I've never thought about how we in the UK and Ireland put river before the given name, and Americans after. Whats odd is that reversing it and saying the "River Mississippi" sounds just as odd as the "Thames River".

@ludamillion

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Boston, MA and we actually use either version to refer to our river The Charles.

@Patrick_Bard

2 жыл бұрын

Both of them doesn't sound odd to me

@jcagra2012

2 жыл бұрын

Its a left over from the Romans.

@MichaelVentura0

2 жыл бұрын

also, americans often invert the name for lakes

@user-xd4sk4pk7h

2 жыл бұрын

Whoahh how have I only just noticed that

When I first arrived in London, got on a bus and asked a driver for a ticket to 'Totten-ham" he looked at me very puzzled. It took 3 attempts for him to finally understand where I needed to get to 😄 🤣

@jakobgrant277

2 жыл бұрын

Probably looked puzzled because you don't buy tickets on the bus

@karolinat4157

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakobgrant277 you did 20 years ago

@rylantranter3449

2 жыл бұрын

@@karolinat4157 dont listen to him you still do everywhere else in England

@l.apastore4208

2 жыл бұрын

@@rylantranter3449 listen to him because the conversation was confined to London only mate

@bibtebo

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, are you sure it wasn't because you were actually trying to get to Tottenham Court Road and not the area Tottenham?

not me saying at loud "easy beau champ" in my French accent😭 I was so proud to finally having one good answer

As a Spanish, English pronuntiation is quite difficult because the rules are often broken. We must study how it sounds although it has no sense for us 🤷🏻‍♀️

@ajs41

Жыл бұрын

And it changes from place to place. Words like "bath" are pronounced differently in the north and south.

@MidnightMelodie

Жыл бұрын

Blame the French, French pronunciation makes no sense and when they conquered England they brought their beautiful, but loony language with them. 😆

@juandiegovalverde1982

Жыл бұрын

@@MidnightMelodie blame the scribes and scholars.

@kanatsizkanatli

Жыл бұрын

We on the other hand have to get to grips with the subjunctive so I think it's only fair :)

It is so enriching learning the correct English pronunciation. Though I've studied English for a long time, I am always fascinated by the pronunciations. Whatever it is, London is my favorite city that I never get tired of.

@lindenbeck

2 жыл бұрын

I‘ve been there more than 20 times and getting not enough.

@kiradotee

2 жыл бұрын

@@lindenbeck I live there and getting not enough 😂

@ryanbluee

2 жыл бұрын

@@lindenbeck I've lived in London since the day of my birth and even I can't get enough of the central sights. Its an amazing and vibrant city. Very expensive however haha

@lindenbeck

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanbluee If I had the money, I would buy a flat and 6 month live there. Especially I love Heathrow and Piccodilly Circis

@ryanbluee

2 жыл бұрын

@@lindenbeck Hahaha Piccadily circus is amazing. Even I can’t get enough of it. Hopefully one day you’ll have the opportunity to rent a flat here!

Another excellent video and another proof (for me) that learning proper English pronunciation is impossible for non-natives.

@MrSchmekker

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is, trust me :D

@MrSchmekker

2 жыл бұрын

And it’s not ,,proper” as such it’s British accent

@stanjavorsky7151

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 you kidding don’t you, you made me laugh a lot, good joke mate 👍👍

@TimVolkovPhD

2 жыл бұрын

It IS possible, given appropriate time and effort.

@MrMartibobs

2 жыл бұрын

If it's any help, I come from 100 miles away in Birmingham, and I get some of these wrong, even though I've often been to London. I say Mari-lebone, which I now know is wrong, and 'Hol-borne'. Also wrong! But if you're in London, you're as likely to talk to a foreigner as to a Londoner, so It's not really that big a problem!

I remember the first few months I moved here in London. I learned to pronounce the names by following the station announcement. 😅

@Acadia26

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Very true. Especially Southwark. Didn't even recognise it when I first heard it - I thought they'd squeezed another station in between. 😄

Mary Le Bone gets me all the time XD - I have never pronounced it that way but it is sooo hilarious when I hear people do. I personally think one of the best ways to get the names right would be to take the Tube. I have noticed that people tend to pronounce names exactly the way the Operator or Automator does on the Tube.

@jcagra2012

2 жыл бұрын

I have heard pronounced as Marilebun...with emphasis on the mari part...I have a Spanish relative who would pronounce it in such a way that it sounded like marylinmunroe...

@zoewilkins2896

2 жыл бұрын

Except then you end up saying Errols Court….

@abdulahmed5027

2 жыл бұрын

Mmm

@Petrolosis

2 жыл бұрын

The Beauchamp one is horrid

@Nancy-cy8yr

2 жыл бұрын

It's always been marlibun (like the bun sound at the end of urban) in my head. Played monopoly with a non native friend and absolutely creased at hearing Mary le bone.

I have been in London twice for a day as a toutist of course, and I had no idea how big city it is. This video is really informative and I hope I will come again and see National museum. 😊

@MrKorton

2 жыл бұрын

Did you tout at Speaker´s Corner?

@user-ir1lu1ei4n

2 жыл бұрын

The city it’s self is small

@jackjude

2 жыл бұрын

@@arveyilleszender5809 it's a massive European city in terms of population and infrastructure, globally it is a very large city. The best comparison is from the city you live in (empiricial). Besides, the largest Chinese city is just over twice the size, that doesn't make London "very very small". A city like Milan doesn't become "very very small" in comparison to London, as the UK capital is over twice it's size in population.

@stevehendon4076

Жыл бұрын

Can you get me tickets for the cup final? 🤭

I'd love to see more of these videos. Extremely enlightening ❤

"famous for a not very good football team" - haha love it, only one team in North London worth talking about!

@mohsensaleh2533

2 жыл бұрын

Once a gooner , always a gooner

@MyProfileisAnonymoose

2 жыл бұрын

@Steve Harvey AND THE REDS GO MARCHING ON ON ON

@yourmum955

2 жыл бұрын

Yet here you are talking about Spurs

@alexg1778

2 жыл бұрын

COYG

@its_redemption4635

2 жыл бұрын

COYG!💪🏽🔥

My Mum, born in Marylebone Hospital, and my Nan, born in Warren Street, both omitted the "L" in "Marylebone" saying it more like "marry bun"

Living in London and noticed I made a fool out of myself by totally wrong pronunciation of names here. Thanks for this video. I feel motivated to improve.

One thing that I have learn in my travels through life is that different places often have unique localised ways to pronounce and sometimes to spell place names.

I lived in London for 30 years and knew all of them except "Beauchamp Place" which I had genuinely never heard of before. Guess I must have spent too much time saaaaarf of the river in Brixton!

So fascinated was I by this luxurious London tour that I downloaded this video without a second thought .Thanks Sir for letting me enjoy the tour vicariously.

Have been to London a few times and it's nice to see places which I visited to recall all the best memories again. Thank you for the amazing video!

As usual interesting , thanks a lot for this amazing voyage . It's so nice to visit a beautiful city , such as London , just on mobile screen from Algeria. Thanks again my respectful teacher .

Being brought up in NW6 and not far from Marylebone, we always called it Marrabn. As I got older and worked in offices I managed to stick a little 'l' in the middle and called it Marra-lbn. Never bone on the end. Entertaining video. Thanks.

I was good on all of these except Beauchamp, that one would have tripped me up for sure. Thanks for the great info.

@vicwilson552

2 жыл бұрын

Me too & I've lived here all my life ( more decades than I care to remember ).

@sukross8137

2 жыл бұрын

Same 😆

Brief yet capturing guide across The City of London! This is one very clever approach of making an educational video! Thank you, Gideon. I got only Thames, Aldgate, and Leicester. I suppose I need to spend more time learning everything about English :)

Thanks so much Gideon, our best tour guide to visit London, its wonderful spots and interesting history. Have a nice day👍😘❤️

The Ho-burn and Hole-burn split is pretty 50/50. Most wrongly pronounced is Westminister instead of Westminster or St pancreas instead of st pancras

@adamgrimsley2900

2 жыл бұрын

I say Hol-burne, always will

@michelle-vx7km

2 жыл бұрын

Same here I used to say Westminister

@guysabol8743

2 жыл бұрын

worstershire ..is worst, not worse-ter-shire but worster- shire egad

@hencole

2 жыл бұрын

Most people I know pronounce the L.

@ddehggial9932

Жыл бұрын

I still think the worst to guess is Southwark. I've heard the L in Holborn as well and have been pronouncing it that way all these years.

Goodge Street hit so many memories. My grandma lived in Colindale and we'd take the Northern Line to Goodge Street to visit my great aunt. She lived in Hanson Street so I learned a rather scouse pronunciation as they were from Liverpool and over 50 years in London didn't wipe out their accent.

@chch_chris

2 жыл бұрын

When I moved to Liverpool, I asked for directions somewhere and was told to go down what sounded like Kuch street. (This was in the early '90s, so no smartphones, and I hadn't yet bought an A-Z street map for Merseyside) I assumed Liverpool had been twinned with some German town or region I wasn't familiar with. But... it was Cook Street.

You are just incredible. You are a very good teacher of English language. You know, I had a degree in English a long time ago, and yesterday, as I was listening to your advice to speak English well, I felt like a fool. I realized that I am not able to speak English well with the accent. If you don't practice, you are bound to lose your skills; Anyway I enjoy watching your videos. They are very interesting. Thank you. Marie from France

Cool video! I loved it. I'd like to see you walking around other parts of London and England as well.

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes, I'd like to do that.

I do really deeply love your video lessons, thank you 👍

Reading the comments, it seems many of your viewers are native English speakers like me. Ever thought of doing a video for us, with some entertaining facts about the quirks of our own language? Love your videos anyway. Lucky foreigners, having you to help them through the oddities of English. Good on you. And boo! to Brexit.

My thumb goes instantaneously up every time I listen to this teacher. Simply the top.

Thank you for such a wonderful tour of the stunning city of London. I love it, I have to visit it again. 😎

I'd add Gloucester road to the list. I also love how you conveniently omitted all the mispronunciations of Leicester Square :) If you desire for luxury fashion shopping and have the money, you can go from Marylebone Station to another place with a tricky pronunciation: Bicester Village :)

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

You're right about Gloucester Road. Not sure how to pronounce Bicester...

@Bayerwaldler

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetThemTalkTV Can't go wrong with "Bisster" - would be my first guess, 😁

@SunnyMorningPancakes

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a fan of Towcester and Loughborough to confuse pronunciations.

@awilliams7796

2 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyMorningPancakes I’m a native speaker and I wouldn’t know how to say Towcester to be honest 😂

@SunnyMorningPancakes

2 жыл бұрын

@@awilliams7796 it's toaster. Which I find hilarious. And also only know because I've been told. My parents live in Frome, and that one causes enough problems 🙂

Thanks Gideon, I enjoyed it very much. A place I'd recommend to go to better understand London is "The museum of London" near the Barbican Centre.

London is my favourite city. I've been to most of those places. Thanks for the tips. I'm from Argentina and I travel once a year with students. London is my place in the world! I wish I lived there!

@ddehggial9932

Жыл бұрын

unaffordable housing, though.

There is a tube station in London: Earl's Court. When it's announced on the train, it sounds like Else Cot 😆

Thanks so much for a lovely trip around London. It's a pleasure to have a real geezer as a guide😉. I learned the right pronunciation of of a couple of places where I've never been before. You suggested some places which I'll check out the next time I visit London. My favourite place is definitely Little Venice. Just listen to Duffy and take the tube to Warwick Avenue and this beautiful place is right in front of you. I prefer to go there in the spring.

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I love Little Venice and the Duffy song...and Warwick is another difficult pronunciation.

@andrew_owens7680

2 жыл бұрын

It's pronounced Giza like the pyramids. I should know.

@Miss_Playb0y

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrew_owens7680 Its geezer...

@andrew_owens7680

2 жыл бұрын

@@Miss_Playb0y Get back to me when you are as old as the pyramids.

@Miss_Playb0y

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrew_owens7680 I’m literally British, I know how it’s said

Why have I just watched this despite living in London for 32 of my 43 years??!

@Quincycle

2 жыл бұрын

Cos it was published 9 days ago?

Hi! This video is very interesting! I would never have gotten these names correctly! Thank you for this useful explanations! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔝🔝🔝

The more videos that you do the better for mankind. 😆 Always entertaining. TY from Wm in Vancouver

Soho, the name, is very interesting to me. Here in NYC, SoHo means South of Houston. Loved the whole video!

This was really interesting. Language, mixed with a bit of tourism and culture. Quite good. Greenwhich gets me everytime. Fairly easy to pronounce correctly but quite counter-intuitive.

Always enjoy your videos Gideon -- this was a treat having a mini tour 🧡💛💚💙💜🤎

I am Italian and I worked in the NHS for 12 years . I remember when a nurse in Wembley taght me the word moreish...You make me miss London..

Nice video : I should have seen it before I went to London because when I was in the underground train, I thought the speaker were wrong.

I was doing pretty well with the pronunciation of place names, until I heard how you should pronounce Holborne and Beauchamp. You can’t really guess those. It was nice to know about the origin of West End, East End and The City. Those names always bothered me. I never knew why there was a neighborhood called the City of London inside of London, but the explanation made sense, thanks for that. Cheers!

@londonweekend

Жыл бұрын

Well now you can say Holborn...all you have to do now is learn how to SPELL it...lol. 'London' is made of many parts, in the middle you have TWO cities, The City of London (the original walled City) and The City of Westminster (both north bank of the Thames), outside of Central London its just called London (London postcode area) then you get the outer London Boroughs and the metropolis of Greater London sprawl (essentially the 020-8xxx-xxxx dialling code area). The boundary of The City is marked by a ring of thirteen Dragons facing outwards and guarding the way in from the N, E, and West....and even from the SOUTH bank side of Blackfriars and London bridges, there is a replica boundary Dragon with the old London Bridge at Lake Havasu City, Arizona! Westminster Cathedral is Londons 3rd Cathedral and most Londoners don't even know that it is made up of two cities, and that 'The City' actually IS a City!

Thanks Gideon, loved this one!

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

loved your comment

Great job Mr. Gideon. Also Gloucester Road (tube station) or Rotherhithe were complicated to pronunciate for me

Would love to see you explore the south sideof the river more. Plenty of strange and hard to pronounce areas/ street names round here

@curtgavin7845

2 жыл бұрын

Was gonna say, most of london is north of the river my ass

@warrenmason8553

2 жыл бұрын

@@curtgavin7845 He said that almost all of the *City of* London is north of the river, which is correct.

@ronmatthews1738

Жыл бұрын

I recommend Balham - Gateway to the South by Peter Sellers.

As an Arsenal fan, the "famous for a not very good football team" was music to my ears !! :D

@laoch5658

2 жыл бұрын

something you both have in common

@banananah

2 жыл бұрын

@@laoch5658 hahaha

This touristo-phonetic walk in London was nice and very instructive. Thank You.

Bloody good vid! Both interesting and informative

Thank you for such a lovely walk through London in these times of pandemic ... I would like to walk with you through Camden Town, Notting Hill or Covent Garden...😊 Please could you give us a tour of these amazing places?

There's a village in Hampshire called Beaulieu (pronounced /ˈbjuːli/). I used to think that nothing can beat it. Now Beauchamp Place /ˈbiːtʃəm/ makes me think "Why do the English do that to the French?"

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've been there and to the National motor museum. As you say very irregular - the name not the museum.

@ashleyng323

2 жыл бұрын

I would instinctively pronounce Beaulieu and Beauchamp the French way, just because they are French names.

@johannalange802

2 жыл бұрын

They do it to the Spanish as well. At least to Eleonore, infanta of Castile

@nanhinting7447

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashleyng323 thank you. Learned something new again. These are words that I always will find difficulty in reading if based on how English syllabus should be pronounce. Interesting !

@keighlancoe5933

2 жыл бұрын

Well, we were minding our business on our island when one day the French invaded us. From that point on, alot of their words entered our language; as revenge for their conquest we pronounce all of them horribly.

Back in 2014 I was looking for a fishing supplies store near Pall Mall, but when I asked some workmen on the street for directions, they just looked at me like I was speaking a freaking alien language. Eventually one of them said:" Oh, PAW MAW, it's nearby". Nice video, greetings from Venezia, Italy.

@candidaburrows4284

Жыл бұрын

Both words of Pall Mall (or just The Mall) rhyme with the 'all' sound in 'valley'. It's a short A. Very different to the mall in 'shopping mall' which rhymes with ball.

@Alessandro-wh4hm

Жыл бұрын

@@candidaburrows4284 Nice to know that, thank you😉

Brilliant video. Thanks so much.

Thanks Gideon, this was really nice.

Born and bred Londoner here. Never hear anyone pronounce Holborn the way it was here lol. Asked all my mates as well, not one pronounced it like that or heard anyone pronounce it like that. Interesting 😂

@hologram23

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, was reading through the comments to see if anyone else noticed that lol 😆, good one

@Danceofthesugarplumfairy

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly lol

@artfulcamelbooks

Жыл бұрын

That's interesting, because he pronounced it exactly as I have always heard it, going back to the 1960s. How do you pronounce it?

@candidaburrows4284

Жыл бұрын

B&B Londoner too. I say Hoe-b'n, how do you say it?

"don't confuse it with a neighbourhood in north london called tottenham, famous for a not very good football team" :D

@peytonbrannon7788

2 жыл бұрын

Made me sad

@syrus1233

2 жыл бұрын

But really good drill rappers

@k.a.n.e8636

2 жыл бұрын

@@syrus1233 drill is shit🤣when my album drops it’s showing the truth , hip hop belongs in public eye

@Chigz10

2 жыл бұрын

@@syrus1233 Imagine talking about music in Tottenham and mentioning drill rather than grime with Skepta, JME, Chip etc

@eduardocajias5626

2 жыл бұрын

In England I am a fan (since I was a kid) of Newcastle United and Ipswich Town FC... But, about football clubs in London... I would say I prefer Tottenham Hotspur (I don't know the reason I really dislike Chelsea). Well, but Hotspur is the most popular football club in London, isn't it? Anyway, salute to all football fans (and English language fans)... From São Paulo, Brazil.

Thanks Gideon, appreciated this!

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your comment

Thanks for including Marylebone! I visited London a few years ago and the pronunciation baffled me, and my dad is English.

On my first day in London, I remember pronouncing Chiswick as “Chis-wick” and I had never felt dumber lmao Also, I later moved to a neighborhood called Gloucester and asked the bus driver if the bus goes to “Glou-cester”. I think about this one everyday

@jakestolar8457

2 жыл бұрын

Ok I'll bite, how do you say Chiswick

@Thewoodyrg

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakestolar8457 chisick I think?

@kiananaghshin1127

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thewoodyrg Correct!

@Sam-mq9cj

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakestolar8457 Chissick or Chizzick

@KroseAskina

2 жыл бұрын

Gloucester was the first area that I had stayed, was a definite challenge to pronounce.

Generally excellent , but, as a born and bred Londoner I have to take exception with your pronunciation of "Goodge St" and the idea that Chinatown is IN Soho (it's not even inside the Blue Posts)! Finally Beauchamp Place - I, and every Cab driver I've asked since seeing your video, would pronounce this the French way with the P shared as an ending and a beginning. As for Marylebone - let the games commence ! 😎

@candidaburrows4284

Жыл бұрын

I'm also a born and bred Londoner and I say 'Goodge' and 'Beauchamp' exactly as described in this video. But then I say 'Grinidge' not 'Grenidge' (I'm from that area).

Really interesting. 👍 Thank you.

Gideon, you are amazing! Greets from Kraków laying down by the river Wisła.

Hilarious your running in front of Holborn,😅 I really appreciate knowing about London, I plan to see London, walk River Thames , I certainly will, I see many videos of the streets of this wonder of the city, only you to teach and warn about the pronunciations, you style is top 10🤠☕☕ thank you sooo much professor 👌

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

See you soon in London.

@isabelatence7035

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetThemTalkTV It will be 👍🌍

@anonymous-ty5su

2 жыл бұрын

.

Great video mate. You wouldn't make more pronunciation videos in future, would you by any chance? Cheers.

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

As you ask so politely, yes I will.

Very insightful thankyou

Thankyou very helpful if one day i can visit London.. the pronounciation of the last one was totally different to my guess..the rest i pronounced well to my surprise.

London English is fascinating it's so Germanic. It amazes me how even with the constant migration to the city over the centuries people still use the non phonetic pronunciation.

I remember Mycroft in the series Sherlock pronounced Marylebone differently though.

@satsumamoon

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people call it marlybone. Although considered to be incorrect, no one can be bothered to correct it. IMO The place name should be changed to Marlybone.

Thanks for the home city guide!

Agree with your Marylebone pronunciation! I get the train to Birmingham there a lot

The river Thames! I think that sounds more grand than our version, the Mississippi River. I very much like the way you approach sharing language and culture with international speakers.

@usmang5542

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the grand sounding River Thames versus the Mississippi River is like comparing a worm to a snake. Nice try Brits. 🤨

@jeffpesos420

2 жыл бұрын

@@usmang5542 yea Mississippi is definitely filthy as a worm

@harrypooper6874

2 жыл бұрын

What about, "Cook Strait" it sounds better than "Strait Cook"

@DawnPeacock

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrypooper6874 You have made me reconsider my casual comment from last month. Perhaps I didn't think it though enough when I said that putting the name at the end sounds more grand.

@harrypooper6874

2 жыл бұрын

@@DawnPeacock Well, it depends. What about "Mount Everest" Suddenly it sounds better than "Everest Mount". Maybe we're into a language mystery here.

If the English had written their landmark names as they say it, pronouncing all of that would be a lot easier for foreigners. Is there some kind of system one can learn to be aware of when to shorten the name or ignore some syllables without having heard the name before?

@iambucco

2 жыл бұрын

To put it quite simply... No there isn’t. It’s just a lot of learning over time

@user-xd4sk4pk7h

2 жыл бұрын

No English people get them wrong all the time - London names are especially weird

@valentinventures

Жыл бұрын

There is no system, welcome to the anarchy that is England. You think there should be order and logic, but there just isn’t. They say it’s a monarchy but it’s an anarchy. Just wait till you see how pedestrians and cyclists interact and you’ll understand.

Londoner here and cannot wrap my head around the way you pronounce Holborn or Marylebone!

The announcements on the buses always pronounce Marylebone as Marry-le-bone. I have always pronounced it like Gideon does, as does everyone else i've come across

😂 "not a very good football team" poor Spurs 😆 No mention of the best team in London? (West Ham, of course) Great video 👍

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

West Ham? That's a minority opinion.

@tothepointenglishwithben.

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetThemTalkTV 2nd team in London, then. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@saidhammar5006

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetThemTalkTV nevertheless they are very good this year 😂

@michielvdvlies3315

2 жыл бұрын

west ham?? oh Haller's former club before he went to a top team like Ajax

@tothepointenglishwithben.

2 жыл бұрын

@@michielvdvlies3315 😂 Yes... I think that was a good move for everyone involved.

In west London there's also Chiswick :D

@jackiedelvalle

2 жыл бұрын

Chizzik

Thank you very much for your guide! I really enjoy it. I've never been to London, but I hope I'll visit London someday soon, get on the Tube, then get off at Tottenham Court Road, and pronounce Tottenham just as you teach me.

@ddehggial9932

Жыл бұрын

better yet, take the Victoria Line to Tottenham Hale.

Very interesting and tricky to pronounce! ...Thanks a lot!

"Famous for a not so good football team". Love the honesty here. 😁

I know most of them, but it’s easy to forget the correct pronunciation of Southwark and Holborn. I don’t have trouble remembering how to say Beauchamp, but I admit it makes me cringe a little. As an American, it reminds me of the streets in New Orleans whose names look French but don’t sound French at all.

Back to London Gideon!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻thanks for the tourist tour🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

It is just a very useful lesson that includes some phonetic pecularities of outstanding London landmarks. Names of some of them are really hard to pronounce correctly sometimes.

Amazing journey. Thank you very much. Love London

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

London is really beautiful! Last time I was there was about 40 years ago. I think it changed quite a bit to the better at least in appearance. All the polish workers you had must have done a good job. 😀

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

yes, it's changed just a bit. Polish workers certainly played their part.

When in Soho, visit the Admiral Duncan Pub in the Old Compton Street.

Thanks for this interesting lesson. I promise to learn this pronunciation and visit London again :-) Bar Italia - " on 26 January 1926, John Logie Baird gave the first publikc demonstration of television at 22 Frith Street, the building where Bar Italia is located" and more :-) hym

@PriHL

2 жыл бұрын

Zapraszamy! Riding the tube and listening to the station announcements is a great way of learning all those place names.

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Yes, the television was invented above Bar Italia. I almost mentioned that but thought it a bit off subject.

Spurs fans be very triggered by this video 🤣🤣🤣

@LetThemTalkTV

2 жыл бұрын

We'll forgive them

@luke211286

2 жыл бұрын

To the delight of the Gooners 😂

@michaeljarman5356

2 жыл бұрын

I posted a reply but this video is still giving me the bollock ache the bloke who's posted knows fuck all and looking through the comments I can't find a proper Londonder commenting if you want to experience London come to Bermondsey preferably Dockhead we'll give you a warm welcome

London was founded in two places. First the Roman city, 2nd the saxon city, in Middlesex. I use city, but technically London was a town till the victorian days. Tottenham, is named after the Tote, found in Bruce Castle Park. A saxon defence tower. Most English people still pronounce the saxon spellings hence the confusion with modern spellings.

@candidaburrows4284

Жыл бұрын

A city is a town with a cathedral, so London has been a city for a lot longer than 'victorian days'!

Thank you so much please continue what you do

I was born a brought up in south east London and we pronounced Greenwich a bit like "Grinige", the vowel in the first syllable being more of an short "i" (sounding like the "i" in "in") rather than an "e" sound and the last syllable sounding a bit like the "idge" in "fridge".

@candidaburrows4284

Жыл бұрын

Same! To locals it's Grinidge.

London, the one place where people will rudely ignore you and put on “funny” faces if you don’t pronounce their names exactly in the correct way. :) no hard feelings, I love the city. I’ve just noticed this is the only city where this happened to me in all of my trips.

Haha. It was never Mar-lee-bone in the 50's and 60's. Always Marri-Li-bn😃

@paulnewman851

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct. He is also wrong about Goodge Street - definitely not Gooooodge!

@shawfield

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulnewman851 Well, as he says, language changes over time😃

@shawfield

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulnewman851Sunny Goodge St as referenced in the 60's song by Donovan 😀

One you missed. Pall Mall. When I lived in London in the 1950s is was "pal mal" (I don't do phonetic hieroglyphics). Living in Canada for the past 60-odd years, I hear "paul maul" , like the American cigarette brand.

this man makes me appreciate the place i live in more than i already fo

Tottenham - not a very good football team?! In the last 10 Premier League seasons they have been most consistent in the top part of the table!

@michaelschafer7465

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe good football teams win trophies? I know it sounds crazy, but...

@soundscape26

2 жыл бұрын

They are consistent at not winning much silverware

In the East End, 'Greenwich' is pronounced 'Grinnidge', not 'Grennidge'>

@tommoran9657

2 жыл бұрын

And if you’re from South east London (where Greenwich is) it’s called grinnidge

@Beejay950

2 жыл бұрын

@@tommoran9657 That's right. Only ever heard it pronounced Grenidge on the BBC.

the best video! Thanks a lot!

Just amazing.

What is represented here is one ‘London’ accent of the pronunciation. In addition, the constantly changing cultural melting pot that is London leads to variations in the way place names are said. I was born and bred in East London (not the East End; where my family later moved to). Having moved away some thirty years ago, the feel and accent of London is now very different.