11 Difficult English Accents You WON'T Understand

you may be a native English speaker but this does not mean you understand English told you I found 11 Mighty confusing English dialects to test your skills first try to guess the country then get the dialect and if you get it right you can brag in the comments but you probably won't if you know what a butter Logie is well then you might know this dialect it has the same Roots as Scots and they were once part of the same Kingdom so while most English accents were influenced by the Saxons this English was shaped by the angles now I'm talking about northumbrian English the angles lived mostly in present-day Denmark and the first time the Vikings invaded England well it was right here so are there some shared Scandinavian words well these words here are Old Norse so you tell me northumbrian has a few varieties I think the short woman is in the business owners want to do well there's more part there's less part and sports there's more people on the parkour and even if you have no idea what he just said you might know about a more famous version Jordy Jordy has its own special character and corbia creels this must be a Northumberland like this even in the 1500s the London Elite thought this was this strangest accent and what is a batalogy well it comes from a viking word and it means a butterfly and what I wanted to calling someone they say you're telling someone come over here [Laughter] now if you know this one straight away then I will be impressed I will but I think you need a bit more we're gonna do a one night Camp somewhere up my damn muscle blind she says we're not sure yet we're gonna check the sea State conditions and once we get up there we're gonna see what beaches will be best take me on your rocks when I see that cast look at them look at them beating up on the inside the indigenous Arrow wipe people called it the land of the hummingbird and this lovely English dialect is known for its sing-song sound many Pirates came short to back their booty over the years including a certain Englishman who came looking for the mysterious El Dorado El Dorado a city of gold it's been in Spanish French and British hands and they say that by 1814 this island changed hands 31 times that's right I am talking about Trinidad the one with the twin the island is extremely diverse African slaves were brought here from other colonies immigrant workers were French German Chinese Portuguese African-American even Venezuelan and then huge numbers also arrived from India the first Creole language in Trinidad was actually French but within a few Generations they were all speaking English Creole by this video I'm going to try to do it a little straight straight yeah thank you so you have an accent you who watching this you have an accent I have an accent everybody have an accent what kind of stupid question is that yes everyone has an accent nowadays they speak both Creole and standard Trinidadian English and it's been the official language since 1823. everything you own that's my stuff yes that's fine who's your walking talk at the same time now unless you've been to this country there is no way you're going to guess this one but please give it a try listen for the clue hidden English okay I gotta see but still we're now into America no one bloody understood me I'm here on Table Mountains South Africa has many different English accents but none are as divergent as that of the cape colored Community especially from an area known as the cape flat matter of fact even South Africans have a hard time following Cape flat English if they didn't grow up in Cape Town and sometimes even if they did [Music] what's the name [Music] no no tell me again I told you take a kiss it's an incredibly colorful way of speaking heavily influenced by Afrikaans specifically Cape flat Afrikaans this dialect has roots in the 19th century working-class residential areas in inner city Cape Town one interesting feature is the double negative as I didn't see nothing that's straight out of Afrikaans as with this video well it's straight out of story learning if you like it and want to know more please let me know you know what to do around here and uh where's up the road die a little ways before dad's been in when he got married we've all raised up here but this is grandma's and dad's old house place we all buy the Water Gap actually getting about this time late and he ain't getting dark wouldn't you just love to hit that whole story I have a feeling that even if you couldn't quite get him you'll recognize his accent and if you fancy a sort of Scottish Irish flavored Elizabethan English well better move down to the Smoky Mountains appellation English is full of wonderful vintage sayings but the best part is certain words and phrases still have the same meanings that they did hundreds of years ago for example I don't care to really means sure I'd be happy to and you know what it was once the high-ranking Nobles of England and Scotland who spoke this way I heard a big clap of thunder and then it commenced to raining I've been working and working on this and I'm having a little bit of a trouble and as you can see it's still side goggling the mountains of Appalachia were once a Haven for mostly Scots Irish immigrants who wanted to escape colonial rule in America and down here they were pretty isolated from mainstream American life for many generations so they kept those old speech forms they were Native American and Africans here too and they all Blended together it becomes quite unique they say weird things like this all the way from medieval Island and something all the way from Storyland is what this video of course so if you like what you see please click these three buttons right here much obliged going back very fast [Music] watching welcome to a very Multicultural part of the world it's been this way for hundreds of years and in our great grandparents time people who lived here were still saying things like the and thou art it's a country with numerous languages and in village life back in the day this was a problem see people made a living buying and selling and it's hard to buy and sell when you can't understand each other the dialect I'm talking about is Singaporean English I think Singapore accent is quite like what's up like like instead of like very like it depends on like how they speak because sometimes you can tell if it's natural or is those exaggerated types uh let's say halfway like in their teenagers they decide like okay I want to speak with I'm more accent and then fully understand the standard version but the informal version Singlish has been a phenomenon since the 1970s it has its own unique grammatical structure and the idea is to use as few sounds as possible to get the message across in other words Singapore English is very very efficient yes of course that shouldn't be a problem in the slightest in fact I'll be more than happy to do it becomes okay the intonation and sentence structure are influenced by various local dialects of Chinese thing is for most of Singapore's Colonial history English was a minority language that only the elite used but after Independence in 1965 English became an essential Bridge kids learned standard Singapore English at school but it's completely normal to speak Singlish and the average Singaporean sees it as a real part of their identity so yes it's very very relevant ES now you know what this one is it is a land where English-speaking Pirates once ran right and the main Port became known as the wealthiest and wickedest city in the world waking up feel water and waking up right through the house through the bathroom to ever do our kitchen do her every door first people in Jamaica were the Arawaks who arrived in canoes from South America about 2500 years ago next came the Spanish and then the English and both brought slaves that they'd captured in Africa also 2 000 Irish girls and guys were kidnapped and sent to Jamaica and more came escaping the wars in Ireland these Irish workers taught English to the Africans and a pidgin language was born meanwhile a lot of Africans and Arawaks escaped and fled to the mountains where their own language developed Jamaican Patois now Patois isn't actually considered a dialect of English it has too many loan words mostly African but Jamaicans also speak standard English I'm not saying this and saying that because of money you know yeah just because the people need me and I appreciate coming around me you know so I'm not doing it like Babylon people say I'm I want to make more money money I'm just expand because the people want the space so I gotta make the space bigger that people can come and enjoy themselves okay to make in English is quite a bit of American in it these days but thank goodness still tons of Patois expressions one sport take after another little syrup was going out there let's not be terrible I know it's good seeing you boy let's go for a beer sometime yes for sure it looks I'm informal now yeah stick your old man take care of my son if you guessed Irish you're wrong it was one of the first areas of the new world that Europeans discovered first came the Vikings in 1000 A.D then fishermen and explorers and from 1630 on settlers came with all these language and dialects and of course there were indigenous languages too we're talking about a dialect called Newfoundland English she's gone back to Alberta for a couple of weeks now I've agrees with me Father for a couple of weeks when this is going away with Labrador but now we're going to be back at it again soon so make sure you get your Vex passports like and get out and see the shows you know I would laugh boy who decorations Newfoundland is an island of Canada a cold place most of the Brave early immigrants who stayed were from Southwest England and South East Ireland and they lived here in isolation for a very long time the British colony only became part of Canada in 1949 so you weren't imagining it they really do speak differently from the rest of Canada today's Newfoundland new [Music] this new newfoundlanders there we go have English Scottish and French in them but they are mostly of Irish descent they say the dialect sounds quite 18th century monster Irish and there are even a few traces of Irish Gaelic left in the grammar pretty interesting huh and if you like language stories like this especially if you're keen on learning a new language yourself you might find my method of teaching and learning languages really quite fun see I use stories to teach languages and my students all around the world but they really like it if you want to check it out maybe see if you'd like the method take a look in the the link in the description I'd love to do something free called the story learning kit has a bunch of goodies that show you exactly how to learn languages through stories now after that tongue twister where exactly were we listen to me come on guys might tell you all myself just know relax relax yourself dad just walk away I can't wait to give you this clue you ready it's the only English-speaking country on an entire continent what could it be why is me put no ring on your finger I mean I know reasons for you being out on a date with somebody on a notes and within a relationship it's known as the land of many Waters and it's a sovereign state on the North coast of South America that's culturally part of the English Caribbean and it shares the same Legacy with these countries Multicultural country it is Once Upon a Time in the 17th century there were three Dutch colonies in Guyana and each had its own Creole version of Dutch mixed with a West African language called calabari but many different Colonial Powers have fought over Guyana so historically they've been exposed to various cultures and languages [Music] the 19th century it was a British colony called British Guyana more slaves came from West Africa and Barbados and the inevitable pigeon language was formed mostly English words with sounds and features of African language there was a little mixing with the Dutch creels but not much because those were already dying out by that point later on a ton of indentured workers arrived from India and this brought a completely new language influence Guyana has been independent now since 1966 but English is still the official language locals call their dialect crealese or Guyanese and it ranges from Standard English to a much broader Creole as for the indigenous tribes they were never wiped out here luckily and if you wander into the interior you might even hear these influences ignorant there's too much discrimination in this tune mine because they're both schools right and we're all in this together now what because the general idea of the details like people get all hung up on details did again it could be like sex could be none it's not important what is important is that I am yes here's the dialect with a famous history the people who've lived here for centuries have ancestors who have Celts Vikings and Anglo-Saxons so where are we now we are in Glasgow Scotland can I just ask first of all what you were doing there slices so you understood every word of that didn't you oh you didn't well Glasgow was a port where many desperate immigrants once arrived from Ireland Eastern Europe and Italy and where a lot of Highlanders also happened to come for work not your everyday combination funny story the attack were tricked they thought they were on ships to America which explains the many ice cream parlors that sprang up but if the dialect baffles you don't blame Italian the Irish and Scots influences are very very strong mind you glass regions do speak incredibly fast and have a lot of Italian surnames right there good morning everyone hope you're doing well bloody chilly in it lots of snow everywhere can you imagine speaking just like your ancestors did well for hundreds of years the inhabitants of this island have refused to let go of the old ways they have a unique way of speaking that's been passed down from the earliest English settlers who came from Cornwall I'm talking about the Tangier Island in uh Chesapeake Bay an estuary off the eastern shore of Virginia yes America yeah the Tangier dialect has changed a lot over the decade that's gonna happen but because of its isolation there was no outside influence and it became a creation of its own way to go Tangier can I get a french fry hat I like it I like it for you to be in the oil okay can I get um the smoker and a meal the children their meal confused okay this guy will tell you where he's from so listen up hello try them out let's see everything you get that this country has more than 20 languages but none as big as English they have four kinds in fact English has been the official language since 1824 and about three million people speak it there's also a creole that people use as a second language I am talking about Liberia Liberia's in West Africa and it has the fastest growing population in the world so today today when you are dressed up fine like me and you are zooting your goal watching Auto teaming people will look at you and say my man you want to kill Blair hey that's why they say when placing blah blah wrong because Lena won't die you don't want to see a dress anybody dress better than him before the 21st century they simply called all the dialects English but nowadays they call them colloqua so why are all the varieties well in the 19th century Liberia had a pigeon English called true that Sailors and migrant workers spoke they'd pick it up at sea but then sixteen thousand African American immigrants sailed to Liberia and obviously they couldn't speak the local languages you're not going to stand nothing I say right now so their descendants are the ones who speak Liberian settler English which still has some archaic American Expressions settler English then influence kaloqua are you still with me here well anyway later there was a 14-year Civil War in Liberia and believe me it was a strong motivator to find a Common Language one cool thing liberians do is they speak with suffixes to convey their emotion good or bad they say oh liberians and pretty cool truth time how many did you guess right from the very first clip come on tell me the truth and how many did you get with the clues let me know in the comments how many you got and now it is time for something completely different with this next video thank you

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Length: 18min 20sec (1100 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 28 2023