Big thanks to Ridge for sending me this wallet and supporting the channel! Here’s the site if you want to check them out! ridge.com/NAMEEXPLAIN”

@mihaelzubak7321

4 жыл бұрын

The type of english i learned is whichever one undertale is made in.

@amehak1922

4 жыл бұрын

Name Explain Another tidbit: upper case letters were called majiscules and lower case letters were called miniscules.

@cd1051

4 жыл бұрын

What type of english do other british colonies speak such as Australia and New Zealand ?

@Ggdivhjkjl

4 жыл бұрын

Victor Harbor in South Australia is spelt the original way as it was founded before the u was added to habour.

@Junokaii

4 жыл бұрын

Have you done a video on the English used in the Caribbean? Cause I'd love to know how the hell they managed to get accents like that when there's no accents anywhere else in the world close to theirs.

Britain: English (traditional) America: English (simplified)

@FinlayHamm

3 жыл бұрын

Hotel: Trivago

@Lay.s.

3 жыл бұрын

@@FinlayHamm your comment: not funny

@bonniethebunny5204

3 жыл бұрын

@@FinlayHamm pretty overused ngl

@FinlayHamm

3 жыл бұрын

@@bonniethebunny5204 that was 6 months ago FUCK OFF

@bonniethebunny5204

3 жыл бұрын

@@FinlayHamm you act like that was an ancient ass comment like it was a decade ago

British person: Colour is spelt C-O-L-O-*U*-R. You spell it wrong American person: No U

@wearehoomans2288

4 жыл бұрын

That is just so clever, yet so stupid *I love it*

@Samm815

4 жыл бұрын

Stop speaking French!

@heronimousbrapson863

4 жыл бұрын

Let's compromise and spell it "kuller".

@optimisticdork8380

4 жыл бұрын

Tubmaster 5000 that’s verbally correct but its way too far off lol

@MisterHunterWolf

4 жыл бұрын

kouler

I once got points off in art class because I labeled my color wheel as "Ye Olde Colour Wheele"

@anmolrulezzz

3 жыл бұрын

I would've given you extra points for that. Brilliant, I love it.

@lawrencepoluchowicz3314

3 жыл бұрын

@@anmolrulezzz same

@poteletubby4184

3 жыл бұрын

they are nothing but uncultured plebs!

@Federalissimo

3 жыл бұрын

Why??? Are they that stupid?

@kinyutaka

3 жыл бұрын

@@Federalissimo it's a Texas school, so... Yes

I died at the definition of “Oats”

British English: Colour Draught Tyre Theatre American English: Color Draft Tire Theater Canadian English: Colour Draught/Draft Tire Theatre Because why not both

@rodrikforrester6989

4 жыл бұрын

I use "theatre" for war and "theater" for opera.

@falpsdsqglthnsac

4 жыл бұрын

I use "theatre" for the art form and "theater" for the place.

@Jame5man

4 жыл бұрын

Also arse is so much better than ass

@WolfvineGaming

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t be an ass about it XD

@Junokaii

4 жыл бұрын

Ha. I was thinking the same as I'm Canadian. Kinda like how we use both metric and imperial too. Our licenses say metric but in real life we say imperial. Oven temperatures are in imperial, on tv it's metric xD

English is not my first languarge. I've learned british english in school, but I've really learn to understand english through series/movies - so my english is a messy Mix between british and american english. And I have no idea which is which.😅

@pedroff_1

4 жыл бұрын

Same situation. Appatently, looking at that list of words he showed, my vocabulary is a completely messy mixture of both spellings

@octo5638

4 жыл бұрын

in the netherlands it's the same, well at least were im from

@pseudonymousbeing987

4 жыл бұрын

I'm a native speaker, born and raised in Britain. And yet during this video I have "learnt" that I've been writing a few things wrong. That word, learnt, just looks so wrong to me, yet it's the way I should write it.

@JaniLaaksonen91

4 жыл бұрын

I think british english is what they teach as foreign language in schools everywhere, also here in finland. I too have learned a lot more from TV, movies, games, music etc. and those are mostly in american english so my english is also a messy mix of both with lots of mistakes too. My rule of thumb to which is british and which is american english always was that the longer or more complicated one is british. That got ruined with elevator/lift and autumn/fall.

@Danielagostinho21

4 жыл бұрын

Same, Some days i use British some nights I use american or both

USA: Memes UK: Felony USA: Prison UK:Australia

@DontAttme

4 жыл бұрын

We don’t call our crimes felony’s or misdemeanours

@DontAttme

4 жыл бұрын

xarvert I understood it, it was just incorrect. No woooosh

@wandaperi

4 жыл бұрын

ree

@Eclipse-mf6hc

4 жыл бұрын

@Michael Brentford Oh no, you’ve learnt the truth, I am speechless! Forstår du hvad jeg siger? Ingen? Okay, du er en stor idiot. Du tror, ​​Jorden er flad. Le Terre est ronde. I understand that this is hard for you to accept. (Guess how many languages I used, lol (I love knowing three languages)

@Eclipse-mf6hc

4 жыл бұрын

@Michael Brentford No, sarcasm isn’t, but Danish “isn’t your strongest trait,” neither is science. And also, be careful of what you say to people, hardman 😊

In Germany we are encouraged to write and speak British English and some of the older teachers stand by that, but most teachers let us use whatever we want and don't mind weird mixtures.

3:34 When you realize that the "wtf am I reading" meme guy is actually a spelling reformer and has probably made that facial expression because he saw what a mess english spelling was

@padraigpearse1551

4 жыл бұрын

I can't believe Johnson has been relegated to "the "wtf am I reading" meme guy"

@TheCimbrianBull

4 жыл бұрын

I was genuinely surprised to see that meme guy in this video. I thought he was a modern day creation. I actually learned something new! 😀

@strawberrymanis2

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCimbrianBull well that and history of UPERCASE and lowercase history.

@unm0vedm0ver

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCimbrianBull pist du Zimbrisch?

@NameExplain

4 жыл бұрын

When I googled his name for an image of him I screamed to myself "IT'S THE MEME GUY"

uk:flavour us:flavor uk:colour us:color uk:what are you doing? us: removing u

@ABHyt

4 жыл бұрын

Unoriginal

@grantorino2325

4 жыл бұрын

In England, there's an extra u in "harbour," "favour," "labour," "neighbour," "splendour," "flavour," "colour," and "honour"; but curiously, not "liquor," "motor," or "rotor." For simplicity's sake, we Americans drop all those silent u's, and end up with "harbor," "favor," "labor," "neighbor," "splendor," "flavor," "color," and "honor." Mind you, we're the exact same Americans who keep the u in "glamour," so go figure!

@syrialak101

4 жыл бұрын

@@ABHyt Look who's talking.

@TheCimbrianBull

4 жыл бұрын

@@grantorino2325 The word 'glamour' is French so it kind of makes sense to retain the original spelling.

@thezipcreator

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCimbrianBull I've never even heard anyone really say glamour before

Yesterday to my husband through text: “ I cancelled our subscription.” “What? Cancelled has only one L”. “Well, I guess we’re British now.”

@PatLund

4 жыл бұрын

I'm an American and I've always thought it was spelled cancelled.

@grantorino2325

4 жыл бұрын

America: "canceled," "canceling," "canceler." England: "cancelled," "cancelling," "canceller." But -> BOTH America AND England: "cancellation." :/

@paigeolfert3382

4 жыл бұрын

I'm American, and I was always taught to spell in with two 'L's.

@sivan7438

3 жыл бұрын

@@grantorino2325 *CONFUSION INTENSIFIES*

@jakesouthern4050

3 жыл бұрын

We call it “I have to not do this because I want to drink tea and sleep”

As a native French speaker, I have to say that seeing the word "theatre" in an english sentence feels wrong, as if it was written in the wrong language.

@lafox2833

4 жыл бұрын

Ya the British version just feels wrong

@Flazerie

3 жыл бұрын

Theatre.

@osamalinbaden1996

3 жыл бұрын

lafox283 we literally invented the language you are using right now lol

@poteletubby4184

3 жыл бұрын

@@elysian5028 fair enough!

@Kromiball

3 жыл бұрын

@@osamalinbaden1996 The no-longer-alive Proto-Indo-Europeans are cringing right now.

I live in Romania and the version of english I was taught depended on the teacher I had.Usually the more lenient and younger teachers taught american english, while the older ones insisted on british.

@alikareem3829

4 жыл бұрын

Same thing in Lebanon. Even if I was taught the British English in school eventually we consume a lot of American shows and programs we start to get influenced by it without realising that...

@h.thumbsthomas5479

4 жыл бұрын

Hey! I'm an American and I took Romanian in college. (I'm extremely rusty; I haven't been to Romania in like 3 years. lol) Anyways, I remember meeting a Moldovan and them telling me that its kinda the same situation linguistically between you two as us and the British. Probably not as drastic since you're neighbors but I didn't know if that was true or not.

@ioncezar21

4 жыл бұрын

@@h.thumbsthomas5479 It's kinda true,the differnce between the two is just that moldovans use a few regionalisms which most romanians know anyway but don't use and also moldovans have a more russified pronunciation.

@h.thumbsthomas5479

4 жыл бұрын

@@ioncezar21Interesant! I mean that makes sense considering the whole USSR and all that.

@alexandrub8786

4 жыл бұрын

@@h.thumbsthomas5479 fun fact: the soviets tried ti make a moldavian-romanian dictionaire but they changet so many words that the mildavians didn't understanted anythink.

I am Icelandic. We are taught British English in school, but American media is very popular as well. Thus, I write (and speak) in a sort of mix of American and British English.

@sirk603

4 жыл бұрын

So basically Canadian English?

@joaopedrosantos4646

4 жыл бұрын

In Portugal is the same

@RandomGuy_2015

4 жыл бұрын

Same in Malaysia

@KingAliKA

4 жыл бұрын

I am a brit but I sometimes I speak American English without realising it because of TV shows, movies, and KZread /Google

@maugonzalez7201

4 жыл бұрын

In school here in Mexico they opt for British English, but the US is a neighboring country so I think it’s kind of pointless, but I use a weird mixture of both lol

"We can order things, and the next day they arrive at our door". *Laughs in Irish*

@wandaperi

4 жыл бұрын

O'Normie

@smorcrux426

3 жыл бұрын

laughs in every single ocuntry other than usa and uk

I'm an American, and yet the British spellings "grey," "endeavour," and "anaesthetic" look correct to me. This video also reminds me of one of my favorite lyrics from My Fair Lady, "There even are places where English completely disappears; in America, they haven't used it for years."

@marcaldovino264

3 жыл бұрын

the one word I hate, is "aeroplane", its a plane that fly's in the air, not the aero

@laurelelasselin

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcaldovino264 Aero means air, doesn't it? (Correct me if it doesn't) I prefer aeroplane. It looks more satisfying.

@deadmanomegagaming4061

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcaldovino264 aero as in like aerodynamics and yes aero means air sort of

@deadmanomegagaming4061

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, i'm british and there are somethings that is spell the American way and I think this applies to a large number of British people, the main example I can think of this draught which I do normally spell as draft unless I'm talking about a draught horse. also tyre i spell as tire so I think maybe one day english and American spelling may fuse into one with the only ones that stick around being the ones that show the difference in American and English pronunciation like aluminum vs aluminium, since we say it how it's spelt.

@alboyer6

2 жыл бұрын

American here... I struggle with grey. That will always be how my brain spells it unless it is a proper name. Watched too much canadian tv growing up I guess.

I’m American and I use “theatre” when talking about drama and plays, and use theater when talking about movies

@kaiishere016

4 жыл бұрын

I use 'centre' when talking about a building, e.g.: convention centre; But I use 'center' when talking about location, e.g.: It's in the center of the forest. I don't know why, I just have for a while.

@galdoug8918

4 жыл бұрын

Smart

@RK-ep8qy

4 жыл бұрын

MinifigureXtreme wtf that doesn't even make sense

@demetries11

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree.

@Queen.Symone

4 жыл бұрын

Same. I thought that was typical.

I am an Indian and I realized that we use both American and British versions of spelling for different words

This really screws with us Dyslexics

@arabesque6716

3 жыл бұрын

dOeS tHiS hUrT yOuR eYeS THE LETTERS ARE MOOOOOOVING OH NO 🤦‍♂️

@hdtec

2 жыл бұрын

@@arabesque6716 what?

@arabesque6716

2 жыл бұрын

@@hdtec *d y s l e x i a*

@ronansorgdrager

2 жыл бұрын

i live in Australia and, oh man, oh, oh man

@Eclipse-mf6hc

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronansorgdrager as do I my man. Sometimes ppl use American and other times they use British English. I’ve chosen to stick with British English…

I am danish. In primary school we learnt British English. I remember being corrected a lot when I was young because I spelled it “color” instead of “colour”. In high school I believe we could use either one but we however had to be consistent in which one we used. I am not sure what I use today, but I think it is somewhat of a mixture. I however believe I use more American than British as it is the one I encounter the most.

America: * removes u in colour * U.k: what are you doing? America: getting rid of u.

@martynraveybracey7202

4 жыл бұрын

ha ha!

@bluefoxy6478

4 жыл бұрын

@Topgun God honor.

@idareyoustudios858

4 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha!!!

@theaveragecomment1014

4 жыл бұрын

@Topgun God *GENIUS*

@Oddity2994

4 жыл бұрын

America in the revolutionary war

Name Explain: [uses a picture of Bananas in Pyjamas in his video.] Me, an Australian: Huzzah! A man of quality!

@tearlach47

4 жыл бұрын

Bynanas in pajamas ;)

@hpsauce1078

4 жыл бұрын

@@tearlach47 Baenenez en payjemez

@unfunnywasteland9692

4 жыл бұрын

Wait bananas in pyjamas is australian?

@DFX2KX

4 жыл бұрын

@@unfunnywasteland9692 I was just about to ask that very question.

@grumpyoldman3458

4 жыл бұрын

"Chom-choms in Jim-jams"

In America, we actually usually use a combination of both English and American spelling. Words with different spellings usually have different connotations. “Theatre” is acting and “theater” is a cinema. Most streets or places in the middle of something are “Centre” but are in the “center” of where they are.

@arabesque6716

3 жыл бұрын

stfu 🤫

@xg6hpyk

2 жыл бұрын

In the US British spelling is used when something is presented as "high class"

@Bambisgf77

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I know it’s complicated but I love those subtle details!

And over here in Canada, both Oxford and Mirriam-Webster dictionaries are sold and we use a pick-and-choose combination of spellings. It appears we took many of the consistency changes like programme -> program and tyre -> tire but retain ou-s and re-s like in colour and theatre. Which is massively irritating when using spell checkers that only feature US or UK dictionary spellings.

@arabesque6716

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, let’s keep this simple... Most people from England 🇬🇧 speak: English. Most people from America: speak “American”. (NOT AMERICAN ENGLISH OK BECAUSE THAT’S FROM ENGLAND) Most people from Australia 🇦🇺 speak: Australian. And most people from Canada 🇨🇦 speak: Canadian.

@ckl9390

2 жыл бұрын

If the only non-US option for the spell checker or language option is UK I go for that one.

Having lived in both countries, I tend to use the “Canadian “ variant which takes from both

@TheCimbrianBull

4 жыл бұрын

Is your pronunciation also Canadian? Or just your spelling?

@Jordan-22222

4 жыл бұрын

Just spelling, lived in PA and TX so I have a weird accent

@makavelithedon

4 жыл бұрын

You'd naturally think Canadians would use British English as it also adopts more French spellings than the American interpretation, given that Canadas is practically made up of French and English settlers.

@newdamage5945

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting.

@donnanobel514

4 жыл бұрын

I liked that too - older words are often spelled the British and newer the American way....

That helps, thanks! English is my second language and in school we were learning British English, but everything on tv is usually in American English. Way to get all confused 😀

@Fabio-dn3fx

4 жыл бұрын

In my studies, English teachers just taught us both the British version and the American one, so I wasn't actually "confused", but I ended up knowing way more American English words because of media haha

@King_Cova

4 жыл бұрын

It's not confusing, if you see an American spell you double check and spell correctly. I mean when you get an illiterate to write your dictionary you are only going to get wrong spelt words.

@NeoZeta

4 жыл бұрын

@@King_Cova ROFL~ hopefully you won't get shit for this one, but that had me laughing. Reminds me of our [European Portuguese] arguments versus Brazilian Portuguese.

@Udontkno7

4 жыл бұрын

@@King_Cova wrongly spelled words*

@King_Cova

4 жыл бұрын

@@NeoZeta shit from Americans? Collectively they couldn't put an argument together, that you couldn't destroy in one sentence. You must be limited in your understanding of Americans, if you are actually laughing. Moron.

German here. I was taught British English at school with our teacher making every effort to get our pronunciation as close as possible to the best British English he knew. The entire textbook was based on British English, only in the final year, the textbook introduced other versions of English at an enormous speed, including American, Australian, Canadian, South African and some other types of English. American English was just one of those many other versions, so we learnt about some differences but overall the course was on British English. Later at university, I took English interpreting, and we had to choose one type of English and stick to it in order to be consistent. All students from various countries chose British English, only one Austrian student chose American English. All our profs used British English as far as I remember. Altogether most Europeans I know, well my generation and environment, prefer British English over American English simply because it is so much easier for us to understand both spoken and written. The British spelling and pronunciation are much closer to our own languages than the American versions.

@karlosadonis451

3 жыл бұрын

Northern British accents are closer to European languages, especially their pronunciation of short vowels in words like: back, stack or look, up. On the other hand Scottish and Cockney accents both have the same open "o" sound in :not, got etc. like Italian "o" in pero, cio.

I appreciate the way he worded the video’s title. It draws a larger audience then, “Why Is American English spelled differently From British English” - or vice versa. And the way he worded the thing will offend less people, good on ya mate!

Reminds of me Langfocus channel, he did a "Why Is English Spelling So Damn Weird?! " video. ...and it is weird when it comes to spelling :P

@HalfEye79

4 жыл бұрын

I think, the weirdest thing is, that by far you can't go from spelling like pronounciation.

@TheCimbrianBull

4 жыл бұрын

@@HalfEye79 *pronunciation

@HalfEye79

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCimbrianBull Whatever. But you knew, what I meant.

@nathananton12

4 жыл бұрын

Love that channel

@servantofaeie1569

4 жыл бұрын

yea but this guy doesnt yell at you in the comments and make you feel like shit like langfocus does

Cool. The uppercase/lowercase explanation was my favorite (or favourite ;)) part of the video so I, for one, am glad you found away to slip it in.

@TheCimbrianBull

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know this until now but I will make sure to slip that random piece of information into future conversations.

@King_Cova

4 жыл бұрын

Favourite, if you miss the U then you fail you in English.

@jamesbednar8625

4 жыл бұрын

ME too. Did not know that was how Upper/Lower cases letters came about.

I'm Nigerian and in school we lean both but mostly British, i guess it's because we were once a British colony, Colour Tire Draft Cauch Vest Aeroplane That's how most people in Nigeria spell those words

@LunizIsGlacey

4 жыл бұрын

Cauch?

@arabesque6716

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously, because you are learning English.

@cgbgaming9363

2 жыл бұрын

We spell it 'tyre' in definition of the rubber covering of the wheels and 'tire' in defintion of being fatigued.

I’ve used and spelt words like “burnt” but have also used spellings like “dreamed”. I’m just really inconsistent lol

@SWLinPHX

4 жыл бұрын

Actually you don't use "burned" and "burnt" interchangeably. You say "the toast was burnt" yet you would say "I burned my hand on the stove".

@arabesque6716

3 жыл бұрын

Dreamt*

@arabesque6716

3 жыл бұрын

@AnySoo Chaann CAN YOU STOP SAYING “BRITISH ENGLISH” it’s just English okay and you are right about that but they both mean different things...

Thus, why the U.S. and Britain have been called two countries separated by a common language.

I never realised the differences were actually deliberate. I'm not that bothered when American's use American English, but it does bother me when many many applications assume that American English is good enough for the whole world and don't provide other variations despite providing other languages. Particularly problematic when a spellchecker is involved....

@mavisusername

4 жыл бұрын

This

@purplefire2834

4 жыл бұрын

Most spellings are similar enough that there are no issues determining what word they're talking about. Just use whatever you're used to, people will get it. I do understand the spellchecker argument though.

@no_real

4 жыл бұрын

American english is there because it is the best english and only true english

@meijelly

4 жыл бұрын

"im not bothered when americans use american english" BRUH, lmao, what the fuck else are we gonna use? Australian english, it's literally in the name... if you got mad we are using our OWN english.... my goodness

@makavelithedon

4 жыл бұрын

That annoys the shit out of me, whenever I'm signing up to something and it says "choose your language" so I scroll and scroll looking for British English, which should just be called plain fucking "English" only to find no other option other than "American English" or it will just say "English" but with a USA flag, which is equally annoying, it won't be long before it just says "American".

Britain: My Language is correct! America: No My Language is correct! Australia: NEITHER OF YOUR LANGUAGES IS CORRECT! My LANGUAGE IS CORRECT! *don don DONNNNNNN*

@faisalchaudhry5281

2 жыл бұрын

Gets beaten by kangaroo

Being from the Dominican Republic, us Latin Americans learn American English so that is the one I tend to use. Because of my job as a New York City tourist guide, I encounter many British visitors so I have expanded my vocabulary and writing prowess to accommodate those individuals although I always make fun of their way of speaking and writing their mother tongue. It is hilarious to hear people from other parts of Europe speaking English with a British sounding accent.

I learnt English as my second language. At school we mostly use American English because it's deemed as simpler but we adopted many words from British English (for example we use the word "lift" instead of "elevator"). But the thing is, I first learnt English at school but became more fluent after learning in another place that uses British English. So my English is basically a mix of the two.

As a Yank, I say we just have a rock paper sizers tournament.

@bogartoutlawclan9592

4 жыл бұрын

As an American, I would point out that here it is rock, paper, scissors, gun.

@washizukanorico

4 жыл бұрын

Thought it was called hi-fu-mee in Japanese English .... or is it english Japanese ? (and junkenpo in proper japanese)

@jakesouthern4050

3 жыл бұрын

As a British person, we have no time for foolish games such as Rock Paper Scissors We beat eachother to death with crumpets

@ewoly5

3 жыл бұрын

oi lemme give ya a right old game of *Roshambo* mate search it up if ya dont have a clue of what it means

@rfe8nn2

3 жыл бұрын

I would say let's play football but even that we must describe which football were talking about. The game of Soccer Traditional Football (Associated-Soccer) or American Football played on the gridiron. American Football or British Football would be a great video.

Some: British Others: American Me: Australian

@maydao9354

4 жыл бұрын

김예찬 bruh

@rhysspieces2436

2 жыл бұрын

same with mum and mom. I mean Mum is correct. How do you get an O out of M-U-M

Interestingly, some older rural Southern folks use "spelt" and words like "reckon," both of which are commonly used in modern British grammar.

I'm Brazilian and the first contact I had with English was the British one. My parents paid for lessons on this school obviously named "British Culture". Then I had lessons on my regular school, which would teach based on British or American English, depending on the book the teacher chose to follow. That made me a really confused child regarding spelling. Most of my vocabulary came from watching subtitled TV shows, however, the majority of them from the United States, so now I usually tend to go the ol' American way.

In Kenya, the standard spelling taught in schools is British English. English is my 1st language. Well, jointly first with KiSwahili.

@hpsauce1078

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, i thought KiSwahili was the only main language in Kenya, so do you speak English to people locally to or is it just because it is taught in schools?

@lvseka

4 жыл бұрын

@@hpsauce1078 We speak both very well. Depends on where you are but with either you'll survive anywhere. All our lessons in school with the exception of other languages are taught in English so expect most Kenyans to be proficient in English

@lvseka

4 жыл бұрын

Why are you guys writing it as KiSwahili though?

@hpsauce1078

4 жыл бұрын

@@lvseka I have no idea i just assumed this guy knows how to spell it better than me.. otherwise I would just say Swahili...

@kiritugeorge4684

4 жыл бұрын

@@hpsauce1078 Swahili is a people group, not the language.

I’m from Germany and we’ve actually learnt both. Our teachers let us use both way in tests or so as long as we stick to one. I mostly chose American English since the spelling is much easier

All I want to do is to support your channel by writing a comment, but I'd love to take some time on telling you how great your channel is! I have not found such a straight-forward / educational but FUN to watch channel in such a long time! Cheers, Patrick!

If you think that's arguing you should watch the literal fights between spanish from spain vs latin american spanish hahahahaha btw love the vid

@Skogsmard

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine then trying to learn Spanish as a second (or third) language for several years and during that time having both teachers from Spain and Latin America. End result: suddenly getting taught that the verb for taking something is reeeally inappropriate in some countries but common in others... (looking at you, coger) ¿Por qué no lo me dijo más temprano? Despues de habiá estudiado la lengua por tres anos es un poco tarde, ¿no?

@suzakuscorpio79

4 жыл бұрын

It's NOT the same Spanish..and I'm Hispanic..not Latino.

@unfunnywasteland9692

4 жыл бұрын

As my first language is spanish i can tell you that there are M U C H more versions of spanish than just 2

@notme1797

4 жыл бұрын

True, it is a mess I try to avoid in polite conversation. I learnt it as a second language and prefer speaking like a certain part of Spain. It's usually not much of a problem until I talk with native speakers here then it can go very sour sadly.

@no_real

4 жыл бұрын

@@unfunnywasteland9692 spanish is like english there are two big ones that people will piont at and a lot of smaller ones that aren't talked about as much. english is american vs british and i beleve that spanish is mexican vs spanish

I school (In Sweden) they tried to teach us British english. I had older teachers. But it was impossible as our influence from American english is too strong.

@dutchigamemania

4 жыл бұрын

Same in Netherlands

@cristianfuentes2597

4 жыл бұрын

So u like stupid English

@okf2000

4 жыл бұрын

Same in Denmark

@cristianfuentes2597

4 жыл бұрын

Sure banana language

My story goes like this: I was taught British English... By an American teacher...?

@gregwood5083

3 жыл бұрын

If they're not making a film out if this story, then they should be!

@AndyPMusic

3 жыл бұрын

I was as well

"In America they haven't spoken any English for years!" H. Higgins, professor

@Steve-zc9ht

3 жыл бұрын

The UK: america what language are you speaking America: AHRJEYDMEIWJEJDIEIWJER BLEEP BLOOP BOP I'M SPEAKING AMERICAN

@rfe8nn2

3 жыл бұрын

We speak our own form of English. American English!!!! Keep in mind we were all English until we decided to adopt the American identity. Probably in the future American English will become just American. Just like Hispania Latin became Spanish.

@angelinephilo2005

3 жыл бұрын

is this from pygmalion?

@arabesque6716

3 жыл бұрын

@@rfe8nn2 stfu 🤫 you speak “AMERICAN” which is (in ACTUAL English FROM ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿): DGAKhkflKhJshdkK jskmKjslskkVhs hmm jKk!£:2)&/&/)/&&;)hdwkisj hchw

@rfe8nn2

3 жыл бұрын

@@arabesque6716 Yea and Spanish and French all have Latin roots in Rome aka Roman Empire. My point was there was a time when Spain was like America. You had Local Pre-Roman Languages in Spain or Hispania. They all spoke different Languages until Latin took root because Latin Hispania had greater influence. That's where the Spanish Language grew out of, Latin or Hispania Latin.

As an American, this made me realize I spell many of my words in the British style (theatre, dreamt, grey)

@AnsaldoJ

4 жыл бұрын

gamers rise up

@stephaniesummer2663

4 жыл бұрын

I use dreamt, spelt, and grey as well

@servantofaeie1569

4 жыл бұрын

i only use grey

@jamesslick4790

4 жыл бұрын

I (an American) I use "dreamt" for the actual fact of having had a dream. I use "dreamed" only in "dreamed up", meaning an idea, or for a thought I "pulled out of my ass",LOL!

@sheshenq

4 жыл бұрын

You say, as you use "realize" instead of "realise"

You missed a reason why Webster simplified American English: he used those word origins to help. The "our" became "or" because he pulled from Latinate forms, and "ise/yse" became "ize/yze" from Greek forms. It doesn't hold for everything (e.g., "program" was simplified, even though the British spelling is closer to Greek "programma"), but it holds for a lot of words. Also, Britain **and** the US also had both spelling variants (e.g. "tire/tyre", "aeroplane/airplane") as technology emerged and sometimes Britain fell on one side as the US fell on the other.

@nobbynobbynoob

4 жыл бұрын

This is the essence, and the Latinate form -or was only an "original" Websterism where it had hitherto had no precedent in English: the purest example I can think of is "color". Others, such as "honor" and "labor", have been widely used by English people for centuries, although the -our form was commonly preferred, and likely far more commonly written by about 1850 - except where it fell out of fashion, such as in "horrour" or "mirrour".

Well I've been learning English for more than 10 years and I have only started distinguishing the two versions about two or three years ago. That's when I decided for myself, that I want my English to be as British as I could possibly make it. So, I've been working towards this goal ever since. I've also been working on my accent for a long time to make it sound like a northern England accent, or whatever that group of accents should be called. I've done quite a lot of work and I'd say it payed off. Any time I go abroad (well, went abroad, as the bloody covid makes it impossible to go basically anywhere), not a single person can actually tell what country I'm from. I have even once got called a Scott, which was quite a surprise, since my accent doesn't sound that Scottish at all (well to me at least), but I was delighted, that my hard work had nevertheless payed itself off.

Mad respect to those who learn English as a 2nd language considering all the different English speaking with different word spelling. I'm American and I still can't spell half of my language right without the help of auto correct -_-

Warning, The Comment Section Contains Different Types Of English.. You Have Been Warned..

@ABHyt

4 жыл бұрын

*gasp*

@scp7802

4 жыл бұрын

s

@King_Cova

4 жыл бұрын

There is English and there is wrong. That is all, oh and the ones who invented the langue are the only ones anyone should listen to.

@ABHyt

4 жыл бұрын

@@King_Cova Did you invent the language

@theadventureking2569

4 жыл бұрын

@@ABHyt I think he/she did indeed do that.

I am from Austria, I learned British english. However when I studied computer science I had to use the American english as well. I personally think the American english is easier to read. It is also interesting how the languages have been evolving!

Im from Brazil, i've learned british english in class but most media I consume is in american english so most of the time I use a mishmash of them. It's really hard to know which spell belongs to what origin at least for me. This video will actually help me to do know better in the future.

I live and grew up New Zealand and being a part of the common wealth we technically speak British English however because of large amounts of American content, speaking with people world over because of the internet and the inconsistenties of terms in programming languages (I.e. Color is used in American programs instead of colour). I think, speak and write in a sort of hybrid English, often using a mixture of words and even interchanging them regularly.

As an American I actually tend to see some words spelled the “American” way and some spelled the “British” way and I myself use some British spellings like grey, spelt, and learnt

@brantleyhester6641

4 жыл бұрын

Bryce Irwin In the American south we use spelt and learnt but probably not because of the British thing

@bryceirwin9919

4 жыл бұрын

Brantley Hester yeah I live in Maryland and here people will use both learnt and spelt and learned and spelled

@sirk603

4 жыл бұрын

I never knew that grey was British English. I just thought gray and grey were both American ways of saying grey. I agree, spelled and learned just sounds a bit wrong, so I use spelt and learnt.

Johnson might have spent 8 years compiling his dictionary but he still missed out the word "sausage".

@WaterShowsProd

4 жыл бұрын

And “aardvark”.

@allanrichardson1468

4 жыл бұрын

Noah Webster called his wife “my little aardvark.” Why? Because “you’re first in my book!”

@Udontkno7

4 жыл бұрын

Sawsij

I live in Germany, (in the state of Baden-Württemberg) and we've learned the first year British English, the second was split between British and American English, in the third year we had American and Australian English and after that another year of American English. In the following years we could choose for ourselves, which version we want to use. In the end, as far as I know, most students use a wild mixture out of American, British and other forms of English. But it all depends on the teacher and which version he likes to use.

So in little old New Zealand, we use both. Officially, it’s always with a U in colour and flavour, but words like spelled/spelt are pretty much interchangeable and you’ll see both theatre and theater in public.

@timothycook2917

4 жыл бұрын

When are they going to unveil the New New Zealand, instead of keeping the old New Zealand?

As a person with English as my second language I can inform that I use both jumbled randomly into my sentences, though it's primarily American English

here in germany british english was the first to be taught but the diffrences were explained at school too

i'm brazilian and i learned english from GTA V and Friends so i speak/write in american english, but having contact with so many other kinds of english changed my accent a little. it's still hard for me to perfectly understand other accents (this video was a good test), but i like the challenge

My personal version of English is a hybrid of American and British english. I prefer to spell color without the u since this is slightly simpler. I also use the words Fries and Crisps to avoid confusion around what Chips means. I'd also use some spellings which aren't in both versions of english, like boogyman without the e, since they're very close to known English spellings but I found a way to make them even simpler while only changing 1 letter. Also, I'd sometimes come up with word combinations as replacements for rarely-needed words I don't know, home sandals being a good example.

And Canadian English seems to be a mix of British and American English.

@terryharper3960

4 жыл бұрын

Australia seems to have a mix as well, but it closer to British English

@Lucasthemann

4 жыл бұрын

No it's not

@Origin820

4 жыл бұрын

faded bul yes it is

@LunizIsGlacey

4 жыл бұрын

Yea mate, Aussie's bit closer to British English

Some people said that Australian or New Zealander English accents are hard for foreigners. Btw i'm from Indonesia, Australia's closest neighbor, one of my friend said that in his school there was an English teacher from Australia and almost everybody had no idea what he was talking about. In Indonesia people mostly understand British or American English since almost every English language movies or shows in here came from UK or USA, FYI in Indonesia, foreign medias or shows are subtitled

@TheCimbrianBull

4 жыл бұрын

@Ian Thompson Calm your tits! It can be spelled (spelt) both ways.

A few comments: You mention Samuel Johnson's 1755 dictionary as being responsible for standardizing the English language, but when I went through John Lawson's "A New Voyage to Carolina" in a facsimile edition of the original 1709 printing, the spelling was already pretty standardized. Excepting words that now end in "c" usually ending in "ck" and the suffix "-ed" added to verbs being half the time "-'d" (that is, two variant spellings such as "walked" and "walk'd" might be seen, even on the same page) the spelling was almost identical to what we would recognize today. I counted about one substantial spelling difference per page. As for Noah Webster's spelling changes - something that very few people know these days is that it wasn't accepted throughout the United States. Books published in southern cities like Charleston frequently continued to use the traditional spellings until after Mr Lincoln's war. As for which is correct, both are. The point of standardized spelling is simply clarity in understanding, and the two are similar enough that it shouldn't be a problem to use either British or American spellings, with possibly a few exceptions of words that are both not used commonly enough to be familiar with both and where the spelling doesn't match the pronunciation (like "draught" instead of "draft"). Much more troublesome are issues such as phrases having opposite meanings - like "tabling an issue" meaning to bring it up for discussion in British English and meaning to set it aside and defer discussion in American English.

After watching this video I am weirdly aware that while I was learning English (from a lot of different teachers and schools) I've been thought spelling in both ways. Know I know why I sometimes get so confuse while writing in English

British English is my favourite English Language I don't care what my friends gonna say about that. I'm still learning. From the Philippines.

you forgot 2 modern versions of English: Spanglish and Engrish

@TenOfZero1

4 жыл бұрын

and Franglais !

@oh_tassos

4 жыл бұрын

Greeklish anyone?

@washizukanorico

4 жыл бұрын

I call them all globish

@LunizIsGlacey

4 жыл бұрын

An' wha' 'bout Aussie English mate?

@nonameguy3665

4 жыл бұрын

Russish

In Canada, we use a mix of the two, but there's one that I think is a bit more complicated than British vs. American: the theatre/theater split. In show business, theatre refers to the art form, and theater refers to the buildings it takes place in. Theatre happens in the theater. I don't think this is just a Canadian thing, but anyone in the industry somewhere else can feel free to correct me!

English is my second language and the way it was tested in school was by doing tons of comprehension and grammar tests, as well as a wired way of testing called "seen and unseen dictation" where we transcribe a passage (seen or unseen, and usually make no sense contextually) spoken by the teacher with correct spelling and punctuation. We knew nothing about the differences in pronunciation and spelling in American/British English, so we ended up having a lot of arguments with English teachers. I still remember the test where the passage contains this sentence, " ... data representing the amount of burnt tomatos is incorporated into a colourised map at the centre ...", I lost 9 marks over 100 in this single sentence because I spelt it in the British way (-1 each) and didn't know in American English "data" and "tomato" is pronounced differently (-3 each), I am still salty after 10+ years.

In The Netherlands, it is a mess. Textbooks really like to teach us British English, but in daily life, we are mostly exposed to American English. Primary school teachers, who have to master all subjects on primary school, are not all equally knowledgeable about the English language. Thus, they teach British words from the textbooks, American words to complement their sentences, all with an American pronunciation. In the meantime, I am at middle school with a bilingual education. My classmates speak near flawless American. I, however, once decided I wanted to speak British, but I reckon it is not entirely perfect. I never unlearned it.

@mikejudge241

3 жыл бұрын

Bravo

In Finland, both British and American English are taught at the same time so it makes my English a weird combination

English is not my first language, and the form I learnt was a mixture between American and British, I think they select the easiest features of each one and taught us in that way.

In Australia we use British English too, so usually I refer to it as ‘Commonwealth English’

@rhysspieces2436

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Although sometimes I spell with american english just to annoy teachers!

IMO, spelling reform in American English should have gone all the way or not at all. Now it's a Frankenstein of an orthography.

@OldieBugger

4 жыл бұрын

Rait. It wud bi a gud aidia tu fix thö inglish spelling kompliitli.

@Leo-uu8du

4 жыл бұрын

@@OldieBugger Ai, laaf jår aidia! Ålso it wud luk mor Tschörmänik, bat meibi it shud häf ä diffrent spälling, bikåås it luks wird dis wei! Just make digraphs/letters like: i=[əi] e=[i] z=[ʃ] eg=[eɪ] ol=[ʊ] (but u=[ʊ] too. 'ol' and 'eg' are mainly for etymological reasons) gh=[d͡ʒ] kh=[t͡ʃ] ... And the result looks much better (a little bit like a mix of dutch and german): I laaf jår idea! Ålso et wolt lugg moor Ghörmänek, bat megbe et zolt häf ä diffränt spälleng, bekås et luggs werd des weg!

Speaking of another video, please go over vocab differences between American and British English!

@JohnSmith-nz4bn

4 жыл бұрын

Man, even the Brits can't sort that shit out amongst themselves lol Best example I heard from a comedian. "You say 'erb. I say herb. Because there's a fu*king "H" in it!" 😂

One of my nieces is Swedish and she learned British English in school (they learn starting at age 7... or did back in the early 90s when she was a kid)... I'll never forget when she came to visit us in the US when she was about 9 years old and she said, "That's jolly good!" I'm guessing they were using really old books because I'm pretty sure that wasn't a super common phrase (especially for young folks) at that time. She and I say that to each other still to this day! Having grown up on British TV, I just translate British to American English and don't really think about it... whether it's spelling or different words for the same thing. The arguing over what is right and wrong is just silly... each IS as it IS.

I remember hearing something about the evolution of British and American English that a significant amount of the standardization also took place during the Victorian era, making modern American English slightly older than modern British English. The OED wasn't really finished until 1928. It would be interesting to see how much of a shift happened in the language from the Johnson Dictionary to the OED as that would also give an indication of the complex evolution of the language, an evolution that was as much driven by the dictionary as it was from the natural evolution of a language.

3:42 Two of those helpers: Blackadder and Baldrick. :)

@TheCimbrianBull

4 жыл бұрын

Baldrick had conceived a cunning plan! 😀

I learnt to use received English in school (around 1980) and at home we watched more English than American programmes. In school we weren't allowed to pronounce 'To dance in France is really a chance' as 'To dence in Frence is really a chence'. Best wishes from the Netherlands.

Draught / draft probably isn’t the best example. We use both in Britain for different things. Draught is the board game that’s also called checkers, we also have draught beers, whereas as a draft is a rough copy of something.

I'm Dutch and I learned British in school, but American in games. My English is a bit of a mix without really knowing what's what.

@Lingist081

4 жыл бұрын

I was born in the Netherlands but moved to the US when I was 6. Dutch was my first language and Austrian German my second cuz of my dad. Obviously spending the last 15 years in the US and going to school there I learned American English and even speak in an American accent when I speak English. My parents on the other hand learned British English as my mom spent her whole life in the Netherlands and my dad in Bavaria. We often had long debates on how to pronounce and write things and my parents had quite a bit of adjusting to the new English.

@matthewkistler3110

4 жыл бұрын

Do Briitish and Americans sound different in Dutch or is it all just bad Dutch? Lol

@Lingist081

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Kistler like as in them speaking Dutch?

@matthewkistler3110

4 жыл бұрын

Ja, exactly i wasnt sure if we even sound distinct even in a differnt language.

@Lingist081

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Kistler I mean if you’re not a native speaker you’re going to have an accent. I’d say yes there is a difference when Brit’s or Americans speak it but it’s not huge. Most English speakers sound somewhat similar when speaking Dutch with some differences

In germany we learn both ways. It's confusing. But I think AE is more used. I personally just use a mixture of both

@deadlive3212

4 жыл бұрын

As german myself i mostly use the american way to spell things. It’s a lot easier.

I'm from the Southern US (Mississippi to be exact). Almost every time British spellings of words are used it is to indicate a higher status or some form of luxury.

@ianport2185

4 жыл бұрын

Interestingly, in England, it's not uncommon to hear a native speaker (try) to use French if they want to sound terribly sophisticated. Obviously, it's misspronounced and horribly inappropriate, but I'd imagine it's a throwback to the mediaeval split between English speaking commoners and the upper class, who spoke Norman French. We'll, that's my theory, mon brave.

I learnt British English as my second language when I moved to the UK. I kept getting confused between British and American English.

I was taught american english as my 2nd language in school and it stuck with me for the most part.

loved the etymology of upper case I didn't know that that's really interesting

@TheCimbrianBull

4 жыл бұрын

Neither did I. From now on I will try to slip that casually into future conversations.

What makes English so hard to learn is this... 1. You drive on a parkway and park in a driveway

In Croatia we are officially taught British English, but due to most of the media being American, most people speak and write something in between. I personally try to stick to British spelling, but it is difficult sometimes because most spellchecks default to American English. Similarly we are generally taught European versions of other foreign languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese) although people rarely take those. We are also taught German as it is used in Germany, which can be a bit weird because many German loanwords in Croatian are from Austrian German.

Even as an American I’ve used words like burnt and spelt a lot.

As an American, I still prefer 'grey' to 'gray'. The latter is more phonetic, but the former is more evocative of the color (colour?) to me.

@TenOfZero1

4 жыл бұрын

I never realized there are 2 ways to spell this, and now I have no idea which one I normally use !

@kentix417

4 жыл бұрын

They look equally phonetic to me. fey, whey, hey, grey fay, way, hay, gray

@macsnafu

4 жыл бұрын

@@kentix417 The letter 'e' does not have an "-ay" sound. Yes, we sound it that way with the 'ey' spelling, but that's not phonetic.

I was 4 years old when my father was assigned to the Netherlands as a Counselor from my home country in 1967, but my older sister and brother (who were ten and eight years old respectively at the time) went to school and learned the British English. Regrettably, my father decided to return to our Spanish speaking country one year later, but when I was 16 years old we had to leave our homeland and move to the United States; that is when my younger sister and myself speak English. Our nieces and nephews always have fun listening to our 'somewhat different' English.

Speaking: American. Written: British. South Africa

@TheCimbrianBull

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the Afrikaans accent when speaking English! I really like to listen to that.

@Ngasii

4 жыл бұрын

LOL I use it time and again

@jarahfluxman20

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it depends. Like a whole bunch of old white people speak more British English but young black people speak more American English

@Ngasii

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I neglected to clarify this.

@ross721983

3 жыл бұрын

@Cyrus the Great that's so your scammers can ring us all up, trying to get our bank details.

7:20 Funny, because I'm American and I feel the same about British English (it's kinda fun)

As a second-language English speaker from Portugal, I was formally taught British English, and my speaking patterns are closer to British English than to American English, but my spellings are a mixture from both languages. For example, I insist on writing "colour", but I'll gladly write "pajamas" and "draft". A lot of the media that taught me English was of Canadian origin, another fair chunk was of American origin and the smallest part of it was of British origin (not counting other dialects)

There's a small error I'm the video where aluminium shows up on the list of words that got simplified in American English. The reason Americans call it "aluminum" is because they reneged on a deal that was made where it was agreed to call the new element aluminium.

UK: colour US: no it's "color" UK: War of 1812

@jkgkugkgkgkj

4 жыл бұрын

They lost

@NewTownMV

4 жыл бұрын

@@jkgkugkgkgkj exactly, guess you could say we showed our true colors.

@ratfat17

4 жыл бұрын

Umm... the Americans lost to the Canadians during the war of 1812

@jkgkugkgkgkj

4 жыл бұрын

Canada was a part of the English empire, and so they lost. The US didn't manage to carve out any parts of Montreal, but they're not a real country anyway, with beaty little eyes and flapping head so full of lies.

@snensnmt

4 жыл бұрын

@@NewTownMV *colours