20 Words Brits and Americans Say Differently

eg dreamers welcome back to another lesson with me Tom today we're looking at 20 words that Brits and Americans say totally differently all that is coming right up we may share the same language but Brits and Americans have a very different way to pronounce certain words this could be for many reasons and the stress could fall on a different syllable the vowel sound could be different or even the consonant sound as well so I've taken 20 high-frequency words and I'm going to show you how British English would say them and how American English would say them now of course in each aspects of British English there are many accents in American English there are also many accents I'm just going to take a very general view with the British English I only teach you with my accent which is a London accent and we'll go from there okay number one in British English water water or walk water so you're glue you've got glottal ization on the T then you drop the T so it's water or water more in American English that T becomes a descends as water water okay so British English water or water American English wire notice the vowel sounds there in British English is war war and in American English it's wah-wah water water so British English water water American English water number two in British English tomato tomahto in American English tomato tomato so that are so in British English the our son Tamar tomahto and then the vowel changes in a mobile English tomato tomato and that T again turns to a decent tomato tomahto tomato and the difference is actually quite important I was in an American restaurant with a friend and he was ordering his dish but he said he didn't want any tomatoes and he said to the waiter I don't want any tomatoes and the waiter couldn't understand what he was saying until my friend said I don't any tomatoes and then the waiter was like oh okay no tomatoes it was like okay it really does matter which pronounciation you use okay so that's a reason to learn the difference in pronunciation number three is our first example of where the stress is different in the world so in British English it's adults adults so the stress is on the first syllable but an American English is adult adult so the stress is on the second syllable adult adult in British English advertisement advertisement stresses on that second syllable in American English advertisement advertisement so the stress is now on the first syllable also you'll notice there with that is that changes from instead of advertisement its advertisement so that it becomes eyes rather than this this is a classic one that I'm always asked about is it either or either well in British English it's either either American English either either which one do I say I say both I don't know why I just I use both pronunciations and I don't know when I use them but I do sometimes I say either sometimes I'll say either I don't think about whether it's British English or American English the same with neither so it's neither in British English neither in American English personally I would say both neither neither related to these two words is scheduled in British English schedule we have that sound scheduled in American English schedule schedule so it's a curse so no schedule so British English schedule America English schedule to be honest I think I used both so I don't really think about what it's American English or British English I'll use both I use either or either British English would say mobile mobile so the stress on the first syllable and mobile IO American English Mobile mobile so stress is also on the first syllable but it's bull not Eyal bull mobile so British English mobile American English mobile the benign address address stress is on the last syllable in American English address address stress is on the first syllable looking at the stress again here in British English it's massage massage stress on the first syllable in American English massage massage so stressed on the last syllable massage massage massage here's a loanword from French now with loanwords from French often American English will stay with the original stress pattern so it will be feel and say feel and say stress on the final syllable in British English we say fiance fiance so stress on the middle syllable their fiance I've always got this word really differentiated the types of English in British English aren't armed so are that sound aren't in American English and and now to me that sounds like ants the the animal and not quite the same but adds and so is that vowel sound there ah I approach eyes to all Americans now my accent is not particularly good but it's close enough right so aren't in British English and in American English and this one is wildly different all right this this one I don't really because in British English we say herb herb we have the H we give it the pronunciation herb in American English herb herb they just take that H and they just throw it away herb either way it's the same meaning okay herb herb I've noticed one quite recently in British English we put the stress on the second word so well cup the world cup I'm talking about the football world cup here but it could be any world cup but in American English they put the stress on the first word so world cup the world cup so stresses on the first word so in British English world cup the world cup in American English world cup on the first another stress difference in British English defense defense so it's on the second syllable defence in American English defense defense so it's on the first syllable and that D is really pronounced defense some British English defense American English defense in British English garage garage stress on the first syllable garbage American English garage garage so your stress is on the last syllable garage garage garage another French word here in British English mayonnaise mayonnaise is on the last syllable American English mayonnaise mayonnaise is on the first syllable mayonnaise British English mayonnaise in American English oh just male much easier Mayo this word in British English semi so it could be like the semi-finals of the tennis tournament semi in American English semi semi so the stress is on the last syllable there semi in British English semi so Roger Federer has reached the semi-final Roger Federer has reached the semi-final in American English Roger Federer has reached the semi-final the semi-final the difference this one there is a big difference in British English roots roots in American English route route since that ow our sound routes in British English route in American English so when you're using a sat-nav if you have it in British English they'll say this is the fastest route in American English they'll say this is the fastest route route route and the final one for today it's a classic one zebra zebra the Z sound well even just the words it in British English we say Zed and in American English they say Z Z and Z so it's a big difference already and then when you've got the word zebra in British English in zebra American English zebra zebra zebra zebra alright there are a load more words that I haven't been able to put into this video what I'd like is for you guys to put them in the comments below so which other words the British English speakers and American English speakers say differently put them in the comments below and let's share our knowledge together if you found this video useful guys please share it with anyone you know that it's trying to learn English also give it a big like give it a thumbs up and make sure that you subscribe and of course hit that notification bell so you don't miss a lesson I've got new videos every Tuesday and every Friday helping you take your English to the next level for that hour guys thank you so much for hanging out with me this is Tom the chief dreamer saying goodbye

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Length: 10min 28sec (628 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 17 2017