As a british guy living in Germany, omg, you realize how hard British English is. You also smile, for you just have to learn so much by ear. The last one, btw, was Welch, so everyone failed 😂

@Lee-kf9tq

17 күн бұрын

Welsh. Not welch.

I agree that it’s silly that everyone doesn’t just use the names given to places by the people who actually live there, but it isn’t particularly an English thing. It happens with all languages. The French will call London ‘Londres’, the Germans will call Prague “Prag’ instead of Praha and the Spanish will call Moskva ‘Moscu’, and I think pretty much everyone seems to call the island of Kerkyra ‘Corfu’, despite if being completely different from the Greek. The same with names, everyone seems to have a different derivative of a name like Stephen, for instance - Stefan, Stephanos, Esteban, Stefano, depending on what country you’re from. With reference to other European monarchs, the English tend to pronounce the modern monarchs with the correct names. King Carl, would be pronounced as King Carl, for instance, or King Felipe with the correct intonation, but if they’re going back much further and talking about Carlos II of Spain, they would probably call him King Charles II, as they’re talking about a time, in the Seventeenth Century, that was far less ‘international’, and the common man in the street wouldn’t have had a clue who or what Carlos even meant, so he has become Charles in the history books. It’s very different, now, when the majority of the population travel and have a basic level of education that allows them to familiarise themselves with other versions of names that they know. I assume that is changing all over the world. I agree that it would be great if all nations could pronounce place names in the language of those who live there, though, across the world.

Thank you laaaaa

Love it, an Irishman in Seattle . Thank you for making and posting the video.

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Greetings from Brighton. 🏖

This was pretty fun! Thanks again for the imaginary prize haha If you wanna really mess someone up with a different place name: Kirkcudbright in south-west Scotland is one absolutely no one will get.

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for taking part! And for reminding me of Map Men!

@esper5323

2 ай бұрын

Garioch is another one xD

You only need to take the Piccadlly line or Northern line for Leicester Square and than you'll hear the pronounciation.

I suggest that you ask people in your next test about Aberystwyth and Cirencester. Best regards

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

Those are a great addition for part 2! 🙌

8:16 - Mate, that just sounded so NSFW... 😅😁😁😁

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

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I pronounced the English ones by skipping all the vowels.

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

😆😆😆 this is a great tip for all English learners

Thanks.

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching 🙌

The river Thames is a good example that the English pronounciation doesn't make any sense. Normally you prounounce Th like in The but here you don't do it. German is easier since we speak as we write.

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

I actually learnt that it became /temz/ after King George (German) struggled with the 'th' sound. So the pronunciation /temz/ stuck.

@azounx

2 ай бұрын

@@EasyEnglishVideos “The river's name has always been pronounced with a simple t /t/; the Middle English spelling was typically Temese and the Brittonic form Tamesis.” Wikipedia

@hannofranz7973

2 ай бұрын

i just what to let you know that it's spelled pronunciation even though the verb is pronounce.

I cannot believe: I knew everything!!!!! 💪😂

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

I have never heard of Omagh before but somehow I got it right 😅

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

I only know it for the infamous bombing in the 90's

I am not German but I can pronunce them easily because I am an English nerd! 😊

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

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So I didn't know how to pronounce beaulieu. But you should have been really mean and had them try to pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!

@EasyEnglishVideos

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha... I was tempted. I only know of Beaulieu for the car museum, but the spelling still doesn't make sense when it comes to the pronunciation. Butchered is definitely the right way to describe it.

@stateofflux7453

2 ай бұрын

There is an expensive suburb of Chelmsford called "Beaulieu Park" with this exact same butchered pronunciation, and I never understood why the word isn’t spoken correctly in the French way.

I missed Beaulieu because I pronounced it in French and the Welsh one because ... you know. The English skipping all the vowels.

Ynysybwl is not pronounced with an "ah" at all!! The first letter is pronounced "uh". Try "uh-niss-uh-bool"

Plymouth should be known since it's famous for immigration to the USA. Embarrassing.

@NStagg

2 ай бұрын

Pipe down not everyones world revolves around the US lol

@dorsteinn8214

2 ай бұрын

Also ich finde ab heute sollte man es Play-Maus aussprechen. ;)

@geemo4284

2 ай бұрын

Why would Germans know anything about English immigration to the USA? It’s nothing to do with them at all.

Stumbled over this video. It is a bit weird to see the title all the time that English speakers are the absolute worst to say any word or name correctly....in any other language. They even rewrite / rename almost everything there are on the map....why...??? If you for some mysterious reason write a name correct (on f.example a city or country or whatever) you will for sure still butcher the name. Even names on people can you not live without having changed ...just to fit with English sounding names. Some examples: - King Carl of Sweden are renamed by the English to become King Charles.... ?????? What is difficult with saying Carl...??? ....and what is difficult with saying the correct name of Sweden ...which is Sverige...??? - What is difficult with saying the correct name of Italia ....instead of your Italy...??? ...and their capital Roma which you call Rome. - Warszawa / Warsaw, Wien / Vienna, Beograd / Belgrad, Moskva / Moscow, den Haag / The Hague, Lisboa / Lisbon .....the list goes on and on. Others must not just learn your language ...but they also must learn the names of all places on the map ....it's rather annoying.... What if all non-English speakers started to rename everything in UK ...or elsewhere in the English speaking world... ...I'm sure there will come some noises out from you.....