and she's very sweet I could watch her lessons all day ps I subscribed
Me too. I'm so glad to have found her.
Jeffrey Huertas - Well, perhaps she should make a video about punctuation... (joke)
She doesn't even have to try, she just is a lovely British lady and a good teacher.
She included the Canadian accent in her recommendation for being clear I’m crying in Canadian...
She meant *in comparison* to the British accents other than R.P. :-)
I have stopped this vid at precisely 12 seconds in just to tell you that I love this lady !!!!!!!
Teaching was created for you ..! the sweetest and most articulate teacher I have ever come across ... anything you teach I would enjoy learning and watching you spreading delight ..
I agree 100 percent! I just love her!
her smile is so precious. 💕
the way she explains is very clear and easy to understand.
As a teacher of English, let me tell you it's been a pleasure to hear you speak! Thank you for this interesting information.
Hello! I'm American, and I just wanted to say I love your accent. It's so soothing.
I have just found out this awesome lady and I am in love. I absolutely adore her accent and the peace she communicates. I teach English in Italy and from now on she will be my special lighthouse. Thank you 💡❤️
What a dear lady. This made my day... youtube algorithm, nice one
A true British lady…Her pronunciation is such a great delight to my ears! I’m in love with UK🇬🇧
Back in the 1968 I and some of my university classmates were members of the Nixon advance team for his visit in San Antonio, Texas, we received this position by being much like three year old's in not knowing what we should be able to do and surprised the establishment. Anyway we went to the bar in the Menger Hotel bar and sat at a table with three English men
. One turned out to be Allister Cook, who was the Senior correspondent for the BBC, his camera man and the sound man. Allister of course had the RP accent, the camera man, cockney and the sound man had what I perceived as middle class which was Midland/Norther accent, The conversation that we were engaged with was so fascinating that when we were asked to come up and meet Nixon, we blew that meeting off. One more thing I am a 5th generation Texan both of my parents spoke German before English, My father being Alsace and my mother Hock Deutch so I was raised with two of many accents and dialects of my heritage. Really enjoyed your blog
I have the weirdest accent, I lived in the south US for 10 years then moved to Wales. I'm 14 now and still have had that southern accent and a strong welsh accent. It sounds super weird.
this is sounds so awesome LOL *PLEASE* could you send me a private video or sound file with a sample of your accent! I would love to hear it. Emily
+superbabeuk How do I do that?
+Clare Sanger You could record a video on your smartphone and upload it to your youtube account. There is an option to make it 'private' so that not everyone can view it and you could just send me the link to it. Alternatively you could do a sound recording and email the file to me? (I could give you my email address)
+superbabeuk Ok I'll email it. What is your email?
+Clare Sanger ew27192(a)gmail.com
I love it when she rolled her eyes whenever she does the Cockney
Frankly, I am a person who loves to learn and use British accent, and I love this channel. I've just started to take an interest in this subject and I loved having this kind of content on this channel. I'm not normally someone who likes long videos, but this video really caught my attention and I watched it all. Fantastic. Thank you so much
how can anyone turn dislike on this?? she's so nice and sweet
This lady speaks so clear and I with my strange skills in listening can understand every word. Thank you a lot!
Clear.. LY
Indeed yes!
The tv show Outlander has really helped me understand the Scottish accent more in depth
Trueeee
So true! Same for me 😄
Sassenach!
Same, tho. I mean, aye!
Watching it is where I acquired kind of an obssession with it, sounds curious and good to me. It also helps me a lot to understand Shakespeare's plays, though that kind of old english is still hard to get in some expressions for me, a non native english speaker.
Aye
Gill is such a nice and great English teacher I ever watched or met. She speak really clear and genuine English which can be well received and understood fully!
This lady speaks so clearly, I got everything she said
I've lived in South England for two years and I've experienced by myself what this ma'am is talking about . I came from Italy and, before moving to England (specifically, to Aylesbury, a small town in the heart of Buckinghamshire), I took several private lessons by a dear friend of mine, an old lady from Liverpool who has been living in my country for years. Totally different accent. Then, I moved to Oxford, beautiful city, culturally stimulating and open-minded (an important aspect if you're a foreigner, especially after Brexit...), and the english spoken by local people is very clear.
So relaxed and cool. Not like the recent young guys teaching stuff. You're much better
Very much so agree. It’s so much easier to learn when being taught be someone who is highly intelligent yet very down to earth and polite.. also her great sense of humor doesn’t hurt! Lol.
I cant stand those obnoxious guys talking 1000 miles a minute, trying to be oh so cool. This lady is a charmer.
I don’t know how many times I have watched this video over and over again through out the years , just to make sure I still remember the lesson. I studied in Wales almost 30 years ago and I spoke in RP which I realised sounded a bit peculiar among the Welsh, then the Welsh language itself, totally a different language altogether. Really enjoy this class. Hope Ms. Jill is healthy and well. It has been 6 years since I first watched this video .
RP would definitely sound slightly peculiar in Wales although in fairness Welsh accents often sound quite strange in England.
With this lady talking, laying on my bed in a coronavirus situation is a luxe.
Same here 😂
It's funny how we come across these videos by accident....I was checking the difference between Esto and Eso in Spanish...then the eyes notice something to the right and that gets clicked as well. Clicking right... known as the 'R' factor if I'm not stealing that phrase from somewhere.....
Lol so relatable
😂😂😂😂😂
Totally true
Someone needs to send this video to Hollywood and American TV producers
I should think they've seen it by now.
It’s more fun to over exaggerate lol
I totally agree!
She is sweet, I love the way she pronounced word by word, a beautiful delivery.
I wish I had this woman as my teacher of English when I was young...
Gill you the best, you make.my anxiety go away
well I'm mexican and I've been studying English with Oxford's books haha I tought that my accent was very awful (cause my native language is Spanish ) but now I realize that only I have a mixture of all these accents 😅😆
With respect - I don't think it is possible for Spanish accented English to sound awful!! Always love hearing it.
Am from Ukraine. Sometimes when I think on English, in my mind, I listened my voice like Birmingham liver. Thanks for Peake blinders and Tomas Shelby
Sergey Iva love that show
This lovely lady has one of those natural personalities and demeanor that just make someone so pleasant to listen to...and before you know it, you've watched 24 minutes of a video you landed on by mistake and loved all of it.