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@SteveGouldinSpain

2 жыл бұрын

Dang, sorry I missed the party. Belated happy birthday!

@giovanniilacad2098

2 жыл бұрын

Happy happy birthday Allana! Wish you to be more happy and safe.

@KenFullman

10 ай бұрын

I was quite surprised to see Maggie Smith being classed as "RP" She definitely has a Scottish twang. But when I look up her bio I notice that her mother was from Glasgow and her father was from Newcastle. No wonder she has a bit of a twang. My family were all cockneys but I was born and raised in Essex. Yet my natural accent (until I married) was always cockney. It's changed quite a bit since and is now more Essex than cockney, but my cockney roots still show to any Essex inhabitant.

@Industrialist2015ofUk

6 ай бұрын

SOooorry! i missed it. I luv Toronto when i've been there, and i like how the Canadians say "Aboott" 🤭 But i like ya vids and you😊which is compliment coming from me, and you really deep dive into info 👍i learn as well. Did you know re. accents...the southern states accents derive from an extinct common english accent, that was faded out and replaced by upper-class southern english way of speaking, in the 19th century...which is why we sound like posh f#*ks now!!

Bless you for saying "there's no such thing as a 'British' accent"!!! Finally someone from the North American continent figured it out! :D

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@stevenfair2288

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps Here one try the Leicester accent.

@HARRi81_UK

2 жыл бұрын

Here here

@jonadabtheunsightly

2 жыл бұрын

The "British Accent" is the one Dick Van Dyke does in Mary Poppins. HTH.HAND.

@patrickcarey8064

Жыл бұрын

There are loads of British accents, so how do they not exist?

Keep your Canadian accent, it makes you stand out, and a good topic for conversation. Here in America people hear my Lincolnshire accent and ask where I am from. I have had some funny comments, asking if I am Irish or Scottish, or even Welsh. At least they get the right area of Europe lol.

I'm from Northern Ireland and I had to listen a bit to the last one to decide it was Scottish and not from here! For an absolutely tiny place we have lot of different accents, Belfast sounds totally different to Ballymena, less than 30 miles between them!

@richardsinger01

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, I thought it was an Antrim accent - got that wrong! Should have gone with my gut instinct.

@conorsmith8551

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah parts of Antrim sound like a Scottish accent sometimes

Colin Murray the broadcaster is from Northern Ireland. A friend at high school was from the north-east. As soon as he got home his accent would change to a County Durham accent.

Joanna Page is most famous for being in Gavin & Stacey, a great show if you haven’t seen it. Yes it’s got James Corden in it (who co wrote and co created it) 😂 but it’s his best work

@allenwilliams1306

2 жыл бұрын

Not that that's saying much...

@RedDevil_Joe

2 жыл бұрын

@@allenwilliams1306 people literally just don’t give Gavin and Stacey a chance because of him 😂. I know there’s northerners who don’t give it a chance cause it has characters from Essex in it too, pathetic 😂

Well done Alanna. Sadly a number of former British regional accents have either completely disappeared or are close to extinction today. I was born in Shropshire and at the age of 11 moved to Dorset where I was told by schoolteachers that they could not understand my accent; the old "broad" Dorset accent (such as moin for mine and loin for line) has almost completely disappeared today. So it is with Norfolk and Suffolk accents and several others. There used to be a historic rural Essex accent that has been completely displaced by the modern "chav" dialect which has no history before about 1970.

@stracepipe

Жыл бұрын

It infuriates me that many people think that Estuary English is the Essex accent.

@mothmagic1

9 ай бұрын

It's all down to the increased social mobility of the present population. Back in the days when people were born, lived and died in the same county if not the same village the lack of social mobility helped to preserve the local dialects. I'm sad that we are losing the old dialects and accents are disappearing so fast.

I love your voice , like Billy Joel says " don't go changing "... waiting for a pub crawl...

I am a Georgie and there are hundreds of variations to my accent in less than 50 miles radius. Well done Great vid as always

@chrisytfc879

2 жыл бұрын

You can say that about any region but to the rest of the country you all sound the same, sorry

@conorsmith8551

2 жыл бұрын

South Shields say their accent is different than north ha

@frankgibson1335

9 ай бұрын

@@conorsmith8551 There's a large river between them which for many, many years could only be crossed by a ferry so different dialects are entirely possible.

This sounds like one heck of a challenge. Good Luck Alanna. Heck, I had been married two years before I learned my wife is of Indian descent. I thought she was Welsh.

Congratulations, that was quite tricky, especially Mr Murphy from Scotland!!

It's not just regional accents, but cities and towns can have them too.

That last one... hints of Fife, Glasgow and Northern Ireland. I couldn't decide 😶

Well done Alanna 5/5 I only managed 4/5 I thought the last one was Irish and I am born and bred in England, great video thank you.

@kristena9285

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Norwegian and managed 4/5 - it was the last one for me too. I landed on N.Irish on that one..

@magecraft2

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I would have put money he was N Irish :)

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@scabthecat

2 жыл бұрын

4/5 too. The last one was a trick question. Guessing he's a Glasgow protestant called Murphy. Not exactly wearing a kilt, was he?

@grahamlive

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. You’re from England and didn’t recognise his Scottish accent? It was not your stereotypical Scottish accent I’ll grant you but even so, it wasn’t that hard to detect,surely. Have you never watched any Scottish TV shows?

Re Maggie Smith she was in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie a 1969 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay written by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from her own stage play, which was in turn based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Muriel Spark. The film stars Maggie Smith in the title role as an unrestrained teacher at a girls' school in Edinburgh. Celia Johnson, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, and Gordon Jackson are featured in supporting roles. Have not seen the film in a long while but I believe she spoke with a discernible Scottish accent in the film.

One tell for Welsh is "hyearing" for "hearing" at 5:54

How about a video where you attempt several of these accents and we have to guess what you're trying to do? Could be fun!

Many happy returns Alanna! Your Scotch accent was pretty darn on. For Scousers just say SUPERB... but drag the final vowel. Cockneys like me just say GEYSERS. or Cheeky Nandos. The Welsh will always be CARRDIV just roll the Rs or North Wales completely in another league... lovely folk don't understand a word mostly. Oh great vlog and well done for getting the two different Scottish brogues... Edinburgh...like and oiled door and Glaswegian like an argument that never quite starts. All of this IMHO! Got to love our language!... Homework: If I'm "mithering" someone where do I live???

Happy Birthday Alanna.May all that your wish for comes true.

They were quite mild accents (trust me, Cheryl can sound a lot more Geordie than that!) so you gave yourself quite a challenge.

If you come to south Wales the accents can change within 2 or 3 miles especially in the valleys. I don't know if many other countries have such localised accents. Some are so broad that they are indecipherable.

That Welsh accent is very specifically South Wales. Once you get your ear attuned it's not difficult to distinguish the local accents of Ceredigion, Caernarfon, Bangor or Anglesey -they're all quite distinct. These were actually pretty easy, so let's see you sort out Devon, Cornwall, Birmingham Bristol, Nottingham, Rochdale and Oldham!

Smith is from Ilford, Essex. Some people pick up and reproduce accents very quickly, as I do, but others take longer, probably because they do not listen as acutely to how other people around them say things, as well as what they are saying. For example, Welsh people tend to put the stress on the second syllable of multi-syllabic words, like “multi-syllabic”. In this example, English accents tend to emphasize the “a”; Welsh people emphasize the “ti”. Mind you, some English accents will change the sound of the “u” from “uh” to “oo” and put the stress there. Very confusing for foreigners.

Nadine Coyle (from Girls Aloud like Cheryl Cole) had a very strong Northern Irish accent if you are curious 👍

I definitely find that foreigners anywhere first use words local to where they are, before changing their accent.

Happy birthday, you did well with those accents Alanna, I've lived here all of my life and I was going between Scottish and Irish for the last one. I've noticed your accent has softened a bit over the years.

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Well done, I couldn't believe I got the last one wrong, I would have sworn that was Irish, and I am British!

I left Scotland at 24 to live & work in England over 40 years ago, and although my accent has definitely softened, I have never acquired an "English" accent, so I'd guess you will retain your North American accent, it will just carry on getting a little softer as time goes on. Speaking of which, Happy Birthday to you!

British born here and you did better than me. Apparently RP, Irish and Scottish sound very similar to my ear. Well done on getting 100%. Thanks for another fun video. Love from Alice xx

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Dame Maggie Smith was born in Ilford a large town in East London.

Yes, more accent videos, please! *screeching with excitement* - In all seriousness, tough, I really enjoy the accents content, it's probably my favourite thing on the channel

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Happy 33rd birthday Alanna, i hope your livestream isn't a "turtle disaster"(Geordie),im sure it will be fun ✌️❤️🇬🇧

Alanna - what a hustler 😂 I think having ‘Welsh’ or ‘Scottish’ is a bit simplistic.

Wow, how did you get them all? I got the last one wrong - I thought he was Irish 🤔 Good fun this was, I would suggest trying a few more from other parts of the UK (including the Black Country 😂 We have several different accents within a few miles of each other. If you want to hear a really good example search for Maureen Tipton!

@hairyairey

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the spoiler!

@ThePrinceofParthia

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people got that wrong, he's a very Irish-sounding Scot! I would love the broader accents as well, different parts of the North and West would be good (especially outside the cities).

Happy Birthday young lady! I got the last one wrong (thought N.I) Would really like to hear you TRY speaking some British accents please!

Happy Birthday Alanna.... Always Cute and Funny... :-)) xxx Will join you after I have had dinner.... With wine of course... :-))) xxx

happy birthday alanna!!

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

Great Scottish actor Robert Carlyle whose wife is Canadian and he lives in Vancouver most of the time.

Happy Birthday Alanna. 🍷🎁🎈🎉😉

Happy birthday, get on the Old Rosie.

Many happy returns Alanna.

You will always sound Canadian ! But I watched your video revue and your accent has changed markedly over time !

Don’t worry about speaking with a ‘British’ accent. I still speak like Cheryl, and I’ve lived in Scotland for nearly 40 years.

About the length of your Birthday party live feed , well that depends entirely on what type of alcohol you are imbibing ? Happy Birthday .

You deceived us all!!! You know more than you think!

@Elwaves2925

2 жыл бұрын

The gut is wise.

Bring us more accent videos! Thanks.

Maybe for the next round of this 'guess the accent', go for more detail? There is Scottish and Scottish and Scottish (and Welsh and Welsh and...and you get my drift). We may be a small nation, but we have our differences.

Happy birthday Alanna have a fantastic day

Another fun video congrats on five from five and happy birthday 🎂🎁🍺

Wahay Alanna, you're an expert! Shamefully, I got the last one wrong - I thought that it was N Ireland. By the way, there's a whole load of Scottish accents. Also different Welsh accents.... Have a great weekend Alanna, sun's out, daffodils are smiling, *it's spring!* Enjoy!

Great video and Happy Birthday!

Another great video to kick off the Friday vibes 🤘

Happy Birthday. Great video.

There's a new series of Derry Girls starting soon. You should watch it for the educational value (northern Irish) plus the first two series were very funny.

Oh wow, what an entertaining video, I'm going over to twitch, that looks so fun!! 👍

Wishing you a very happy birthday,have a great time,I’ve just found you on Twitch😊

Nice video as always. Keep it up.

Well done! Happy Birthday!

Your accent sounds like a Midwest / Great Lakes speech pattern to me. Which is pretty much exactly what I'd expect from the average Ontario resident. (The remote northern parts of Ontario are a different story, but statistically the odds of any random Ontario resident being from up there, are pretty much a rounding error. There are probably more people in the Toronto area who speak Swahili natively, than the entire population of northern Ontario.)

Happy Birthday 🎂. I got them all but I have been here like 3 times as long as you and extensively traveled the UK for many years. Hope your Birthday weekend goes well! Enjoy the Sunshine 🌞😁

I got the last one wrong I thought Irish so you did better than me haha 🤣

That was a really funny video! I’m glad I spent yesterday watching your subathon, it’s been a lot of fun so far! You’re doing a great job with it!

@fourthdrawerdown6297

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Aaron 👋

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaron!

Can't argue with 100% Alanna, very impressive. In some regions there are even more localised variations and I've been caught out a few times in both Scotland and N.Ireland especially - it's quite embarrassing when you're running a training course in the region and you have to admit you can't fully understand the question you're being asked!

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Malcolm!

Well done with the accents and happy birthday.

Thanks for the video, hope you have a great birthday and you got some great gifts

You aced it! The last one was the hardest. More accent vids :)

I loved this! Would love to do more accent quizzes!

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

A very friendly and helpful "Happy Birthday" to you AdNappy :D Love the 2 videos per week and amazing performance guessing the accents ^^ yay

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Super fun video!! I guessed 3/5.

Great video as always Alanna. 🙂

As a Canadian, I grew up in the 1960s and around our house we were big fans of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands. Plus the CBC showed lots of British TV shows and movies and when we got cable the PBS station had a good deal of British content, as well. And I've been watching Corrie for decades. So I can pick out a lot of different accents--I just don't always know the name for those accents. Also, I tend to be like a sponge and start parroting the accents of the people I'm around--so in England, I almost immediately would start speaking with a British accent. Frankly I think the RP accent is a bit lazy these days--and doesn't sound that posh to my ear. Sara Jane, the 4th Doctor's assistant, had the most high class accent I've heard--better than the Queen's.

Very entertaining, clearly you are becoming an expert in accents. There's so many more out there so worth going again. I had heard the term recieved pronunciation thrown around before but did not know what it was, now I do. Woohoo party

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃

Love these videos. I’d say Maggie Smith isn’t QUITE RP…

Leave more Happy birthday at work so can't drink.

Yes, more accent videos would be good. Just please don't try to mimic any more, it wasn't just you who was embarrassed by your attempt at Geordie! 🤣

Happy Birthday Alanna you actually did quite well on those questions your accent has changed quite a lot and there are some things that you do say with a British accent..... you're becoming one of us lol.

@duncanspiers8855

2 жыл бұрын

Heaven forfend!

@alanhilton3611

2 жыл бұрын

Why the dismay buddy.

@duncanspiers8855

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanhilton3611 Well, you never want to lose your roots and become a stranger in your homeland.

@alanhilton3611

2 жыл бұрын

@@duncanspiers8855 the remark was in jest dude.

That was very entertaining, especially since it was celebrities some of whom I'd heard of. More please. Happy Birthday

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great vid! Congrats on the birthday and keep your accent. This is what I did and I moved to Scotland very young (primary school). You are sounding more Canadian by the day. 😎Nice😎 Man Canada does have different accents! 👀

That was great 😊 well done.

Yes, more please! 🙏

happy birthday Alanna

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALANNA!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Hope you had great time yesterday!

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

another super video. Thank you and congratulations on your highly developed "ear" for accents

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

If I didn't know your other videos I'd have thought you were faking not being confident in the accents, smashed it! And yeah, defo do a tougher one - Liverpool vs Manchester and ROI vs Northern Ireland would be very interesting! And happy birthday :)

Happy Birthday you honorary Brit, I hope you have a great day.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇦

I am an exiled Scotsman down south 38 years and have no intention of losing my accent.

Now you need to make a video doing impressions of them. 😂😂. You did good 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇨🇦.

My British Accent Is Called “ Brummie “ I Originally Come From Birmingham, England! Proud To Be A Brummie!

Maggie Smith is from London.

Hi, Alanna, that was very entertaining and you got them all right. That was better than me I got the last one wrong I thought it was Irish. More of those would be very entertaining. I really enjoyed that.

@AdventuresAndNaps

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

5 out of 5! Excellent work canadianado. Big love to all people:)

Happy Birthday Alanna 21 again! You were so cute when you got the right answer. It was fun, I'm Canadian I didn't do so well, lets do it again.

I love a Geordie accent.I find it so soothing.It’s my favourite English accent.

Happy birthday to you today 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🎊🎊🎊🎁 best wishes shaun

happy birthday Alana.

Almost forgot - HAPPY BIRTHDAY - hope you have a great day.

Hey Alanna, had to go out earlier so I missed this. You did really well and I'd love to see more of these. By the way, the name of 'Emilie' that you struggled with is simply pronounced 'Emily', it's just a different spelling. She's an Australian actress and I'm a big fan. Which makes me wonder if you could expand this to accents from around the world? That could be fun.

I've lived all of my (nearly) 39 years in the north of England and I still struggle sometimes. I'd be pretty bad at southern accents and while I can tell a broad Scottish accent from a broad Irish accent, if the person is more softly spoken I still get those confused sometimes. And Welsh has some very strange vowel sounds, like pronouncing "heard" like "heared" or pronouncing "toothbrush" like "tuthbrush". And I literally have a degree in this stuff so I really have no excuse 😅

Glad you got the geordie accent right and Cheryl Cole lived up the street from my wife 👍🏻