11 Funny UK place names this foreigner can't pronounce
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Күн бұрынThis week I put away my pride and as a foreigner I tried pronouncing 11 UK places! These UK towns and cities come from Adventures and Naps viewers who suggested them on a previous video. But really - how horrific is my Canadian accent when trying to say Lincolnshire? Terrible. British pronunciation is hard! Hope you guys enjoy these funny UK place names as I am eternally embarrassed lol
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a twenty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a KZfaq video every Tuesday and an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:30pm GMT on Twitch.
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#funnyukplacenames #ukplaces #britishculture
@missusgumby 4 жыл бұрын
Ms Naps, your reaction to 'Cholmondeley' was priceless! I laughed until I stopped! 🤣🤣🤣
@rayg4360 7 ай бұрын
Doesn't everyone ?
@Bob_just_Bob 4 жыл бұрын
Spelling Bees in the UK leave all the children in tears 😭
@mattfletcher 4 жыл бұрын
The way you're pronouncing Yorkshire is spot on. Use that same "shire" sound for all the others and you won't go far wrong.
@its_clean 3 жыл бұрын
As an American, I objectively know the correct way to pronounce "shire" like in Yorkshire and Berkshire, but every time I go to say it I hear Paul McCartney in my head singing "four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancasheeeer" and I doubt everything
@KenFullman 6 ай бұрын
@@its_cleanSorry that was John Lennon sang that line. 😁
@oqibidipo 4 жыл бұрын
It is spelt "Raymond Luxury Yacht", but pronounced "Throatwarbler Mangrove".
@greghilton7797 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@adrianstafford6423 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@jerseyjoe2684 4 жыл бұрын
Monty Python! 👍
@smd1uk 4 жыл бұрын
F’tang F’tang Olé Biscuit Barrel!
@bobl.1044 4 жыл бұрын
@@smd1uk You should have included all the rest: Tarquin...
@angelique_cs 4 жыл бұрын
Google Translate: " Chumlee" Alanna: throws phone
@greghilton7797 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@grahamross6397 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, someone nearly swore when that came out of the phone!
@lukerogers151 4 жыл бұрын
My juvenile school boy humour made me ever so slightly chuckle at entry 2.
@shaunw9270 4 жыл бұрын
My schoolboy humour peaked when you said Entry . 😂
@ethelmini 4 жыл бұрын
It's just North of Scunthorpe, I've heard
@michaelwaite5572 4 жыл бұрын
This is my local town in Cumbria Cockermouth in Lake District can you say that without laughing 😂
@AaronTheHipHopGuy 4 жыл бұрын
That was hilarious! Your channel is keeping me sane lol! great video, i really enjoyed it.
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@alant84 4 жыл бұрын
Alanna: "I've picked 11 of them". Everyone else: She's definitely going to lose track and skip number 5, then count number 6 twice.
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@gregoryfuller1136 3 жыл бұрын
@@sewwoollyltd4509 I bet you are fun at parties...
@Innerspace100 3 жыл бұрын
@@sewwoollyltd4509 The 19th century called. It appears that one Sew Woolly got missing... Could Sew Woolly report in the year 1846, please... Come on! Join the human race, for goodness sake! At least for the sake of your kids. What are you?! An old order mennonite, or something?!
@smd1uk 4 жыл бұрын
Alanna, we in the UK love you (actually we love most Canadians but you especially) hope you’re back with us soon.
@christophercory8742 4 жыл бұрын
It actually sounds like Google doesn’t even know how to pronounce them either . Plus I love the way to pronounce Yorkshire 😂
@JosephHaig 4 жыл бұрын
Your reaction to Cholmondeley: "I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed." :-)
@AndySolace 3 жыл бұрын
Came back to one of my favourite videos of yours to wish you well and say congratulations on 99.4k subs... 100k is so close! Congratulations in advance -- you worked hard for this! :)
@jennyc123 4 жыл бұрын
LMAO I pissed myself watching this as I was doing the dishes....still laughing btw
@nickblack4661 4 жыл бұрын
Alanna , just have to praise you for even trying these names ... even most brits have problems with them .. btw glad to see you sober after the last vid 😂
@Matthew-us1fu 4 жыл бұрын
Seeing you all chipper and well is a joy. Stunning backdrop and production A+
@Honeythemua 4 жыл бұрын
Awww man!! Best video you’ve ever made 😂😂😂. Thank you soooo much 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!!
@Spiritof1955 4 жыл бұрын
I am now officially an Adventures and Naps "Numpt"... I'm from Keighley.
@gerrymccartney3561 4 жыл бұрын
Tuesday afternoons are such fun.
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for joining!!
@jazzyb4656 3 жыл бұрын
I live near Clitheroe and went to school with a lot of people from there. It a really smart little market town with an old Norman castle in the centre. Surrounded by open farm land and the River Ribble runs by it and it is near Pendle Hill, where the Pendle Witches are from.
@crage92 4 жыл бұрын
You are so adorable. The 5 seconds after google said “chumley” are my favourite in all your videos. Hope you get back to our shores sooner rather than later
@Spunky1991 4 жыл бұрын
She is so cute. I love her goofy personality.
@adamjohannesson3434 4 жыл бұрын
She is
@bobl.1044 4 жыл бұрын
There's a joke about Goofy: Micky Mouse in court... I won't tell you the rest but it's really funny. Maybe you can find it online somewhere 😉
@terrafirma5608 3 жыл бұрын
Fine pair of lung's on her 😍
@potownrob 3 жыл бұрын
As the millennials would say, she’s totes adorbs!! 😭
@lincolnwallace2827 4 жыл бұрын
Some of your reactions were 'GOLD' My favourite, Cholmondeley. To be fair, I pretty much went the same route as you and likewise with Happisburgh! They are both on my Photography tour of the UK! :)
@t.a.k.palfrey3882 2 жыл бұрын
You were not sweating! As my (very) late Canadian gramma, from southern Alberta, strictly informed me when I was yet a small boy, "My dear, only oafs sweat. Gentlemen perspire. Ladies simply glow"!! 🙄🤦♂️🇨🇦
@fuckdefed 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard that said in England too, not sure where it originates.
@midnightwind8067 4 жыл бұрын
Always delightful and one of the highlights of my week. So funny. Stay well.
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, you too!
@H2Dwoat 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, I’ve lived in the U.K. for getting on 50 years and only knew how to pronounce 2 and managed to guess 2 others 🤓. How is your attempt to get another visa going? Did your partner have to leave at the same time or is he a Brit? I have recently come across something called CANZUK, which appears to be a proposed union between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and U.K. I think it is primarily proposed as a trading union but free travel and migration between the countries was part of it as well. Have you ever heard of it?
@grahamp4384 4 жыл бұрын
Yay! We're back in the garden.😎👍
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome back!
@jamiesmith8042 4 жыл бұрын
This is so funny! You have made my day so much! More please.....more, more. Haha!
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
More to come!
@simongriffiths9717 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, as always.
@simonmorris4226 4 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry I’m a Brit and I would have said Featherstonehaugh pretty much like you did!
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
At least I'm not alone!
@simonmorris4226 4 жыл бұрын
@@AdventuresAndNaps try this one Caldmore. It’s in Walsall.
@Onmysheet 4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear you speak in different British accents for your next video. 😄
@TheJmeech 4 жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work! You’re videos help a lot of people focus on the funny and positive things in life. Your work makes a difference! Thank you.
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that, thank you!!
@BeleagueredThespian 4 жыл бұрын
I seriously needed cheering up and this suggested video was perfect timing for me! Thank you 😊
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Happy to help!
@tonys1636 4 жыл бұрын
Most of these places existed before we had a standard English language and well before any standard spelling, it was the local pronunciation and a guess at the spelling when most could not read or write. Cholmondley is also a Surname and was used in a standard text that was shown to suspected German spies arrested during WW II and required to read out loud, it also contained other Surnames like St John ( Sinjon ), Beachamp ( Beecham ) and Mainwaring (Mannering) as well as some place names like you used.
@annsmith9698 4 жыл бұрын
That makes a lot of sense, thanks! (I’m from California)
@MINKIN2 4 жыл бұрын
Put Fowey on your places to visit when you're back Alanna. It is a beautiful little coastal town.
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Good idea!!
@ftumschk 4 жыл бұрын
It is indeed.
@texbankuk 4 жыл бұрын
Clitheroe too Zoom out on Google Maps and there is Lots of beautiful things to see within walking distance such as Whalley Abbey,Pendle Hill and the Ribble Valley Good base town if you are hiking. Was there last winter doing some shopping www.visitclitheroe.co.uk/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_Hill
@crage92 4 жыл бұрын
Adventures and Naps go to Looe while you are there. It’s a beautiful place and just up the road from Fowey
@AB-ku4my 3 жыл бұрын
@@AdventuresAndNaps And don't forget Looe whilst you're in that area.
@peterjeager4083 4 жыл бұрын
It is always a pleasant pastime to watch your videos. What makes this video especially heart-warming is that you (presumably inadvertently) pronounced several English county names wrong as well, not just those obscure village names; which could be considered embarrassing for someone who has spent 4 years in Britain. But you are obviously not ashamed or worried about it, and that attitude is cheerful to experience. Take care.
@leplum2001 4 жыл бұрын
Another great vid from the adorable Sweatlanna. I laughed and laughed. :-)
@ptd450 4 жыл бұрын
I’m English and I did not better than you lol. Come back to England we all think you are great 👍
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😃
@JosephHaig 4 жыл бұрын
Likewise. I think I failed most of those. There is no way I would have guessed Fetherstonsaugh.
@cathrynbagley8005 4 жыл бұрын
Same here
@4Kandlez 4 жыл бұрын
@riz riz Girls don't wear burkas in the west, shut up.
@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын
Shame Penistone wasn't there, it would have been great next to Clitheroe 🙂
@LiamE69 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe Pishill in there too.
@paulbolton7490 4 жыл бұрын
Clitheroe.? Is that Clit Hero.?
@ftumschk 4 жыл бұрын
Best not mention the two villages called "Twatt" on Orkney and Shetland
@michaelrawson6261 4 жыл бұрын
Andrew dixon:... ask most girls and they'll tell you that most blokes haven't got a clue where Clitheroe is via Penistone...!!!
@UkeofCarl 4 жыл бұрын
Urgh that sounds creepy. Surely you mean women?
@alanvanallen7762 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Alanna,that was absolutely balls achingly funny,best laugh I've had in ages.But you're absolutely correct,I'm a brit and I didn't know some of those,near where I live in Lincolnshire there is a place called Ingoldmells,it's pronounced Ingamells,also we once stay at place in Norfolk called Mundesley,the correct pronunciation is Munsley.How can we expect people from other countries to say these place names ? Once again,thanks for the laugh,and don't take it too seriously,we don't
@alanwebster357 4 жыл бұрын
That was a riot,very funny indeed-thankyou for 15 minutes of fun.Plese return as soon as you can
@vickybrombley7476 4 жыл бұрын
I honestly don't know why you put yourself through such agonising pain by trying to pronounce these weird places ! As a woman whose lived in England all my life I've never heard of most of them , for the sake of laughs and giggles , I really enjoyed watching you squirm 😄 when you visit Cornwall check out foul mouth 👌fabulous video , stay safe ♥️
@benlee8436 4 жыл бұрын
When I was growing up we used to let out a room to various travelling Europeans who came over and helped to teach their language at local schools. One thing I remember from talking to them a lot was that Anglo English has lots of rules and the actual language just ignores them all the time and does whatever the hell it feels like, making it insanely difficult to learn. A further observation is that most of these pronunciations make a little more sense if you are really really drunk and are alternating between slurring very badly and just talking random nonsense and hoping nobody notices. Which is just a coincidence.
@matc6221 4 жыл бұрын
I'm still exited your back 🤗!!
@xXFCUNiiiT3DXx 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video again, keep up the good content
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@matc6221 4 жыл бұрын
Featherstonehaugh! ... That was brill, never heard of half of them, even though you wussed out on Welsh😉 Have you read them to your folks?
@dave_h_8742 4 жыл бұрын
Yes would love to know what they said. A good one is De' arth it's spelt Death.
@daviz10 4 жыл бұрын
Clitheroe.......like guitar hero but for grown ups. 😜
@WolfGratz 4 жыл бұрын
I knew cos The Clitheroe Kid used to be on the wireless back in the 50s and early 60s
@shaunw9270 4 жыл бұрын
@@WolfGratz Wireless ! My parents called it that 😉
@gilbertsprojects2954 4 жыл бұрын
Just got home from work, absolutely shattered and this video has just lifted my spirits and given me a good chuckle! Cheers Alana xx
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@galaxywhispers1787 4 жыл бұрын
Great video as always Alanna. 🙂
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Yay! Thank you!
@Tim_Weaver 4 жыл бұрын
6:19 Scottish people know that Kayley should be spelt Ceilidh...
@michaelrawson6261 4 жыл бұрын
Erm... pretty sure that's more Irish than Scottish...
@psycloneranger2279 4 жыл бұрын
wow is that how thats pronounced lol for years ive wondered thankyou
@loosecannon5813 4 жыл бұрын
#The celts
@michaelrawson6261 4 жыл бұрын
@The Phantom:... turns out, it's not exclusively either.. it's both. As a kid, I was misinformed on this subject and grew up thinking it was Irish only. Not so, definitely both Scots and Irish.
@michaelrawson6261 4 жыл бұрын
@The Phantom:... congratulations on a semi-successful Google search, but they both amount to a similar thing. A gathering, singing, dancing and local, traditional nosh. I was always aware of the two spellings, but they both mean and have always meant, a similar thing; "a stopping by." Except in most cases these days, the longer spelling seems to refer to the occasion, the shorter, specifically to the dancing within the occasion. Your pedantry let's you down badly... or maybe it doesn't... ! So calm down, have an (insert name of something typically served at "a stopping by" here) and chill out...
@alansmith2197 4 жыл бұрын
A funny one, though easy to pronounce, is a small village just to the south of Newmarket by the name of Six Mile Bottom! I'm just happy that I don't have to put that in my address 🤭😂🇬🇧
@tonys1636 4 жыл бұрын
Bottom occurs in a lot of village place names as for obvious reason of being at the bottom of an hill, as does piddle, mainly in Dorset, local dialect for a stream I believe.
@ftumschk 4 жыл бұрын
@@tonys1636 There's a Pratt's Bottom in Kent, about 2-3 miles from a place called Badger's Mount.
@Tim_Weaver 4 жыл бұрын
2:29 You were a real hero to try this one! 😀 Great content as always, thank you for the laughs 👍
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😁
@92agayle 4 жыл бұрын
"That doesn't say Keith and you god damn know it" hahahah this had me creasing. Its so true love your reaction!
@michaelbowling1362 4 жыл бұрын
I live a few miles from Keighley - Google was correct - I was one of the nice people to suggest Keighley 😁 - Maybe you should have joined this video with the Cider one 😂 😍 - Hope you are well. You didn't look to sweaty, but we don't care if you were. You're the best 😘
@shaunw9270 4 жыл бұрын
I'm down in Bristol. I always mistakenly pronounced it Keeley , so now I know ! 😉👍
@wilmaknickersfit 4 жыл бұрын
My husband was born in Keighley and that's the only reason I can pronounce it! 😎
@bobl.1044 4 жыл бұрын
As did I. I also live only a few miles from there too. Google is certainly telling the truth with Keighley pronunciation.
@bobl.1044 4 жыл бұрын
Oh and Alanna is always fun to watch
@LeedsInAHat 4 жыл бұрын
Too much emphasis on the leeeyyy for me. Should just be Keithli’ (li as in lip). But I’m from Leeds, which might be a bit too far away to be right!
@Macarite 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah the ‘shire’ in many county names is deffo a ‘shur’. Rly annoying when ppl make it 100 syllables long. Same with the ‘Ham’ in Buckingham palace, it’s just a ‘hum’!
@lwaves 4 жыл бұрын
It's not that the county name is definitely pronounced as 'shur', it's all down to locational pronunciation. I live in a shire and we say all of them as 'sheer', yet head next door and they'll say 'shur'. I agree with Buckingham but in other cases you'd even lose the 'h' on 'hum' to make it 'um', so it becomes 'Burr-ming-um'. :-)
@RichardBarclay 4 жыл бұрын
Buck-King-ham-sheieireere
@jeremystanger1711 4 жыл бұрын
Saying 'sheer' is an invention of the BBC, and people seem to do it to try and sound 'proper.' Those people are wrong.
@redswanmusic3627 4 жыл бұрын
Nah it's shuh, not shur
@Brad-yq3zm 4 жыл бұрын
This really was highly entertaining 😁😉
@marts2835 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Alana love watching your vids, your humour always makes me laugh. Hope you're enjoying being back home. Your garden looks awesome for sitting in and drinking cider!
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@lukerogers151 4 жыл бұрын
Oh Lord, my ex-girlfriend left me 2 years ago to study at Fanshawe College. Having Vietnam flashbacks now.
@Frank-mm2yp 4 жыл бұрын
ALANNA, very good thing you chose to live in a place with a sensible name: "KENT"- just "KENT."
@gustavmeyrink_2.0 3 жыл бұрын
She only moved there because she couldn't pronounce any of the other counties.
@clairejackson4540 4 жыл бұрын
That was so funny - brilliant! 😁😆
@billhaigney5080 4 жыл бұрын
Alana, Happy to see you healthy and back on it! Roll with the punches.
@jeffgraham6387 4 жыл бұрын
The hyphenated surname Cholmondly-Featherstonehaugh is pronounced Chumly-Fanshaw, obviously....the pronunciation of Shire is entirely reliant on the local dialect of the speaker....the UK is such fun...😁
@dave_h_8742 4 жыл бұрын
English is such an easy language to pick up they keep saying 😂
@wilmaknickersfit 4 жыл бұрын
I always thought that the surname was made up for comedy sketches like the ones Harry Enfield did years ago! 😅
@LeedsInAHat 4 жыл бұрын
Wilma Knickersfit Hello Grayson.
@wilmaknickersfit 4 жыл бұрын
@@LeedsInAHat kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndWlZMak1bvKlI0.html
@alexstorr3357 4 жыл бұрын
Personally I can't stand 'shur' it grates on me. I grew up hearing the local BBC always say Lincolnshur...ugh
@jimontoast5524 4 жыл бұрын
Slaithwaite is a hotly debated one around here.
@olixz 4 жыл бұрын
I can attest to that haha
@psycloneranger2279 4 жыл бұрын
slowit
@neilbuckley1613 4 жыл бұрын
Doesn't the same apply to Linthwaite.
@dave_h_8742 4 жыл бұрын
Braithwaite too
@bobl.1044 4 жыл бұрын
@@psycloneranger2279 aww you killed it!
@fluffibuni8663 3 жыл бұрын
I've just been watching today's beer tasting video ... which was hilarious by the way. This video popped up next so thought I'd let it play ... and it's just as fabulous as the today's beer video. Then I realised that surely the best video would be some kind of combination of the two ... some kind of alcohol drinking video combined with the attempted pronounciation of 'interestingly-spelled' place names, lol :-)
@crimsonsphinx 4 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual Alana. Always brighten up my tuesday/wednesday when I see them. In my area of the world, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, shire is definately pronounced shur. Edinburgh is a good one to try. Ive heard a few people butcher that!
@antix995 4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, Featherstonhaugh disgusted me, and thats coming from a Brit.
@dave_h_8742 4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't have got this stupid one either !
@shaunw9270 4 жыл бұрын
Surely Google got it wrong ??! 😂
@dave_h_8742 4 жыл бұрын
Loved the your all gd lyers and take a deep breath moments.
@cogidubnus1953 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but I'm an Ancient Brit and I knew it...perhaps it's a generational thing...It's surnames as well as place-names...One of the classics is Beachamps - Beecham...and with some of these (particularly when they're used as surnames) there are also subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) spelling/pronunciation variations too...occasionally a place-name is pronounced differently to an identical surname eg Althorp but as a surname "awltrop"...It's not meant to be comprehensible...it just is... Can I humbly recommend as a starter "Mother Tongue" one of a couple of dozen wonderful books written by a great American writer, Bill Bryson...his stuff is truly entertaining as well as educational...It was from him that I learned that Okeford Fitzpaine was actually referred to by many locals as Fippeny Ockford !
@shaunw9270 4 жыл бұрын
@@cogidubnus1953 Bill Bryson . Legend 👌
@Nottsboy24 4 жыл бұрын
Lol 😂 Featherstonhaugh....my friend British pronunciations vary depending on which county your from. Before England was England the counties were actuall different kingdoms 'Countries' until all kingdoms were united under one crown. We have Norman, French, Dutch, German, Roman, Danish, Viking, Scandinavian as well as native British language's Gaelic, Welsh and Cornish along with Caribbean influences such as potatoe, hurricane, tobacco, canoe and so forth! So i know it's confusing how a word is spelt to how it's actually pronounced. The English language is a mixture of all i just mentioned. A lot of English who are not educated in linguistics think English is pure English with no other influences 👌
@peterleswell6621 4 жыл бұрын
Very Interesting @Notts Boy24
@Nottsboy24 4 жыл бұрын
@@peterleswell6621 ☺👌
@kmotch 4 жыл бұрын
Chuckled whilst working listening to this 👌🏻
@peterleswell6621 4 жыл бұрын
You ARE loosing your mind all Google trans late were very good lololol this was a very funny video
@SteveMikre44 4 жыл бұрын
I grew up in New Jersey so I can't even pronounce "water" correctly...😊
@bobl.1044 4 жыл бұрын
I thought you pronounced it "burbon" 😆
@Nottsboy24 4 жыл бұрын
Cornwall was annexd by the kingdom of Wessex 👌 theoretically Cornwall is still an independent country as no treaty was singed with the kingdom of Wessex or England when the king died way back in the 8th century. The Cornish language is related to the Welsh language ☺
@geoffpoole483 4 жыл бұрын
I don't think treaties were very common in the 8th century; England didn't exist in the 8th century- the territory consisted of a collection of kingdoms such as Wessex, Northumbria and Mercia. Cornish nationalism and exceptionalism are both pathetic. An independent Cornwall would be an economic basket case.
@Nottsboy24 4 жыл бұрын
@@geoffpoole483 you missed the kingdom of Brittania! using the word pathetic for the words you used for Cornwall is an insult to the Cornish people!!!....I guess if you checked your genealogy you might be a decendent from Cornwall......
@white-dragon4424 4 жыл бұрын
@@geoffpoole483 I'd really like to see Cornwall get complete independence, as in having to rely solely on themselves without being able to cross the border freely, and see how long they last.
@DaveBartlett 4 жыл бұрын
"Cornwall was annexed by the Kingdom of Wessex" - so what: So were Sussex, Essex & Kent, and later East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria eventually, but this doesn't imply that they too should be independent of England or of Britain. Welsh, Cornish and Cumbric are all Brythonic languages, so are all related. English, as we now know it, has evolved from various languages, but began with the influence of the Saxons, (mostly old German) and the Vikings (old Norse) later corrupted with Norman (mostly French,) but before the arrival of the Romans, just about everyone in Great Britain spoke one version of a Brythonic language. None of this supports the Cornish claim to be an independent nation any more than for any other part of England (You don't get any claims for Cumberland and Westmorland to be independant of the UK!) ...and before anyone claims that Cornish, like Welsh is a language still in use where Cumbric is a 'dead language' - try having a conversation with a Cumbrian shepherd and you'll realise that it isn't totally dead yet!
@douglasgreen437 4 жыл бұрын
Nonsence, it's just another County.
@davidporter499 3 жыл бұрын
A short drive from me in Kent is a country park around a place called Trottiscliffe. It is pronounced and, sometimes is written as, Trosley. Place names seem to be designed to confuse invaders.
@MerryOlSoulGigglesmith 4 жыл бұрын
Your garden looks beautiful. 🤘🤓
@javine2477 4 жыл бұрын
I’m with you on the pronunciation of “shire”
@lwaves 4 жыл бұрын
Same here. We say it as 'sheer' not 'shur'.
@antix995 4 жыл бұрын
@@lwaves Yup. Definitely sheer. Shur seems like it might be a regional accent.
@triffid68 4 жыл бұрын
@@antix995 Yep definitely Lincoln-sheer and Cambridge-sheer anyway. But I can recall hearing Hereford-shur more often than not. Maybe the 3 syllables means that people just can't be bothered to pronounce sheer, so shorten it to 'shur'
@johnnndoeee674 4 жыл бұрын
Uoumall wrong shire is pronounced shy-erh
@tony1kenobi468 4 жыл бұрын
York-shur
@dean8842 4 жыл бұрын
Hey, that was a lot of fun! Good v-blog, Alanna.
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@dandare6623 3 жыл бұрын
The pronunciation videos are the new food tasting videos Absolutely hilarious and charming as always 😅
@AdventuresAndNaps 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃
@BlazingBassist 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video!! You're so funny! I also was as clueless as you on most of the names and I'm from the UK lol Thank you for making me smile.
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
@BlazingBassist 4 жыл бұрын
@@AdventuresAndNaps Thank you, You're just so lovely. I hope you can come back soon, we miss you!! ❤
@ahoughton 4 жыл бұрын
You are funny Alanna! Loved it!
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 😁
@paulduckett6496 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for brightening up my dreary Tuesday
@jonathaneves5847 4 жыл бұрын
Alanna. Yet another delight from Miss Pronunciation😂. Garden looks beautiful, lovely birdsong too. When can we hear from those Murder Friends of yours? I'm missing my occasional fix! Cholmondeley is just down the road from me, well! about 25 miles. Loved your face when you heard Chumly 😊. Though Chester (Roman Town) is particularly beautiful, on the river Dee. Right! I'm away. As always greetings from balmy Liverpool. ✌️🐝
@therealtwiggyleaf 4 жыл бұрын
That was fun. I hope you get back to the UK soon!
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
I hope so too!
@TheArtofLife8 4 жыл бұрын
Great video and I love the look of resignation on your face when Google translate surprises you with the pronunciation - priceless :-) lol Don't hold me to this but, I think many of the weird pronunciations are a hold-over from early Middle English speakers where the vowels were sounded very different, and a lot of words were spelt differently. If you google 'the great vowel shift', you might find some videos about it if you fancy something to do to pass the time. Have a great week :-)
@mattymurphy795 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing video Alanna:), you are amazing too :) thanks for sharing:)
@urbanastro4701 4 жыл бұрын
You cannot help but fall in love with Fowey, It has to be top of your list of places to visit when you return.
@Comic3247 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Alanah, hope you’re doing well today. Been loving your TLOU2 streams 😊
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks!
@Comic3247 4 жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome
@paulyh4531 4 жыл бұрын
Pmsl. You should do this with cider , Reminds me of the old speak and spell kids had hart-ford-sure say it 😆 good video as usual Alanna 👏👏👏
@stephenparker6362 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, Alanna, that was absolutely brilliant and so funny. I really enjoyed that, I even got some of those wrong. Luckily weird pronunciations are not a question on the visa application form. I hope you're keeping safe and well. Looking forward to your next video soon.
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
So glad!
@tonyblench3200 4 жыл бұрын
I love when you do these ones. Had me in stiches. How on earth could 20 people not like this???
@onemillion4336 4 жыл бұрын
Today wasn’t a good day for me. I watch ur vid and cheered me up. U are a funny one. Thanx
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that, but hope you feel better soon :)
@outerheaven8797 2 жыл бұрын
Pronouncing shire like shear (as in Alan Shearer, ex England footballer) is fine. Herefordshire pronunciation.... Hair-ruh-fud-shear Wymondham in Norfolk is a good one... Wind-um
@A_English_Gent 4 жыл бұрын
I liked it before i watched , cos i knew this was going to be that good.. Great Alanna :) From Sunny Sheffield UK
@bojackjackson6959 4 жыл бұрын
Looking fab as usual 👸😉
@jimcounter4945 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 So funny but I don't know why I'm laughing I got most wrong perhaps it's the way you deliver it
@IBLRG 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video 😁
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😁
@michaelrawson6261 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 another hilarious and somewhat courageous video! Leominster was one I put forward, had to chuckle at that, although I DIDN'T anticipate the trouble you had with the county name - Herefordshire. It's 'Here' pronounced like 'very' ford is like 'fud' or 'f'd' and shire is sheer. Herryf'dsheer... Herefordshire. How's about this for a video idea, two in one day; "Alanna tries more favourite ciders" followed immediately by; "alanna pronounces daft British place names - 3!" Although I still quite like the idea of you discussing your top however-many music albums. Great video Alanna! Cheers!
@BumbleTheBard 4 жыл бұрын
Nobody told Robert De Niro this when he was filming "Ronin". There is a scene where Sean Bean's character is claiming to have trained with the SAS at Hereford, and De Niro pronounces it "heerford".
@michaelrawson6261 4 жыл бұрын
@@BumbleTheBard:...well, then, Di niro's wrong, cos it certainly isn't. Hereford is my home town, where I was born, raised and where I still live and work. Di Niro pronouncing it that way, is just another example of the film industry ballsing it up.
@frislander4299 2 жыл бұрын
Most of these forms make sense when you consider that many of these have been around since the time of Old English and have undergone massive phonetic attrition, in the same way that 'wife' plus 'man' gives us 'woman', so 'feather' plus 'stone' plus 'haugh' gives 'fanshawe'. Most of these rules then lead to obvious patterns, like is generally elided after a consonant as in Canwick, Keswick, Chiswick, the in 'cester' is a simple /s/ when unstressed as in Worcester, Leicester, Towcester 'toaster' and so on. The languagw would have had a lot more words like this if we didn't replace all the long German-style compound nouns with French and Latin terms.
@SaharaGadge 4 жыл бұрын
Great video Alanna! You keep me sane during this madness.... If you do another one of these, how about Trotticliffe in Kent? But you might know it anyway! Stay strong... 💜
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion!
@sebastianfrog 4 жыл бұрын
Best reaction ever, smile on my face all day, thank you
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
You are so kind!
@DontPanicDear 4 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed you butchering some of our fun town names 🤪 Some of the regional accents do end up producing some very strange place names. For sure! Well done for getting yourself outside for a video. I like to think it was at my suggestion 🤓
@MarcusTDM 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve never understood Featherstonehaugh being Fanshaw but it is right. Always a good one for catching out Canadians! Lol. Great video as always.
@AdventuresAndNaps 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Tiredtowel101 4 жыл бұрын
Hi! I'm loving these place name pronunciation video's, you are very good natured in your approach! I think I have a great one for you to try Alanna - Trottiscliffe - and it's a Kent village!!
@AdventuresAndNaps 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃
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