English is my first language but always had a fascination to learn various accents & this was incredibly helpful! You’re a great teacher. Thanks so much.
I'm from Thailand. Thank you for your kindness a VDO free it's make me improve English skill, if some day I'm better financial I'll pay you back, thanks a lot.
when i was growing up, i lived not far from the UK sector in West Germany back in the mid 80s. I heard more of British accent and picked it up really fast, I was 3 at the time. After moving back to US, I kind of lost it... guess more like its mingled with the American accent. Now, I'm trying to get it back, the way I speak is mostly British grammar mixed with bits and blobs of American grammar. I always prefer British grammar over American grammar. Countless times, I have been corrected in American grammar, but I just blow a raspberry and go about my way xD. Love your videos, mate by the way. They're really good to watch.
Thank you have beautiful British accent. I’m beginner in English. I speak Swedish because I live in Sweden, and Spanish because I’m originally from Chile. Now I learn English my third language
As a Chinese living in England, what I found it challenging for me to have a better accent in speaking English is that it is not too hard to imitate native accent pronouncing individual words. However, when it comes to a whole sentence, the intonation, rhythm, stress, I can tell my Chinese accent is really strong. Chinese we speak every single word equally strong whereas in English, there is weak form and connect speech, I really get struggled
This is a really good observation and it comes down to Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese being syllable-timed languages whereas English is stress-timed so the rhythms of speech are different. On my course we do a lot of work on understanding how to stress certain words in a sentence and then deciding how the intonation should sound when we speak. Tell me, how do you practise your stress & intonation?
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish no,,,i don't,,and i think it must be said with some of the British accents in order to sound right,,if i said it ,,it would just sound silly i think 😉😆
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish I'm from the US Mid Atlantic states. I say and hear innit regularly. I've also learned from today's lesson that my individual accent seems to be a mash up of the US and different regions of the UK. I love that!
@@brianrodriguez6897 Actually, I think it's just me. I have British friends of 20 years who I speak to often. Between us all, we have a mash up of British and American English in our vocabularies. It's fine with me. I love learning new words.
I’m particularly interested in the glottal T restrained in some British English accents. I have noticed such omission of the tea in some words like what you have said ‘water’ as ‘war +ar’, but I could not spot what made the difference until you said it. Thx. Very interesting.
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish At the top of my head just the American William F. Buckley Jr. Don't know how accurate this is but I asked an AI about it and this is what it came up with: British: Hugh Grant, Dame Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Oyelowo, Tom Hiddleston, Keira Knightley, and Andrew Garfield American/ Canadian: John F. Kennedy, Michael J. Fox, Tina Fey, Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, and Ryan Gosling
Hi👋🏻 firstly, thanks for such useful educational videos❤ I'm sounding to both American and British accent speakers🙋🏻♀️ using english as the second language, what do you think which accent I should choose to speak ? Which one is preferable and sounds cooler?
4:06 coffee: you misrepresent my American English. "office", "cough",and "coffee" start with the same vowel as "awe", not "ah". "wash" is different and uses "ah". I grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and lived my adult life in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City, so I consider my speech pretty standard. 11:42 ballet: you misrepresent my American English. You're Americanish says "ballet" the way I say "belay", starting with a schwa. But I pronounce the "a" in "ballet". It's not a schwa, even though the accent is on the second syllable.
You said that American english is rhotic, I am midwestern and I definately speak with rhotic R. My question is why is west coast, midwestern, and northeastern american english rhotic but southern isn't?
New York and Boston are also classically non-rhotic. It has to do with who immigrated there originally, and also travel and trade between the UK and US. The UK did not go non-rhotic until the 19th century, basically. Only some eastern parts of the US that had a lot of contact with the UK picked it up.
Educate me on David Bowie's accent. I know he was born in Brixton yet grew up in Bromley, Kent. Listening to him casually talk in is later periods, trying to figure out if it's Modern Kent, contemporary posh or standard southern? I'm very curious to hear your opinion. Thank you!
How do British people feel about Americans learning to speak with a British accent? Please, be honest. (I'm asking because I'm moving to London this year and eventually I'd prefer to blend in a little more.)
As a non native English speaker, I don’t think we should strive to speak with a British, American or another accent. We should be proud of our accents but of course, we should strive to pronounce words correctly, speak with correct grammar etc so that everyone can understand us. Don’t be ashamed of your non-British accent. Embrace it!! By the way, I didn’t watch your video, just sharing my thoughts after seeing the title of the video.
I love your videos, however, comparing American English to British English is impossible. Just as the UK has various dialects of English, so does the USA (times 100+). Boston, New York City, the deep South, Texan, the Mid-West, Southern Californian, New Orleans... those are just a couple examples. So basically, you're mistaken on your comparisons of British to American. I'm from the Mid-West half my words I pronounce "your English way" and some "your version of American" and some you're not even close... But keep up the great work I love your videos.
“You should speak like you” yeah no. I was taught all the flowery stuff in college, but in reality talking professionally is a required for most careers requiring a bachelors degree or higher. That does not just mean the appropriate vocabulary and avoiding vulgar language. Employers will use your voice to judge your background and social status. One must code switch to a proper business form of English in order to secure a career.
... you don't need a British accent (besides, there's no such a thing ... ) ... you'd better sound American ... I mean General Standard American, since it's the most widely spoken ... don't waste your time ... !!! ... Greetings from Miami, Florida, USA ... 💙🤍❤
English is my first language but always had a fascination to learn various accents & this was incredibly helpful! You’re a great teacher. Thanks so much.
I'm from Thailand. Thank you for your kindness a VDO free it's make me improve English skill, if some day I'm better financial I'll pay you back, thanks a lot.
You are. Clarity on communication is the first priority.
Absolutely! It has to be the priority and then from there we can focus on other things
when i was growing up, i lived not far from the UK sector in West Germany back in the mid 80s. I heard more of British accent and picked it up really fast, I was 3 at the time. After moving back to US, I kind of lost it... guess more like its mingled with the American accent. Now, I'm trying to get it back, the way I speak is mostly British grammar mixed with bits and blobs of American grammar. I always prefer British grammar over American grammar. Countless times, I have been corrected in American grammar, but I just blow a raspberry and go about my way xD. Love your videos, mate by the way. They're really good to watch.
I'm moving to England (London) for Cultural and Heritage Reasons (and study tbh) and your videos have been so helpful. Thank you!
I'm sharing this lesson with my students from a linguistic high school in calabria, south italy. Good job!
Hi tescher Tom you are a good teacher. Thanks s lot for sharing us everything you know.
You are very welcome Francisco
I do luv' your videos!! It helps me a lot to get that British accent I am aiming for. Cheers and hugs from Asunción, Paraguay. ❤❤
Thanks teacher Tom!
Thank you have beautiful British accent.
I’m beginner in English.
I speak Swedish because I live in Sweden, and Spanish because I’m originally from Chile.
Now I learn English my third language
Excellent lesson, teacher Tom, really superb and awsome!
As a Chinese living in England, what I found it challenging for me to have a better accent in speaking English is that it is not too hard to imitate native accent pronouncing individual words. However, when it comes to a whole sentence, the intonation, rhythm, stress, I can tell my Chinese accent is really strong. Chinese we speak every single word equally strong whereas in English, there is weak form and connect speech, I really get struggled
This is a really good observation and it comes down to Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese being syllable-timed languages whereas English is stress-timed so the rhythms of speech are different. On my course we do a lot of work on understanding how to stress certain words in a sentence and then deciding how the intonation should sound when we speak. Tell me, how do you practise your stress & intonation?
Amazing video, really interesting, thanks. I love hearing British accent, especially RP or modern RP, it's the kind of accent I am trying to have.
You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it
As a non native English speaker,,one of the most British words that i've noticed must be " innit" .
Yes! That is one of THE classic modern British English words. Do you ever use it?
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish no,,,i don't,,and i think it must be said with some of the British accents in order to sound right,,if i said it ,,it would just sound silly i think 😉😆
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish I'm from the US Mid Atlantic states. I say and hear innit regularly. I've also learned from today's lesson that my individual accent seems to be a mash up of the US and different regions of the UK. I love that!
@@ultraredd yeah you east coasters be talking some weird stuff
@@brianrodriguez6897 Actually, I think it's just me. I have British friends of 20 years who I speak to often. Between us all, we have a mash up of British and American English in our vocabularies. It's fine with me. I love learning new words.
I’m particularly interested in the glottal T restrained in some British English accents. I have noticed such omission of the tea in some words like what you have said ‘water’ as ‘war +ar’, but I could not spot what made the difference until you said it. Thx. Very interesting.
Have you thought about doing a video on the Transatlantic accent? I think it'd be interesting to hear your take.
That's interesting! Can you think of any famous examples of people with a transatlantic accent? I feel like Emma Watson is getting there...
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish At the top of my head just the American William F. Buckley Jr.
Don't know how accurate this is but I asked an AI about it and this is what it came up with:
British: Hugh Grant, Dame Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Oyelowo, Tom Hiddleston, Keira Knightley, and Andrew Garfield
American/ Canadian: John F. Kennedy, Michael J. Fox, Tina Fey, Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, and Ryan Gosling
Hi👋🏻 firstly, thanks for such useful educational videos❤
I'm sounding to both American and British accent speakers🙋🏻♀️ using english as the second language, what do you think which accent I should choose to speak ? Which one is preferable and sounds cooler?
The aw sound in office, want, cough etc. is pronounded variously in the US, not identical to Britich but no a long ahh as you describe.
3:42 I would say that southerners replace, because language of northerners is closer to Middle and Old English.
Excellent
Americans don't say "bu-lay" (ballet) with a schwa, the first syllable rhymes with "cat."
I love ur accent and i wish i could speak like u . Can u please make shadowing videos
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Thanks 😊 ❤
Love British English here it's an amazing accent from people who were born here in England 🏴 ❤
4:06 coffee: you misrepresent my American English. "office", "cough",and "coffee" start with the same vowel as "awe", not "ah". "wash" is different and uses "ah". I grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and lived my adult life in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City, so I consider my speech pretty standard.
11:42 ballet: you misrepresent my American English. You're Americanish says "ballet" the way I say "belay", starting with a schwa. But I pronounce the "a" in "ballet". It's not a schwa, even though the accent is on the second syllable.
Any tips to speak with an American accent faster ?
You said that American english is rhotic, I am midwestern and I definately speak with rhotic R. My question is why is west coast, midwestern, and northeastern american english rhotic but southern isn't?
Ohh that's good question. I'm certainly not an expert on American English and I'd also love to know. Maybe someone in the comments can help us out!
New York and Boston are also classically non-rhotic. It has to do with who immigrated there originally, and also travel and trade between the UK and US. The UK did not go non-rhotic until the 19th century, basically. Only some eastern parts of the US that had a lot of contact with the UK picked it up.
Educate me on David Bowie's accent. I know he was born in Brixton yet grew up in Bromley, Kent. Listening to him casually talk in is later periods, trying to figure out if it's Modern Kent, contemporary posh or standard southern? I'm very curious to hear your opinion. Thank you!
I suppose... when people Say they want to learn British accent they talk about accent that uses actors on Netflix series. 😂😂😂
IT'S CHUESDAY INNIT
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I am in the Uk so can you teach me english one on one
For me ʌ, æ, and ɑː sound the same.
How do British people feel about Americans learning to speak with a British accent? Please, be honest.
(I'm asking because I'm moving to London this year and eventually I'd prefer to blend in a little more.)
0:43 🤣🤣🤣
my brain not braining my ebglish not englishing and my british not britishing
Does it sound strange/stupid to a native speaker when you combine different pronunciation techniques?
I want to 🙃speak like Tom Hiddleston
Do you really need 5 different flavors of 'a'?
As a non native English speaker, I don’t think we should strive to speak with a British, American or another accent. We should be proud of our accents but of course, we should strive to pronounce words correctly, speak with correct grammar etc so that everyone can understand us. Don’t be ashamed of your non-British accent. Embrace it!! By the way, I didn’t watch your video, just sharing my thoughts after seeing the title of the video.
I love your videos, however, comparing American English to British English is impossible. Just as the UK has various dialects of English, so does the USA (times 100+). Boston, New York City, the deep South, Texan, the Mid-West, Southern Californian, New Orleans... those are just a couple examples. So basically, you're mistaken on your comparisons of British to American. I'm from the Mid-West half my words I pronounce "your English way" and some "your version of American" and some you're not even close... But keep up the great work I love your videos.
“You should speak like you” yeah no. I was taught all the flowery stuff in college, but in reality talking professionally is a required for most careers requiring a bachelors degree or higher. That does not just mean the appropriate vocabulary and avoiding vulgar language. Employers will use your voice to judge your background and social status. One must code switch to a proper business form of English in order to secure a career.
Like: Mi wife en mi. Right.
... you don't need a British accent (besides, there's no such a thing ... ) ... you'd better sound American ... I mean General Standard American, since it's the most widely spoken ... don't waste your time ... !!! ... Greetings from Miami, Florida, USA ... 💙🤍❤
Say your t's but not your r's.
Haha a 7 word summary
I think the *funny" british is definitely the northern one
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