Pronouncing english names is easy. Pronounce the word like you think it should be pronounced, then repeat it faster and faster until you've swallowed three syllables. That's the actual pronunciation

@joshuarosen6242

3 жыл бұрын

You can speed up the process by drinking a few pints of bitter.

@whoeverest_the_whateverest

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't it how pronunciation works in general in most languages?

@joshuarosen6242

3 жыл бұрын

@@whoeverest_the_whateverest No. Lots of languages are fairly regular in their pronunciation. If you know how to spell something in, for example, French, German or Welsh, you can be pretty certain of the pronunciation. That is not true at all of English. There are also languages such as Chinese where you cannot derive any useful information about the pronunciation from the spelling so you don't even have a starting point unless you already know the word.

@deservingcomplexionm8111

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuarosen6242 yeah no.

@neuvilpanindra2581

3 жыл бұрын

@@deservingcomplexionm8111 no yeah.

I once saw something that said "English is what happens when Vikings learn Latin and use it to yell at Germans"

@psychodrummer1567

2 жыл бұрын

no, it's when the French hear Vikings shouting Latin at Germans.

@Morningstar_37

2 жыл бұрын

@@psychodrummer1567 no, it's when anglo-saxons watch vikings and romans yell at germans

@luckiller019

2 жыл бұрын

my favorite is "English doesnt borrows from other languaga, it drags them to dark alley where it beats them and robs them while heavily breathing in their ears"

@RoganGunn

2 жыл бұрын

More like, "When Celts learn Latin then German and use Old Norse to yell at French Vikings..." 🤔

@there-sis-stanceiscoming8230

2 жыл бұрын

Modern english is 'spelled' - the ruling caste fiddle with the words - for manipulative cultural disintegration effects. Now they tell people that the commoners used to be as nasty as the ruling caste are ... having destroyed the old culture, and schooled everyone, they now control the stories ... and the narrative of today too ...

I moved to the UK 40 years ago and about 5 years in, I was invited to a party in Toaster. Being without satnav back then, I looked it up in a map but couldn’t find it. I was assured it was easy to find and signposted off of the M1. Just head north. I let out an “ohhhhhhh!” when I saw the sign for Towcester.

@zimriel

3 ай бұрын

the only solution, of course, is to invite back the Romans. your food will get better if nothing else

I don't know if it's the double margarita I just had, but "BELGIC OPPIDVM which was sensibly renamed 'Braintree'" has me quite literally in tears of laughter. You guys are geniuses.

@manmanman2000

Жыл бұрын

There is a village called 'brain creek' in Austria and a town called 'cat's brain' in Germany

@mogscugg2639

Жыл бұрын

NOT THE BOPPIDUM

@aaron_905

7 ай бұрын

​@@manmanman2000there's a Catbrain in Bristol too, near Cribbs.

@ladyserenity5

6 ай бұрын

We have one in Massachusetts, USA as well. Whatta name.

@secretsfullofsaucers

Ай бұрын

My favourite thing about Braintree is that there's a 'secret nuclear bunker' which is signposted everywhere on official road signage

"Could you mispronounce Frome for me?" "Portsmouth." "That'll do." That joke was made even funnier by Mark deciding to wear a wig very briefly for no reason.

@anshitkumar6347

3 жыл бұрын

Should've said Ports-Mouth xD

@daos3300

3 жыл бұрын

yes. the very brief reasonless wig wearer's wig.

@Clivestravelandtrains

3 жыл бұрын

It's Pompey, anyway.

@alalalala57

3 жыл бұрын

Had a Fry and Laurie feel to it. Amazing.

@brendanroberts4866

3 жыл бұрын

i come from a place called thisvideoisshit

"contain nonsensical phonetic traps that are impossible to predict" That should be a warning on English language textbooks.

@SupaDanteX

3 жыл бұрын

*May contain :D And yes. Have a like

@zero_gravity5861

3 жыл бұрын

Not suitable for use as a lawnmower.

@hamjohnson2319

3 жыл бұрын

No you haven’t now brush ya teeth m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXmpw7Coosa_YcY.html

@NicolaW72

3 жыл бұрын

:-)

@cheesecrackersandpickles2331

3 жыл бұрын

He said British not English , you are so wrong I won't even bother explaining.

I once heard a story about an Australian hitchhiker in the UK who was asking for a ride to "Loo-ger-bar-oo-ger" After much head scratching from the locals they realised he was wanting to get to Loughborough! (pronounced Luffburuh) 😀

@NA98mus

Жыл бұрын

Loughborough?

@dipendrasingh9343

Жыл бұрын

It's pronounced more like Luff-Bruh... Bruh... I'm an Indian and had a hard time wrapping my head around it..

@dipendrasingh9343

Жыл бұрын

@@Shinjkr enlighten me

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

Жыл бұрын

@@Shinjkr you silly pickle

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

Жыл бұрын

@@Shinjkr ye

Frama, located in Cantabria, northern Spain is the very same celtic word that turned into Frome in England. In the heart of the Liebana Valley, Frama is visited by hundreds of British tourists who ignore this point altogether.

@abrahamdozer6273

10 ай бұрын

Saxons, eh?

@elpapa68

9 ай бұрын

I mean, how should they know or even guess?

@bogi18

8 ай бұрын

@@elpapa68 By watching Map Men and reading the youtube comments, of course!

@heofonfyr6000

7 ай бұрын

Didn't you watch the video? We don't have time to acknowledge such things! The tea market doesn't monopolise itself!

“Excuse me can you mispronounce Frome for me” “Portsmouth”

@Chongo_657

2 жыл бұрын

Poursmuff I think you'll find thanks very much!

@WardyLion

2 жыл бұрын

That’ll do!

@WardyLion

2 жыл бұрын

@Tyler Yuan Frome!

@wintrwunderland

2 жыл бұрын

@Tyler Yuan Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

@mrpdofff

2 жыл бұрын

I spat my tea out at this one....Hilarious !!!

Programmers: Ransomware People from England: Rampisham-ware

@samgamgee6508

3 жыл бұрын

(slow clap)

@MTRfundamentalist

3 жыл бұрын

@@samgamgee6508 I have achieved comedy.

@hawaiianrobot

3 жыл бұрын

@@MTRfundamentalist that's a good one hahaha

@Azmythometre

3 жыл бұрын

@@MTRfundamentalist Achievement unlocked! Comedy

@fyorr

3 жыл бұрын

Programmers and English people, the two genders.

"Mousehole" "Braintree" "Speen" Gosh I love the UK

@tairneanaich

3 ай бұрын

My personal favourite is Wye in Kent. Love hearing it come up as though the bus or the news are having an existential crisis

Actually, Welsh place names are very easy to pronounce. The spelling is consistent. There are only 15 or so pronunciation rules and almost no exceptions. (Except for Hirwaun, which should be pronounced heer wine but the locals say er-win)

@samuel.j.barker

11 ай бұрын

I agree, but there's a caveat... Many place names contain the same word as others, or are just very similar. Like 'Hirwaun' and 'Hirwaen' for example; but there's loads. Not to mention the fact that a lot of the names are also just words for certain things; like 'LLan', which is 'Church.' So it kinda just adds difficulty of another kind, rather than pronunciation

@Evan490BC

11 ай бұрын

Oh God... I prefer to use the generic name "That place in Wales" for all Welsh towns.

@alganhar1

9 ай бұрын

@@Evan490BC Welsh is purely phonetic, unlike English. If you are not interested in what the names MEAN, you can learn how to pronounce them fairly quickly. And unlike English those pronunciation rules stay the same. The most important thing people need to remember is that the Welsh Alphabet is very different to the English Alphabet. People often complain Welsh has too few vowels for example, it has 7 compared to 5 for English (Y and W are vowels in Welsh, not consonants). Also some sounds are represented by two letters, LL for example, there are others including CH, NG, FF and DD. When you realise for example that Llan is not four letters, but three, with the LL having a specific sound it starts to make more sense. I have less trouble with Welsh place names than with English because of the huge number of pronunciation traps in English, which literally do not exist in Welsh.... Also helps I speak Welsh.... But for pronunciation that does not matter. You can learn how to pronounce Welsh fairly easily without having to learn to understand it.

@Evan490BC

9 ай бұрын

@@alganhar1 Thank you very much for your detailed explanation! I must say learning how to pronounce Welsh sounds tempting. I will give it a try!

@HS-ig4ly

8 ай бұрын

i agree however, the welsh language is a sin so no

"Could you misprounounce Frome for me?" "Portsmouth" "that'll do"

@timh2356

3 жыл бұрын

They actually already did that joke in this video, so you're not being original. Thanks though.

@williamg209two

3 жыл бұрын

@@timh2356 are you stupid or acting dumb?

@TonyJapan71

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamg209two normally people like them don't respond as they normally realise (or not) that they just made a r/wooosh

@abccanada6248

3 жыл бұрын

As a cyclist i thought froome in my heade because that came to my head yet i was still surprised by it

@melodycervantes4167

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamg209two He's not saying "Oh, didn't you realize that comment was from the video?" He's saying "Repeating a joke from the video isn't funny." I don't quite agree (While it's not funny in a "let me tell you a joke" way, it is a shortened way of saying "I liked that line, did you like it too?" which I don't see a problem with.), but I wouldn't say he missed the joke. If anything, you misunderstood him.

"Could you mispronounce Frome for me?" "Portsmouth!" "That'll do." That bit got me so good I had to pause the video for a couple minutes to finish my laughing fit.

@NexebNoXV

3 жыл бұрын

An open letter to Loughborough: Dear Loughborough. Seriously? The "lough" rhymes with tough? No other place in your country does that as far as we know, so your name feels like a prank. Are you sure? Please check your records just to make sure. With love, America

@robspiess

3 жыл бұрын

He should have pronounced it "Port's Mouth". Not only because "mispronouncing a completely different city" is funny, but because, American here, that's how I pronounced it for an embarrassing number of years, and it would just make me feel better. ... or worse, come to think of it.

@zero_gravity5861

3 жыл бұрын

@@robspiess I think there are plenty of Portsmouths in America.

@Yotanido

3 жыл бұрын

@@NexebNoXV To be fair, the US has a couple weird ones, as well. Arkansas, for example. Especially bad since Kansas is a thing.

@wibbliams

3 жыл бұрын

Llanfairsomething

I live in New England in the USA and we have many towns and cities named after those in England - and yes, we use the same English pronunciation which drives those from outside of New England - crazy. But i love it. 😇

@cartologist

3 ай бұрын

Usually but not always. Berkeley is not pronounced Barkley. Hartford came from Hertford but spelled with an a.

@ptorq

Ай бұрын

As a midwesterner who lived in the Boston area for a couple of years, I (quite sensibly) thought "Peabody" was pronounced like "pea body" and "Leominster" was pronounced "leo min ster." My new neighbors found this briefly confusing and then hilarious ("Do you mean 'pee buddy' and 'lemon stir'?").

@davidyoung5114

Ай бұрын

I'm from Nova Scotia, and when I mention places like Truro, Weymouth, Dartmouth, Preston, Halifax, Liverpool (my home town!), Chester, Yarmouth, Colchester, Richmond, and others, you'd think I was talking about England. But the British tourists love seeing these places!

@kenb3552

Ай бұрын

@@davidyoung5114 I love the name, Halifax, for some reason.

@davidyoung5114

Ай бұрын

@@kenb3552 And did you know that a person from Halifax is called a Haligonian?

Love how knowing languages can teach you even more things hidden in plain sight. Learning Norwegian made me realise that kirk is church and gate is street. So when I realised there was a street called Kirkgate, I went to google to see if it was literally church street, and it was!

@kjh23gk

9 ай бұрын

"Church" is "kirk" in Scots too.

@kellydalstok8900

8 ай бұрын

In Dutch it’s kerk. Only the vowel is different.

An extra 'map' this time. I see you like to keep us on our toes.

@AxxLAfriku

3 жыл бұрын

HOLY HOLY!!! I can proudly say that I have the two HOTTEST women on this planet as MY GIRLFRIENDS! I am the unprettiest KZreadr ever, but they love me for what's inside! Thanks for listening thomas

@reimarpb

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is the third time they've done it

@thomasoates3003

3 жыл бұрын

@@reimarpb Really? I thought they usually repeated the word 'men'.

@juneguts

3 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku Axxl really should be blocked from most channels, it's basically just a spambot. @Jay Foreman

@redyellowpink01

3 жыл бұрын

Spoilers!

I remember visiting your fair country and asking for directions to Southwark, pronouncing it like it is written. The guy looked completely confused, like he couldn't comprehend why anyone would say it that way. Perhaps we should just invade and give all your places proper Scandinavian names again. :-)

@jakefromstatefarm6969

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean by 'like it is written'. I'd probably pronounce it as rhyming with jerk. South werk. Probably based on the city of Newark New Jersey. What about you?

@nicholasvinen

4 ай бұрын

It's spelled "throatwarbler mangrove" but pronounced "Raymond luxury yacht"!

I got told in school the Normans also changed a lot of Anglo-Saxon place names that they struggled to pronounce, and were responsible for a lot of the shortening. They were also responsible for the very creative name “Newcastle”, named after the new castle they built there 😂.

@siarhian10

8 ай бұрын

The city I'm from was originally called "Castell Newydd ar y Wysg" which is literally a description of what was there at the time. This got shortened down to "Casnewydd". In English, it's "Newport", for some reason. there are a few explanations (wikipedia suggests the old port was the Roman one in caerleon) but as far as We're concerned it's totally unknown why it's called that. there wasn't even a dock there at the time.

@paavobergmann4920

8 ай бұрын

Wie have like 200 places called "Neustadt" in germany...("New city"). Founding new cities was all the rage in the 13th century.

@yamao4938

4 ай бұрын

​@@siarhian10maybe some medieval humour in there

Tom Scott and Map Men within 20 minutes of each other.

@violeteclipse3912

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@plebjames

3 жыл бұрын

I been getting into some Jago Hazzard recently too (and he's super prolific)

@janssenmccormick7824

3 жыл бұрын

@@plebjames Jago's Dire Straits video was so good

@melissakenfield5012

3 жыл бұрын

truly a blessed day

@StratosTitan

3 жыл бұрын

The 2 map men and Tom Scott: the British holy trinity

"Which was sensibly renamed to Braintree" I'm in tears 😂

@jamm6_514

3 жыл бұрын

i still dont get why it was named braintree out of all things

@scarletpimpernelagain9124

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamm6_514 the name ‘ Braintree’ is just intrinsically funny, like ‘Penge’.

@slyrox1183

3 жыл бұрын

If you thought that Braintree was a bad name, you ain't heard of one of it's gants names, as the gant near the newsagents in the town centre is called "pig's head in the pottage pot gant". Annoyingly it ain't on Google street view but the sign is located on the red brick wall opposite.

@ImranKhan1976

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamm6_514 seems like a corruption of the original Celtic name for the place after the Roman name was no longer used.

@petermaher8633

3 жыл бұрын

Having worked in Braintree, they should have changed it to brain death!

When you work in call centres, you can really impress people by learning how to pronounce (and spell!) places like Corstorphine, Launceston and Bleanau Ffestiniog (though since it's been a while, I did have to check the last one).

@gillmanningscox9662

Ай бұрын

Laaanson not Launston and definitely not Launceston

These guys are the best at getting people to watch sponsorship

@jamieisausername

Жыл бұрын

It's not even a competition, they dominate the field.. like a very assertive rabbit

@Muzikman127

Жыл бұрын

2nd only to Erik from Internet Comment Etiquette

The only channel where the AD VERTs are just as good as the rest of the video.

@joshuaduplaa9033

3 жыл бұрын

If you enjoy funny ads, you should check out internet comment etiquette with Erik. Btw i love your videos mr. Beat, you're my favorite social studies teacher.

@badbadbadkarma12

3 жыл бұрын

Second to internet historian I'd say.

@evy2031

3 жыл бұрын

I see that you too are a man of culture, Mr. Beat.

@variousthings6470

3 жыл бұрын

Ad-verts, ad-verts Ad-ad-ad-verts verts (Verts)

@TheKewlPerson

3 жыл бұрын

Also Drew Gooden does really funny adverts

This is basically adult Horrible Histories and I’m not complaining

@BennyJ69

3 жыл бұрын

But adult Horrible Histories is Horrible Histories

@swaggyfrog

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment XD

@not_lewis2649

3 жыл бұрын

...Portsmouth

@penumbra0182

3 жыл бұрын

@@BennyJ69 Yes.

@imadeyoureadthis9124

3 жыл бұрын

but better

Both of you radiate a huge amount of stephen fry & hugh laurie energy.

1:49 "Mousehole" being pronouced "Mou-sel" MUST have been the inspiration for "Not Weaseltown its prounouced 'Weselton'!"

Fun fact: Cirencester used to be pronounced "Sissister." Fun lie: if you use the True Pronunciation of Cirencester, you can control anyone from there.

@JayForeman

3 жыл бұрын

Been watching LOTS of your channel lately! Big fan!! :D

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

@@JayForeman Thanks! I feel like Elvis just complimented my karaoke performance.

@RedmarKerkhof

3 жыл бұрын

I knew it! :D

@ssephi

3 жыл бұрын

Needed more Loughborough

@saintinho

3 жыл бұрын

Jago I love you

Didn't expect the Liam Dutton nails pronouncing Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch parody, but I'm happy it's there.

@ThinWhiteAxe

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@AB-gw6uf

3 жыл бұрын

Original video for those curious:👌 kzread.info/dash/bejne/mHyssZKOlNPVqLA.html

@gui18bif

3 жыл бұрын

Well, he also was doing sort of a parody.

@ChallengeCommander

3 жыл бұрын

That's the very video I used to learn it

@jca111

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChallengeCommander He gets the ending slightly wrong.

How have I only just discovered this?! Impressively well written, timed and delivered comedy, whilst also being educational! Nice work!

This is brilliant. My wife has trouble with many places in the UK and she was born here like me! The worst thing is when locals have their own pronunciations like Bolsover which the locals pronounce 'Bo'ser' or Cudworth pronounced 'Cudderth' or Rainworth being 'Rennerth'. It still gets me how Americans say 'Edinborrow' for Edinburgh. They just can't get that it's the same as 'burra' (..borough). Great video guys!!

@jakefromstatefarm6969

Жыл бұрын

Edinburgh is sneaky for Americans since -burgh and -burg are pronounced /bɝɡ/ like iceberg in General American English. Edinburgh with US spelling would be written as Edinborough, or Edinboro. Despite knowing the proper pronunciation, I can't help but read it as Edin berg, in my head.

@welcomeback2mychannel

Жыл бұрын

It's pronounced "Eddin-bruh", not "Eddin-burra".

@sugarbertie1143

Жыл бұрын

@@welcomeback2mychannel 'Burgh' in Scotland is the same as 'Borough' in England hence why it should be pronounced as such. Depending where you come from in the UK you might pronounce it slightly different but its still not pronounced 'borrow' like Americans think. If you listen to railway station announcements they pronounce it 'Edinburra'' or 'Edinbra'. I think they'd have trouble with Hawick , Berwick on Tweed and Kirkcudbright as well.

@welcomeback2mychannel

Жыл бұрын

@@sugarbertie1143 ... which is also pronounced "bruh". I don't listen to yanks on anything language related, dw.

@EtherealSunset

Ай бұрын

​@@sugarbertie1143probably. Kirkcudbright is a place I visited a few times as a child, so I know how to pronounce it, but probably a lot of people I know, if I asked them, they'd get it wrong.

probably my favourite video you've ever done

@srp5230

3 жыл бұрын

@avantgardevegan It's also one of the most vegan videos they've ever done. 😊 Hope you are well, Gaz. 💜

@raheemabdul1066

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, there's at least 5 better mapmen videos than this!

@maga6403

3 жыл бұрын

Ure gae

@SW_Sarah

3 жыл бұрын

i mean you're not wrong jay went out of his way and spent ages learning how to pronounce llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch though that's brilliant

@doublenikkel

3 жыл бұрын

Favorite* Sorry, as an American, I just had to do it

I'm loving the prediction on the evolution of place names. 2000 "W'ster" 2200 "Wrr" 2400 "Beep Boop Boop"! 🤣

@AndrewTJackson

3 жыл бұрын

If you think that's funny, go watch the movie Idiocracy. :-)

@junio0o768

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTJackson the most passive aggressive insult ever lololol

@AndrewTJackson

3 жыл бұрын

@@junio0o768 I'm not insulting @Lizz, I'm recommending a good movie! :-)

@junio0o768

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTJackson ok sure

@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic8158

2 жыл бұрын

A Homo niewiadomo (a new 2400 species of human) individual: What is the way to Beep Boop Boop?

Your adverts are just as fun to watch as your shows! I never sit and watch all the advertisements but with your channel, I always do! Great job!

2:49 the w is silent 😂 underrated joke

As an american, I was having trouble understanding the video, but after that "yippie kay-ay" I get it now. Thank you Map Men for great translations.

@pseudotasuki

2 жыл бұрын

Head up to New England for a little taste. Take a quick drive between Worcester (Woostah) and Leominster (Lemon-stir).

@christopherdeangelis6383

2 жыл бұрын

@@pseudotasuki I am a New Englander lol

@pseudotasuki

2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherdeangelis6383 Well… okay. Fair enough.

@kindauncool

2 жыл бұрын

+@@pseudotasuki I always got so pissed at Worcester's pronunciation, but 5:33 kinda helped me understand though. I'm finally at peace.

@adailydrawingmustache4604

2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherdeangelis6383 Me, as actual American: 💀

Nobody: Cars in eastern Somerset: "vrome vrome"

@linguisticsnerd433

3 жыл бұрын

Criminally underrated, this comment

@peterjackson2697

3 жыл бұрын

East Somerset represent!

@Manivilization

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterjackson2697 yessirrr

@mickey4125

3 жыл бұрын

amazing

@rafaellucadetena9355

3 жыл бұрын

Haha cars go vrrrrome

Brilliant! I remember when I first arrived in the UK and got teased on how I'd pronuce Leicester or Gloucester, mind you I already spoke and read fluent English 😂 and as a sensible adult what I did was, of course, tease my visiting English -speaking friends into the same game, except now I have no idea how to pronounce Southwark like a foreigner 😱 but I can still laugh at the botched attempts

The KZread algorithm has blessed me. These videos are so terrific, thank you! I’m from New England in the US and used to think that I had a leg up on pronouncing town/city names that don’t make sense when seeing them spelled out (Peabody, Gloucester, Haverhill, etc). But the OG England wins.

Once heard an American man on a train very patiently saying “no mother it’s pronounced ‘Ip-sich’, they don’t pronounce the W here” when he and his mum were on the way to Ipswich. He would have been right for 99% of the words with a similar ending...

@ixlnxs

3 жыл бұрын

@Rodolfo Ramos Anker. ;)

@joshporter741

3 жыл бұрын

As someone from Ipswich, I’ve never noticed anyone say it wrong, but now can’t get this out of my head 🤣

@millertas

3 жыл бұрын

ough can be pronounced many ways so Slough (where my wife's cousins lived) was often pronounced 'Sluff' but the best pronounciation (by an American on the bus) was Slug.

@konrad7572

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshporter741 its pronounced ippy

@joshporter741

3 жыл бұрын

@@konrad7572 Uppa Townnnnn buhhhh

Now, the four 'Map's in the beginning is *INTERESTING* .

@nitehawk86

3 жыл бұрын

*is the best version

@niceperson180

3 жыл бұрын

And there are normally tthree "men"s, right? They only did two this time

@BlueGangsta1958

3 жыл бұрын

As was Jays pronunciation of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, bet he practiced 40 hours a day for that

@trialexol

3 жыл бұрын

@@niceperson180 the three men are actually the variation

@chandanasarkar1173

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueGangsta1958 Sacrilegious

OMG you guys are literally perfect! I'm a brazillian watching it and it is so so fun haha

I was hitching in Wales in 1978 and was at some crossroads trying to find my way to Dolgellau. So I pronounced it the way I read it when asking which way to go, "Pardon me, sir (or madam), which road do I take to Doll-gel-ow?" and no one seemed to know! I remember thinking, "for crying out loud, it can't be five miles away, how have you people never heard of this place?!" Finally, I showed the map to someone and he said, "Oh! You mean Doll-geshly!" So I learned that a double LL in welsh is kind of a "Schl" sound. Later on in Fishguard waiting for the overnight ferry to Ireland, my travelling companion and I were seated at a table with a very welcoming and fun Welsh couple. She ordered waffles for her dinner. I said that, in the States, we have waffles for breakfast. She turned to her husband and said, "I told you they do everything backwards over there!"🤣

I was kindly corrected by a nice old lady at the York train station "love, Birming-ham is in Ahlah-bahma, Birming'um is in England" I grinned and said "And Birming-ham is in Ala-bama" She called me cheeky lol. She was alone so joined me and my family for a coffee and we talked for an hour. Good memory of England.

@BunchaFrames

3 жыл бұрын

Aw :)

@the_once-and-future_king.

2 жыл бұрын

Us Yorkies are nice folks. Glad you had a lovely experience.

@LovelyAngel.

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, I think American English is weirder (despite being more mainstream nowadays), I would never notice that a person saying Ahlah-bahma is saying anything wrong.

@dmacarthur5356

2 жыл бұрын

@@LovelyAngel. You would be deemed quite a fancy if you pronounced it that way. The truer southern pronounceation would be closer to owl-la-bama.

@lurategh

2 жыл бұрын

@@LovelyAngel. Eh, pronunciations all over the world are weird in some way. There are definitely non-phonetic ones in the US that only a native or someone who’s been here long enough would immediately know, but I think some of these British pronunciations are bonkers and hella non-intuitive, so like they say in the video, you can’t blame a non-native for assuming it’s pronounced one way when really it’s said a completely different way that doesn’t align with basic English spelling/pronunciation rules. The way I see it, and this goes for everyone, is that if one is so insistent on a visitor pronouncing something the local way, I’d hope they’re polite enough to make an effort to pronounce it the _other_ local way if they ever find themselves in that other part of the world, rather than claiming their one pronunciation is the “right” one.

the -cester cities seem pretty manageable when you find out that Cholmondeley is pronounced chumly (/tʃʌmli/)

@nevreiha

3 жыл бұрын

Gumster Keith leigh

@RealUlrichLeland

3 жыл бұрын

Wymondham Wind-um

@rogerdines6244

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on the family-some call ithemselves Chumley, and others Cholmondeley: same with Featherstonehaugh, which can be pronounced as written, or if from the 'other' family, Fanshaw: ditto Powell which can be as written, or pronounced Pole!

@blindleader42

3 жыл бұрын

Remarkably, Boris Badenov taught me how to pronounce Cholmondeley almost exactly sixty years ago.

@ilyamosin3090

3 жыл бұрын

Chumly? C H U M L Y ?!

This is hilarious! Can't how much time and effort went into recording this. Glad I came across this channel!

This video is absolutely incredible!!! THANK YOU!!

"which was sensibly renamed Braintree" why did that make me laugh the most?

@jaredwoolgar6434

3 жыл бұрын

Big up the btown massive 😂

@LittleDogTobi

3 жыл бұрын

So many of these names exist in Massachusetts, as you can imagine. There's a Braintree in the Boston area.

@livedandletdie

3 жыл бұрын

I mean Braintree is way nicer than Skegness(the physical manifestation of the word shit) or many other horrid places in Britain such as Wales or Hell I mean Milton Keynes, or the home of depression... Luton...

@electron8262

3 жыл бұрын

I keep imagining a tree with brains growing on it instead of fruits...

@jaredwoolgar6434

3 жыл бұрын

@@electron8262 come to the town and you’ll realise no brains grow here 😂

"Bugger off, u're not from round 'ere" - Frome Resident

@Nadekuro

3 жыл бұрын

Close enough

@hamjohnson2319

3 жыл бұрын

Bugger off and brush your teeth m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXmpw7Coosa_YcY.html

@cantcheatkarma3493

3 жыл бұрын

Wasson then cocker!

@amp2amp800

3 жыл бұрын

@Tran Ma bugger orf shurly?

@OfficialFFC

3 жыл бұрын

@Tran Ma Frome* :D

"Mispronounce Frome for me" "Portsmouth" "That'll do!" "Er this is disgusting! Oh sorry, Berkhamsted." very funny

First video from your channel I've seen. You guys are... intense. I've never seen a KZread VPN ad that didn't suck before.

This is a 100% accurate depiction of how Brits see Americans.

@mikespearwood3914

3 жыл бұрын

And Australians?

@Alkatross

3 жыл бұрын

I'm an American and your impression impressed me. You pretty much nailed it. Yee haw!

@DeusSalis

3 жыл бұрын

Brits have eyes between their tooth gaps

@CCNYMacGuy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alkatross Ah, but he didn't get to the few exceptions, such as for those of us from New York City who periodically throw in a EYYY I'M WALKIN HEAHHH to our YEEHAWs

@butcherofblav1ken874

3 жыл бұрын

@@DeusSalis but do either of them have tooth gaps, also every child in England that has wonky teeth get braces free, completely free. About 30 percent of brits get braces

Judgement day has come. Jay is uploading semi regularly.

@AxxLAfriku

3 жыл бұрын

I have two hot KZreadr girlfriends and I am the best KZreadr ever and YOUR savior. Good bye dear aidna

@TrimutiusToo

3 жыл бұрын

Judgement day is 2200-2400 accordingt to this video... when it changes from Wrr to "Beep Boop Boop"

@renzo00

3 жыл бұрын

Two map men episodes within one month??? The end is nigh

@martinlehtonen

3 жыл бұрын

Coincidentally I am also semi regular

@user-fq4hj8yv2z

3 жыл бұрын

At least the end will be a bit sweeter

Brilliant video! I was too scared to pronounce places out loud when i visited. We went to the Oxford area to see family. I'm American but my wife is a Spaniard and her sister lives in the UK with ber bf. Also went to bath. Cheers!

Excellent material!! Thank you both 🧡🧡🧡🧡

As a danish person, I have a hard time taking Grimsby serious. Yes, Grim was a name, but in danish today, we use the word "Grim" when talking about something ugly (an ugly house = et grimt hus). With "by" meaning Village, Grimsby basically translates to "Ugly Village".

@barbaralloyd7993

2 жыл бұрын

If you go there you would understand!!!

@Afreon

2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty much what it means in modern English too. Grim could be used in "grim tidings" (bad news) or "mate, that's grim!" (that is disgusting) etc.

@Inkyminkyzizwoz

Жыл бұрын

@@Afreon Just like Grimmauld Place in the Harry Potter stories is supposed to sound like 'Grim Old Place'

@chri15-.-

Жыл бұрын

Hard to take your comment seriously when the place isn't called Grimtsby

@chri15-.-

Жыл бұрын

@@barbaralloyd7993 I strongly suspect you never have.

“Wrr” is if you’re feeling posh. Most locals just make a low guttural grunt.

@theoceanistblu9346

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry I ruined your 69 likes

@blagoevski336

2 жыл бұрын

@@theoceanistblu9346 Haha funi sex number

I. Am. Stunned. As hilarious and funny as it is informative and helpful - never seen this blend being served so well and spot-on. This is how an infotainment KZread channel should be set up. Absolutely great stuff. Liked and subscirbed, for sure 👍👍👌👌✌✌

I didn’t realise there were that many Scandinavian place names in a England. I checked the map of Eastern England with that of the Danish peninsula and I cou”d see dozens of places in England with similar sounding place names in Denmark or vice versa

“Yipikaywee, buckaroo!” Someone please, PLEASE make a t-shirt of this

@Andrew-yl7lm

3 жыл бұрын

@The smore emperor just visit Braintree and get one lol

@nightwind1989

3 жыл бұрын

Darn tootin indeed

"Try this one: Frome." *lives about 10 miles away*

@louiisez3563

3 жыл бұрын

init i was surprised thats the most mispronounced

@YTPEXPERT

3 жыл бұрын

Somerset is number one!

@Sceadusawol

3 жыл бұрын

@@YTPEXPERT I'm actually across the border in Wiltshire.

@pd4165

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Manchester yet I knew how to pronounce Frome. I just like knowing stuff, but I draw the line at Celtic names. There's always an exception to any rule (not necessarily, but it's a good get out).

@YTPEXPERT

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sceadusawol I did suspect this. Still... Somerset is number one!

Oh wow I'd never heard of this channel, but between being a hopeless linguistics nerd and your dry humor, I'm DYING! You two are phenomenal, keep it up

It's the video I didn't know I wanted the most. Both for form and content. Thanks !

"Frome" would have been pronounced correctly by any English speaker around Shakespeare's time. The /oυ/ diphtong the letter o makes when followed by a consonant and a silent e is quite recent, and was pronounced /u/ in Early Modern English. That includes the name "Rome", which was pronounced identically to the word "room". Shakespeare has a pun on that in one of his historical plays: "here we are in Rome, and room enough".

@nialltracey2599

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, really? I was assuming that Frome was one of those examples where "u" got closed over to distinguish it from the vertical lines of the adjacent m (similar to "sun"->"son", "wunder"->"wonder" etc)

@XaliberDeathlock

2 жыл бұрын

Oh crap that's interesting. In Arabic Rome is pronounced as 'room'. Wonder if it's related.

@major7thsharp11

2 жыл бұрын

For 'Rome' this is likely true, but other words would not typically have been pronounced as /u:/. /oʊ/ was pronounced /ɔ:/ before the Great Vowel Shift, so /u:/ would not have been on its normal trajectory (we have some direct evidence for this; Shakespeare rhymes "alone" with "gone," which wouldn't have been homophonous with "goon"). was different, because the Old English variant already existed.

@XaliberDeathlock

2 жыл бұрын

@@major7thsharp11 you telling me Old English wrote Rome as Rūm? How did they get there? I mean that's also how the Arabs wrote it.

@major7thsharp11

2 жыл бұрын

@@XaliberDeathlock The Arabs wrote it like that because Classical Arabic didn't have an /o:/ vowel, so they used the closest vowel they had. The similarity to Rūm in Old English dialects is just cosmetic, I'm afraid.

Subscribed after "Could you mispronounce Frome for me?" "Portsmouth."

@kralik394

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@user-rx9ny4yo2e

3 жыл бұрын

Liar

@harroldyoungling1481

3 жыл бұрын

imagine listing to imagine but being covered by imagine dragons and this is left on for no good reason //kzread.info/dash/bejne/mIp-rcisgru7mdo.html

@effie1349

3 жыл бұрын

@@harroldyoungling1481 why would I listen to Imagine Dragons

YOU! DON’T PRONOUNCE KEIGHLEY WRONG OR THERE WILL BE *CONSEQUENCES*

I really appreciate you all. You guys are so helpful and interesting.

What's worse is when those Welsh place names transplanted over to America where they somehow manage to get even *more* mispronounced

@dropit7694

3 жыл бұрын

Whats worse is that places that sound exactly how you say it and mispronounced anyway e.g. Bangor. Despite what southern english think its not "Ban-ger" from Bangers and mash.

@rosiefay7283

3 жыл бұрын

I've just been exploring New England in Google Maps and came across Swanzey. I mean, seriously? Still, if it gets people to pronounce it right, that's one thing, I suppose.

@qwertyTRiG

3 жыл бұрын

@@dropit7694 Bangor in Wales or Bangor in Northern Ireland? Similarly, there are Newcastles in England, Ireland, and Northern Ireland.

@jackroutledge352

3 жыл бұрын

Bangor? I hardly even know 'or.

@maffleet

3 жыл бұрын

@@qwertyTRiG There's also a Bangor Maine.

It is true, every morning I wake up here in America and yell "ZIPPITY DOO DA!!"

@MsZsc

3 жыл бұрын

i wake up to the smell of maple syrup in canada

@randomnobody660

3 жыл бұрын

@@MsZsc freshly delivered by your mail moose i assume?

@evedaser24

3 жыл бұрын

And it is true here in Australia that we wake up and shout 'Wooloomooloo', as we all do.

@bridgecross

3 жыл бұрын

@@evedaser24 Fairilee dinkabum, matey!

I love this channel and his british humour

Thanks guys. Another fun and informative video.

had a really good laugh at 1:25 hahahahaha

@iaw7406

3 жыл бұрын

I loved your tom scott video, who is next ?

@AVeryRandomPerson

3 жыл бұрын

What's next? Basically A Jay Foreman Video?

@mickey4125

3 жыл бұрын

Oh hi, Matt!

@Jojozilla426

3 жыл бұрын

@@AVeryRandomPerson hopefully

@sallybradshaw4576

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that Matt watches MapMen is one of the least surprising things I've ever heard

Can't wait in 2200 people will just say, "can you hand me that Wrrrrr sauce?"

@Bacopa68

3 жыл бұрын

I have some Wrrr sauce in my kitchen cabinet.

@donatist59

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to a grandson's mispronunciation we now call it "Shoosher sauce" in my family.

@hecatium4473

2 жыл бұрын

Cyu hn m’tht wrr sos

@zeldadinosaur

2 жыл бұрын

@@hecatium4473 Sos!

@francesatty7022

2 жыл бұрын

Americans already do that

7:48 the Australians would never say, "shrimp on the barbie" they would say prawn instead. Aside from that, this video is very GROUSE

Excellent video. Loved it

Looks like Jay's just started his fourth year at Hogwarts

@ala0284

3 жыл бұрын

“Harry potter and the year no-one got a haircut”

@iaw7406

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he is related to daniel radcliffe.

@AlecWindmiller

3 жыл бұрын

@@iaw7406 no

@iaw7406

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlecWindmiller they have a similar ethnic background and they do look similar so its unlikely but still possible that they are related.

@MephLeo

3 жыл бұрын

@@iaw7406 Everyone is related to everyone else if you go back long enough.

“Tourists who get it wrong risk being imprisoned, or killed” 😅😂😂😂

@AdamTheMan1993

3 жыл бұрын

If that law became official then every American visiting Britain will be in prison by now

@bwiebertram

3 жыл бұрын

@Gizio the Jackal al'n w'k

@arwahsapi

3 жыл бұрын

Or sent to Australia

@spg1126

3 жыл бұрын

Sad. Many such cases.

@ukevo

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamTheMan1993 Not a place name, but every history podcast by Americans pronounce Geoffrey as Joffrey.

I just watched this again, and I found it quite informative! Thanks for the video! Also, nice "English language", and (as an American) nice American accents in the ad!

One of the videos of all time. Street survey/Portsmouth had me rolling on the floor.^^

For those frustrated that the pronunciation of "Godmanchester" was not explained in the video, it's "Gumster".

@tito_zz9217

3 жыл бұрын

W H A T

@Jojozilla426

3 жыл бұрын

@@tito_zz9217 indeed

@jasonlee3247

3 жыл бұрын

The name comes from football fans’ exasperation:- “god Manchester United are on tele again!”

@timpattenden8915

3 жыл бұрын

I live next to Godmanchester and trust me no one has ever pronounced it Gumster. It’s either pronounced “God Manchester’ or ‘Goodman-Chester” by locals

@garycalvert2195

3 жыл бұрын

Having worked there most people call it God -Manchester not gumster did you know there is a stately home on the Main Street through!

The lady Matilda de Belvoir was such a persistent decelvoir that the Bishop of Leicester, although he confeicester, would seldom, if ever, belelvoir.

@kittycatcrunchie

3 жыл бұрын

Why is this place called Beve...

@2760ade

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Leicester, and have found that even some people born here, get that one wrong😀

@Tuck-Shop

3 жыл бұрын

That is the most crazy poem I've ever read. Doesn't look like it should work but it does amongst other things

@MrJoeshipley

3 жыл бұрын

@@2760ade I live in Leicester and I've never seen this poem before but it's brilliant 🤣

@davidguthary8147

3 жыл бұрын

For those finding this difficult to read: The lady Matilda de Belvoir Was such a persistent deceiver That the Bishop of Leicester, Although he confessed her, Would seldom, if ever, believe her.

When I lived in Nottingham, I kept saying the village of Southwell as it was spelled, but would be corrected every time... "Suthle"

Being from Grimsby was happy to see it appear twice in your video 😅 and we have a village in Grimsby called scartho which always gives away non-locals as we pronounce it ‘scatha’, always wondered why 🤷🏻‍♀️

@asuspicioustype12classfrig80

Жыл бұрын

Now now, being from Grimsby you should know that none of the villages matter and are just part of Grimsby. Great Coates? Grimsby. Laceby? Grimsby. It's all Grimsby

@emilyjaneex

Жыл бұрын

@@asuspicioustype12classfrig80 it’s we’re people move to pretend they don’t live in Grimsby 😅 but true grimberians know

2:35 , sandwich is a town near me, and fun fact there is also a place called ham nearby. there is coincidentally a sign half way between the 2 that says 'ham sandwich' on it, and is also the most stolen sign in england

@Ravenesque

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that honour belonged to the village of Penistone? (penn-is-ton) t the sign is now a literal piece of granite

@4oursword

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ravenesque There's loads of Penistone signs and most don't get stolen - basically because there's fuck all there, aside from the name to laugh at! Source: used to live there, still find it funny.

@millomweb

3 жыл бұрын

Is 'Lost' in Scotland ? I believe hat was/is famous for losing signs.

@nicholasalexander4743

3 жыл бұрын

@@millomweb ...As is 'Fanny Street', in Saltaire.

@millomweb

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasalexander4743 Titus' daughter ?

"Which was sensibly renamed Braintree" is the perfect explanation for a perfect name.

Brilliant vid! Thank you. If you do a follow-up, have a go at Ulgham, near Morpeth, Northumberland. I have no idea of the logic or reasoning, but it is pronounced Uffam, meaning (apparantly) the place of the cuckoos. I also heard of a tourist in Hexham, Northumberland, asking for directions to a nearby village called Anick - pronounced locally as Ay-nick, but he asked for directions to 'Annic' and was sent to Alnwick, 20 miles away!

LMAO you guys won a new sub. Good job, informative and funny.

The city of Gotham is so corrupt, only goatman could save them all.

@shredcycles2003

3 жыл бұрын

I live 5 mins from there, it’s in Nottingham, and btw we see goatman on a daily basis I honestly don’t know what we would do without him

@Randomizer903

3 жыл бұрын

Did-- did you just make a HermitCraft reference?

@k4four615

3 жыл бұрын

Doc.

@azuredragonofnether5433

3 жыл бұрын

You goatme. XD

@sian2513

3 жыл бұрын

The buses there have the batman symbol on them, just to add to the confusion 😂

I feel like the people who conducted that Frome survey weren't asking people to pronounce Trottiscliffe (Troz-ley) because that has got to be the most confusing nonsensical one there is

@Forestgravy90

3 жыл бұрын

That simply needs to change

@millomweb

3 жыл бұрын

Happisburgh, anyone ?

@HeidiLandRover

3 жыл бұрын

@@millomweb Yes, one of my fovourites too :-D

@vincentmoon9187

3 жыл бұрын

Sitting here cackling at how ridiculous that is. I thought Milngavie was bad ("Mill-guy")

@millomweb

3 жыл бұрын

@@vincentmoon9187 Not 'mull guy' ?

I have no idea why this was recommended to me... But I seriously loved it. Nice flow and timing, I even had to laugh out loud a few times. Also: All I learned in school was the bit about "-cester". I may or may not learn something new from your video, depending on how often I'll rewatch it. But hey, there's always Frooooum. And Grimsby. Two new friends. 😆👍

We live near Washington D.C., and I have aways gotten a kick out of some of the stops on the Metro--Taneytown is pronounced Tawneytown, and Grosvenor is Groves-ner.

In MK (Milton Keynes for Americans and other Aliens) we have Woughton, Loughton and Broughton. Pronounced “Woof-ton”, “L-ow-ton” and “B-roar-ton” The town is only 50-ish years old but the villages who donated their names to districts range from Domesday Book onwards.

@danpreston564

3 жыл бұрын

Famously (to us in MK, at least) all the standard ways of saying those words. Weirdly, I couldn’t imagine any of those being said differently. Woughton is obviously Woofton. Loughton is obviously Lowton.

@gurrrn1102

3 жыл бұрын

/ˈləʊtən/ or /ˈlaʊtən/ though?

@danpreston564

3 жыл бұрын

@@gurrrn1102 its ow! Like you’ve been punched in the nose.

@torspedia

3 жыл бұрын

Just to confuse it even more, with Loughton, as a Cockney speaker I'd pronounce it... Lau'en, lol.

@TheMajorpickle01

3 жыл бұрын

Fellow MK'er, Everyone I know hates how we say buckinghamshire, or phonetically, buckunamsher

Non-British people: "NOOOO! You can't just degrade words over time!" British people: "Haha Worcester goes Wrr!"

@jamespage6013

3 жыл бұрын

underrated comment

@HappyBeezerStudios

3 жыл бұрын

or rather Worcester go woo

@mahuhude

3 жыл бұрын

But why do you British not follow the pronunciation by also adapting the spelling over time?

@vrenak

3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to introduce you to danish....

@NickRoman

3 жыл бұрын

@@mahuhude , as he said in the video, most people couldn't read and write anyway; so, the spelling stuck. I guess that means that people copied over the spelling, but often didn't notice that it didn't look right. Or just, not enough people cared.

I just moved to Boston and this helps me greatly.

Strictly speaking, Aberystwyth these days is at the estuary of the Rheidol, not the Ystwyth. The castle is Aberystwyth but the modern town is slightly north of there, around the mouth of the Rheidol

As an American, that accent was so flawless I instantly assumed he'd just been putting on an English accent for the rest of his career. But watching to the very end, it's clear he's actually Austrailian.

@electrostar5161

3 жыл бұрын

He's british

@crazycjk

3 жыл бұрын

@@electrostar5161 surely not!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

@a39tortoise40

3 жыл бұрын

@@electrostar5161 Some one let the joke go over their head...

@electrostar5161

3 жыл бұрын

looks like i knew that it was a joke

@Hakucho64

3 жыл бұрын

Well played, Sir!

Just to add extra confusion. Aberystwyth is actually located at the mouth of the River Rheidol and the mouth of the Ystwyth is located just outside of the town in a place called Tan-y-Bwlch.

@richardsmith2370

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatotherted3555 when I first moved to Aberystwyth I thought it meant Pass of Fire and thought “wow that’s exciting.” One place around there I’ve never understood the meaning of is “Cnwch Coch” pronounced “CNOOCK CORK” with rhaspy Ks like in scouse. I know Coch is Welsh for Red, but never got to the bottom of what a Cnwch was, even after speaking to local fluent welsh speakers.

@eleanorcawte532

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardsmith2370 interesting! I don't know any Welsh at all, but I just looked up cnwch as it reminded me of the Irish/Gaeilge word for hill, cnoc. According to wiktionary both descend from the proto-celtic 'knokkos' (hill). Cnocc in old Irish also would mean lump/swelling apparently, and a 'Wales Online' article says cnwch is a word for swell. So cnwch coch means red hill/swell/mound? :) all the best!

@richardsmith2370

3 жыл бұрын

@@eleanorcawte532 thanks for the info. That kind of makes sense, thinking of where the village is located.

@IndigoJo

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardsmith2370 There's a part of Aberystwyth called Buarth Mawr (I lived there for my second year at uni, it's basically between the railway line and the A44) and I was told that it meant big hill. When I mentioned that the dictionary said 'buarth' meant yard, they told me, "no, that's a Northwalian thing".

@richardsmith2370

3 жыл бұрын

@@IndigoJo yes the difference between northwalian and southwalian dialects can be very confusing. I speak southwalian but I would say hill is “Bryn” in southwalian and Buarth is a enclosed space like a courtyard, walled garden or school yard. However Aberystwyth, being where it is, on the north-south divide does through out some welsh curveballs. I know a Farm near there called Troedrhiwlwba. Troed and Rhiw would come together to mean “foot of the hill” so I guessed the hill was called “Lwba hill” but the farmer who’s family has farmed there since the year dot said, “No! Lwba means middle-sized” so it means “Foot of the middle sized hill”. However, to this day I’ve never come across the word anywhere else.

I have a friend who's originally from Essex, but has lived up here in Sheffield since forever, she's thankfully lost her Essex accent.

@johnp515

7 ай бұрын

Fascinating

@Sabhaois

6 ай бұрын

Wow, really? Please tell us more…

I've been watching and loving these videos, and each time thinking more and more that Jay looks like beardyman. And a quick Google explains why. Haha, a talented family indeed

You've absolutely mastered the art of getting people to watch the adverts by choice. Fantastic.

@louistracy6964

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite.

@EternamDoov

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah no, I'm not submitting to advertisement for anyone

@danikq2525

3 жыл бұрын

@@EternamDoov so weak that you can't sit there for 2 minutes without buying something. do you close your eyes every 10 minutes when you watch tv too?

@alphabetaomega265

3 жыл бұрын

They should open a marketing company

@andybowen1973

3 жыл бұрын

@@danikq2525 or maybe he just doesn’t wanna watch an ad and if he has the ability to skip it they will