Do YOU Speak BRITISH or AMERICAN English? | Easy English 157

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  • @EasyEnglishVideos
    @EasyEnglishVideos Жыл бұрын

    Like if you prefer British English

  • @zakariyashakir4091

    @zakariyashakir4091

    Жыл бұрын

    🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @marketazelenkova969

    @marketazelenkova969

    Жыл бұрын

    It's mixed for me, so just comment

  • @thieyiwaon6316

    @thieyiwaon6316

    Жыл бұрын

    I am fascinated with British English as well, considering it is the real deal 😂

  • @juergenhartmann4864

    @juergenhartmann4864

    Жыл бұрын

    I do prefer British English but listening to this episode I realized once more what a mix (or as we Germans say: Misch-Masch) I am speaking and writing! I guess that is because some of my teachers at school prefered American and some British English (and I had about a dozen English teachers!), and nowadays at work, I am exchanging mails with my colleagues in London - and one is Irish and the other one American. Never mind, I envy you all for your "lingua franca" and keep up the excellent work with your podcast (both of you!).

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    @@juergenhartmann4864 Thanks Juergen! We hope you enjoy our podcast too! To be honest, I also find myself using American terms or pronunciation because of the influence of Nickelodeon in my childhood. 😆

  • @adamjohnson5285
    @adamjohnson5285 Жыл бұрын

    We actually spell it aluminum, so we're not actually ignoring any letters with our pronunciation.

  • @DoodiePunk

    @DoodiePunk

    11 ай бұрын

    That's the mote conservative form of the word that Americans retained.

  • @resourceress7
    @resourceress711 ай бұрын

    Let's all take a moment to realize (or realise) that there are many different native dialects of English in the world, and they are all correctly used by their local communities.

  • @user-ti9ef7fv1v
    @user-ti9ef7fv1v Жыл бұрын

    British English is cool !!! 😊👍

  • @anjawright4609
    @anjawright4609 Жыл бұрын

    As a native German speaker with a master's degree in English and translation, I am familiar with both versions i.e. British English and American English having lived in both countries. I personally prefer British English and sometimes use British expressions here in the States where I currently reside and will get weird looks 🙂. But I usually just use the word that is used in the particular country switching from trunk to boot or from chips to crisps etc.

  • @dng2000

    @dng2000

    11 ай бұрын

    Very interesting! I'm a student learning standard German but when I learned the word "Fleischhauer", that has naturally become my preferred word to describe a "butcher" than the word Metzger because it's naturally easier for me to say it as a native speaker of American English. 😊

  • @klimtkahlo

    @klimtkahlo

    7 ай бұрын

    I do the same! Full stop sounds so much better than period! But I think Americans secretly hate me for it! They would tolerate me were I a native English speaker but being non-native speaker I get the “French treatment”. 😊

  • @deltonconti
    @deltonconti11 ай бұрын

    I’ve learned American English. I find it easier to pronounce. It sounds better.

  • @esmith712
    @esmith712 Жыл бұрын

    Tricky and fun! Mitch said Justin was stubborn, but only Justin gave any words to Mitch 😂

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah! I actually didn’t realise that I’m the stubborn one 😆🫠

  • @esmith712

    @esmith712

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EasyEnglishVideos surely to be some word you don't like to give away 😂

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    @@esmith712 Maybe in part 2?... 😉😆

  • @esmith712

    @esmith712

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EasyEnglishVideos Yes! Many parts - so many funny words lol

  • @MM-jm6do
    @MM-jm6doАй бұрын

    Crossroads sounds quaint to me, like with rural dirt roads.

  • @Mvtthias
    @Mvtthias Жыл бұрын

    ‏‪1:31‬‏ LOL my stomach hurts me from laughing, Jello 😂😂 o my gosh lol

  • @SeminalK
    @SeminalK2 ай бұрын

    Justin is so likeable👋😌🙌

  • @estebanlabulle649
    @estebanlabulle6498 ай бұрын

    yard and garden actually are very similar and came from the same word in different ways into english. yard, garden, jardin etc...

  • @marketazelenkova969
    @marketazelenkova969 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Justin, Mitch and you made my day 😂👍. Looking forward to the second part 🎉

  • @marclozachmeur3629
    @marclozachmeur3629 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mitch. I hope you are doing well! I definitely prefer"British English" even though "American English" feels like more casual. I really like "Aubergine". You are right, "British English" is more sophisticated!

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff Жыл бұрын

    Thanks.

  • @alagunoff
    @alagunoff Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @thieyiwaon6316
    @thieyiwaon6316 Жыл бұрын

    It makes me bloody buzzing that you finally have a video comparing BrE and AmE.

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy that you're buzzing about this video 😁

  • @raullopezcifuentes1911
    @raullopezcifuentes1911 Жыл бұрын

    Fine!!!!

  • @biggsleezy
    @biggsleezy6 ай бұрын

    11:20 "Nappy" is colloquial for "Napkin", isn't it?

  • @klimtkahlo
    @klimtkahlo7 ай бұрын

    All your videos make me smile! So much fun! 😊

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks! You’re very kind to say that 🙌

  • @bandelier100
    @bandelier100 Жыл бұрын

    I've never called them sneakers, rather tennis shoes. Yep, no matter the sport. Math or Arithmetic. Great job Justin.

  • @klimtkahlo
    @klimtkahlo7 ай бұрын

    Fall walk! 😂😂😂 so pessimistic! Never thought about it that way!

  • @dinahassanijirdehi-pv5sz
    @dinahassanijirdehi-pv5sz3 күн бұрын

    Love you ❤❤❤

  • @user-vq2pr1xv8v
    @user-vq2pr1xv8v28 күн бұрын

    Parking lot sounds like an allotment lol ;) whereas Carpark is where you park the car. Nice and logical and short.

  • @lukewood7016
    @lukewood701611 ай бұрын

    or if you from the south you would say 'chesterdrawers'

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Justin.

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌

  • @resourceress7
    @resourceress711 ай бұрын

    I'm fascinated by the floating graffiti under the Union Jack...

  • @klimtkahlo
    @klimtkahlo7 ай бұрын

    Justin was awesome and I will give him trunk and diaper! Nappy sounds like having a nap and sleeping in the middle of the day! Boot is only for what you wear on your feet! 😄

  • @knowledgehunter_
    @knowledgehunter_6 ай бұрын

    I think English subtitle was wrong for Aluminium (authentic one) British: Aluminium American: Aluminum (spelling is also different, not only just pronunciation) --> i is missing after alumin

  • @WillGrimm623
    @WillGrimm62310 ай бұрын

    Funny thing is because of the really strong dialect of where I live, we call those shoes “gym shoes” bc when they first because a thing, people would only wear them to the gym (or gym class)

  • @hannofranz7973
    @hannofranz79732 ай бұрын

    Being more familiar with British English, i notice somehow how many American words have slipped into my daily usage.

  • @edethanblass7469
    @edethanblass74696 ай бұрын

    I believe both are right.

  • @EasyPortugueseVideos
    @EasyPortugueseVideos Жыл бұрын

    Hiya! Hi hi! Justin meets Mitch! All our love in the comments. How does trunk make you think of elephant nose? 😂 We are dying fo the part 2. Se ya 💛💚

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    Awww thanks guys 😊 Hopefully we can collab together soon too 🇬🇧❤️🇧🇷

  • @EasyPortugueseVideos

    @EasyPortugueseVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EasyEnglishVideos 🤍♥💛💚

  • @ControlledCha0s
    @ControlledCha0s Жыл бұрын

    12:20 - The subtitles: *_two_*_ maths for me_ 😁 You know, I'm rather torn between the two, Mitch, old mate. Learning English at school it was American English I was exposed to the most, except for two teachers who spoke an excellent British English. And then you have all the books I read and the computer games I played, where there would also be a pretty well-balanced mix of both varieties. Nowadays, I tend to use the British accent more and more often, even though here in Mexico it's of course the American one that's got the upper hand. Both British and American English can be either casual and relaxed, or elegant and sophisticated, it depends on the speakers involved and the context, but I admit I do prefer them both when they're the latter, _much_ more awesome. 😎 Definitely looking forward to that second part of American vs British English! Justin's also very cool, I think it would be great if he started his own American English episodes for Easy English. 👍 Big hug to both of you!

  • @EasyPortugueseVideos

    @EasyPortugueseVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    Hiya! Nice to see your comments here as well.

  • @ControlledCha0s

    @ControlledCha0s

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EasyPortugueseVideos Obrigado! Nice to see you around here, too! 😎👍

  • @EasyPortugueseVideos

    @EasyPortugueseVideos

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ControlledCha0s 🤗

  • @ninecatsmagee8384
    @ninecatsmagee838410 ай бұрын

    On the continent a lot of people who've learned English as a second language speak it with an irish accent, attesting to the huge number of Irish tutors who moved there. I'm not sure what version of these particular words they used. Al-u-min-i-um is a misspelling in America, which is why it's not used. There the word is spelled "aluminum." The one that kills me in the UK is the English who pronounce "a" as "or." For instance -- a woman named Magda becomes "Magdor." Agenda becomes "agendor." What law of English pronunciation is at work here? It would seem that the so-called posh people made this up. Justin was brilliant. I was with him all the way and just wondered how come Mitch didn't give over even ONE word?

  • @user-vq2pr1xv8v
    @user-vq2pr1xv8v28 күн бұрын

    Are you trying to improve your English, lol, I so thought you were talking directly to the Justin guy right there ;) hahahaha

  • @teresah.4126
    @teresah.4126 Жыл бұрын

    I might have a theory about the nil-nil part. I had a semester of gaelic and in gaelic you make sentence positive or negative. There is no yes and no, so you have to do it that way. Ta me... - I am Nil me... - I am not So maybe that's where it comes from 😊

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    Ah! Thanks for your input Teresa, that sounds like a convincing explanation 🙌

  • @treslinguaesacrae

    @treslinguaesacrae

    Жыл бұрын

    I think it comes from Latin nil meaning literally "nothing".

  • @gabrielbade1669
    @gabrielbade1669 Жыл бұрын

    VERY USEFUL AND FUN-TANK YOU - WHAT ABOUT ”SPANGLISH”? I AM FROM A LATIN EAST- EUROPEAN COUNTRY-ROMANIA?!

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    Spanglish is a great idea for a topic 🙌

  • @user-vq2pr1xv8v
    @user-vq2pr1xv8v28 күн бұрын

    Just car boot. Put it in the boot. Trunk sounds like elephant. Mind you, boot doesn't make sense either - so actually a bit divided on this one.

  • @serrademers6047
    @serrademers6047 Жыл бұрын

    We call it a parkade in Canadian English.

  • @resourceress7

    @resourceress7

    11 ай бұрын

    That's adorable. Is it the name of the multi-level parking structure, or the one that is only at ground level?

  • @gabrielabissinger6263
    @gabrielabissinger6263 Жыл бұрын

    I just loved it!!! I want part 2, 3, 4, 186749.... And I realised that I speak more American than British english. Nappy?!? Sounds like napkin!! Please, no!!!

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @cha.felino
    @cha.felino Жыл бұрын

    Howdy Justin ❤ Cheers Mitch

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    🤠🙌

  • @user-vq2pr1xv8v
    @user-vq2pr1xv8v28 күн бұрын

    Candy STORE, no?

  • @zakariyashakir4091
    @zakariyashakir4091 Жыл бұрын

    Football pitch not field

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    Just wait for part 2 🤣😂🤣😅

  • @zakariyashakir4091

    @zakariyashakir4091

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EasyEnglishVideos just don’t say movies mate😂😂😂😂 it kills me the moment I see a Brit saying an American word 😂😂😂😂

  • @estebanlabulle649
    @estebanlabulle6498 ай бұрын

    the brit likes fancy french words over celtic until the americans use french over celtic (crossroad/intersection)

  • @DoodiePunk
    @DoodiePunk11 ай бұрын

    Wouldn't it have been more fun to choose American over British English, as the more common form across the world, entertainment, education, politics, and so on? British English has way too many variations than all of North America has!

  • @Greenforrest7342
    @Greenforrest7342 Жыл бұрын

    It is strange that American English has retained its older form of English.

  • @sunray1803
    @sunray18039 ай бұрын

    😂❤❤

  • @leandromartinez5163
    @leandromartinez5163 Жыл бұрын

    American accent sound more easy,i try to hear more of the british accent watching a british show called Peep Show ,but was too hard understrand what Súper Hands is tryng to say,great video, saludos.

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    I bloody love Peep Show! Such a great programme to learn Brit English with! Funnily enough, I think Superhands lives in Brighton 😁

  • @gabrielalopez2972
    @gabrielalopez2972 Жыл бұрын

    I prefer British English sounds much better and sophisticated. American English is a bit aggressive like Mitch mentioned from the army 😂

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌

  • @WisdomRose
    @WisdomRose11 ай бұрын

    British: Aubergine American: Eggplant Me as a Malaysian: Brinjal ! 😆

  • @lindenbeck
    @lindenbeck Жыл бұрын

    For me gasstation doesn't make sense.

  • @JohnathenSweeney
    @JohnathenSweeney Жыл бұрын

    Justin is kinda cute 👀👀

  • @miguelalonsogranja-to4bx
    @miguelalonsogranja-to4bx Жыл бұрын

    I prefer British myself: Bullocks, bugger. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣😂😂

  • @tony.ponkeo
    @tony.ponkeo Жыл бұрын

    American here. I prefer British English🇬🇧

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    OMG 😯

  • @jaskatpon1
    @jaskatpon110 ай бұрын

    I prefer Indian English! 😀

  • @steffen6987
    @steffen6987 Жыл бұрын

    I prefer English from the country it's from obviously. Not some weird dialect of it. Every language says aubergine, and only aluminium is correct, because all other metals that end in um in the English language is the same, magnesium, titanium, uranium etc. Saying "aluminum" sounds just as dumb to me as saying "uranum" and "titanum".

  • @klimtkahlo

    @klimtkahlo

    7 ай бұрын

    Love this argument! 🎤 no come back possible after this! 😊

  • @graveyardkeeper777

    @graveyardkeeper777

    5 ай бұрын

    Chemist Humphry Davy first referred to it as "Alumium", but ultimately settled on "Aluminum. The Brits added the extra "i" so that it sounded like the other elements (ending in "ium") and more like classical Latin. In many regards, American English is the original or older form of English because Americans seperated from England and retained words that fell out of use in England. Just like the term "soccer". The British hate the term and especially because they don't understand how it came to be, but it comes from the British term "aSSOCiation Football", and it got shortened to "assoc" when being written about in the newspapers. With the influence of Oxford "er" slang, it became "Assoccer" and lastly became "Soccer".

  • @steffen6987

    @steffen6987

    5 ай бұрын

    @@graveyardkeeper777 Right, so what do you call titanium? Titanum?

  • @graveyardkeeper777

    @graveyardkeeper777

    5 ай бұрын

    @@steffen6987 No, we don't call "titanium" "titanum". The point of my comment was to show how and why Americans use the term "Aluminum"; it was the original term and Americans just never stopped using it.

  • @steffen6987

    @steffen6987

    5 ай бұрын

    @@graveyardkeeper777 I understood the point of your argument. But as it was wrong, I ignored it.

  • @suevialania
    @suevialania Жыл бұрын

    I prefer euro English! Not British, American, Australian, South African, Israeli English! Even less, the African, Ásian, Amerindian, Indian or aboriginal english!😊

  • @zakariyashakir4091
    @zakariyashakir4091 Жыл бұрын

    British English is always the best no doubt🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    Жыл бұрын

    Whoop whoop! 🙌

  • @justmusikbr7395

    @justmusikbr7395

    Жыл бұрын

    British English words ok but american accent is better 😁

  • @zakariyashakir4091

    @zakariyashakir4091

    Жыл бұрын

    @@justmusikbr7395 you can say it is true for yourself, for me British accent is the best and American accent is Rubbish

  • @justmusikbr7395

    @justmusikbr7395

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zakariyashakir4091 👍

  • @baccamau80

    @baccamau80

    2 ай бұрын

    @@zakariyashakir4091 for me US accent is the most popular accent in English ,so obviously is the best ,better than british accent

  • @teddysaginaw9101
    @teddysaginaw91015 ай бұрын

    The English dude sounds kind of conceited ngl.

  • @EasyEnglishVideos

    @EasyEnglishVideos

    5 ай бұрын

    💅🏻

  • @manipathak244
    @manipathak244 Жыл бұрын

    yea of course British

  • @manipathak244
    @manipathak244 Жыл бұрын

    British is only one original language ❤