Christina 🇺🇲 has a great talent to fit with anyone from UK , first was Lauren , then Hanna and now Cady 🇬🇧

This was so hard! But so fun to hear how different they were pronounced. - Cady 🇬🇧

Loved Cady's accent and also her name , looks like candy 🍬

For me the one of the reasons why is hard to guess how to pronounce words in English is because it takes words from other languages and it keeps the same spelling and pronunciation, words don't anglicized too much. In Spanish for example we took the word chauffeur from French but we transformed it into chofer, or foot ball from English and we turned it into futbol. That's why some cities are hard to guess how to pronounce because they were founded by people who spoke German, Spanish French or are Native American languages

Welcome to world friends , Cady from United Kindom 🇬🇧

Crazy to me that they chose Lafayette. There are much harder town names in Louisiana. There's a town called Natchitoches, which sounds nothing like it's spelled. Nack-it-dish.

As a native Spanish speaker who learned English in the US, I realized just how “Special” English can be when I discovered how New Yorkers pronounce Houston Street.

I had a fun time with Cady pronouncing these US town names. I actually haven't heard of any of these small towns 😆😆 -Christina 🇺🇸

Living just west of Lafayette, LA, I've heard different pronunciations. Locals and nearby call it La-Fee-Yet. I've heard out of the area call it La-Fie-yet, and La-Fay-ett. Many other states have cities called Lafayette, but I'm not sure how their locals pronounce it.

A lot of USA town names are NOT ENGLISH words so applying English logic to it does you no good. People forget there were people here prior to the arrival of Europeans. My family is from Alabama and a lot town have Native American names. our town name in Choctaw. And Lafayatte pronunciation differs depending on which town in the country because there is more than one.

"Ch" is pronounced as "sh" in Chicago and Michigan. Probably, originally it was French transcription of Indian names.

I think Choccolocco was named after a native American word. Same with Loachapoka

As Christina said, many places have different pronunciations depending on your state. Definitely true for Lafayette, at least 3 different ones that I'm aware of, and they're all correct.

love the way cady speak, she seems like very soft and kind woman, and a kind of woman that you wanna befriend with

I am simple man, i see christina i click the video

That was fun! Would be interesting to see a collection of names taken from different regions of the US. People tend to think of American History starting from Europe but once you get away from the East Coast a lot of the names come from the Native American's living there already and as such are really weird for English speakers (and very different depending on the region). An easy example is Seattle, named for Chief Si'ahl. Which helps explain why it is pronounced see-AT-el instead of seat-tle (or like "feather", "creature", "creative" "heat", or any other English word containing the letter combination 'eat'). Now obviously enough people are familiar with Seattle that most won't mispronounce it, but something like Sequim (pronounced Skwim) would probably trip most non-locals up ;-) (As a local, I thought the location on the map and what I heard verbally were two different places for years lol)

Okay lol Lafayette is a tricky one...and i know being from there. In Louisiana we pronounced it and is known across the state as 'laf · ee · yet' to where when spoken it just rolls off the tongue. In other states they pronounce it as you have here or without so much emphasis on the 'fay' as it's often heard as 'faī' as how the word 'guy' is pronounced. French named cities being thrown across the country often end up experiencing this lol.

Those "weird" place names in Alabama trace back to the Indigenous people and languages of the region. Especially in the Southeast, those place names are the only traces left of many, many cultures and peoples annihilated by successive waves of Spanish and English settlers.

Would love to see you folks try this with our Aussie town/city/suburb names as we have some crazy ones and also lots that trick tourists and locals alike, even native English speakers no matter where you're from (out of state, overseas or even Aussies from an hour away coz only the true locals know the proper way to pronounce it!) due to the fact that a large percentage of our place names are of indigenous origin! There are some pretty awesome ones that will give you some funny tongue-twisting surprises! For instance, within an hour or two of me (I'm in the state of Victoria, Australia) we have places like Whorouly, Deniliquin, Bobinawarrah, Wangaratta, Tallangatta, Tangambalanga, Moyhu, Wunghnu, Waaia, Myrrhee, Baranduda, Yackandandah, Tocumwal, Tatura, Porepunkah, Dhurringile, Milawa, Boweya, Wagga Wagga, Ettamogah, Tungamah, Woomargama, Wandiligong, Numurkah and Burrumbuttock! And of course, not close to me but we also have the famously tricky Woolloomooloo, Oodnadatta, Mudgeeraba, Liawenee, Gingin, Xantippe and Goondiwindi. Have fun with those ones, lol! Totally simplez and totes normal sounding to us locals from around North East Victoria, Australia but to outsiders, a bit ridiculous and it's always cute to hear the different ways people pronounce them when seeing them for the first time! Have a go at some of our weird Aussie town and suburb names as there's plenty more wild and wacky ones from other areas too just like this!

A good example of a small town shown in an American movie would be Punxsutawney in "Groundhog Day". (Though filmed in other towns.)

So, I live in Louisiana and I don't know anyone here who pronounces Lafayette - La-FAY-ette - with a hard prounciation of the Fay. They pronounce it La-fey-ette or La-fee-ette.

Many town names are people's names or words. Because America is such a mixing bowl of cultures you can see names from all over the world and different languages. The trick is that many names get Americanized over time, so you can have a French, Spanish, or native American Indian name that is not pronounced correctly, but it has been said wrong over time, so now the changed name or pronunciation is the correct one for the region.

More Cady plz

Oh, wow. I live in Worcester right near the border with Shrewsbury.

There is a town in Utah called Tooele (too-e-la, or sometimes too-i-la)

Personally some of my favorites in Oklahoma are oologah, Tishomingo, Chouteau, hartshorne, weleetka, bokchito, wapanuka, talala, Miami, and ixl

I like Eldorado, TX where folks who know Spanish (or at least heard about the mythical city of gold) would say el-da-RAH-doh, but locals say el-da-RAY-doh. Although I dated someone who wanted to be from Waxahachie, because she liked the way it sounded (with her drawl).

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In Colorado we have a town named Lafayette but we pronunciation different than the one in Louisiana

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

You both did so well. Thanks for the nice idea, perfect match, well done

What I’d found crazy is there’s so many towns and cities in US named after world capitals, like: Moscow in Ohio, Rome in Georgia, Prague in Oklahoma, Paris in Texas.. it’s funny😁

Cool video. There is a town in NJ called Forked River. But the Forked is pronounced with 2 syllables... So Forkid River. You wouldn't know unless you grew up there.

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Im from the Uk. My favourite US place name is Poughkeepsie pronnounced PuKipsee.

Choccolocco reminds me of two things. First, I see the locco as loco and I associate it with like someone who’s a little crazy about chocolate you know? Second, My math teacher in elementary school always said boom chaca laca and the pronunciation reminded me of that. (It if something like a sign of joy or excitement)

muito bom !!!

I like the prologue. "Helloooo!" ☺️. Love it

please make a comparison between spanish and italian :)

We have a lot of towns named after Native American words here in Alabama.

Um I'm pretty sure Lafayette is not right because my first language is French and we would say it "la-fah-yèt" ( not very good at transcribing phonetics but think of a french ah) . Also in true blood Lafayette was not lah fay yet.

Layfeyette is actually the most common city name is the Us. I pronounce it La-FEE-ett.

Oh Christina!! I live in a town in Massachusetts named newton and a lot of my friends live in Shrewsbury

Choccolocco is based off of a creek Native American word and loachapoka is a Muskogee word.

"Hellooo"!

Lafayette might be pronounced that way in Louisiana, but in Georgia (Savannah), it most certainly would be Lah-fi-YET (long “I” sound).

The second word is one I have read a book about

where do you guys film? genuinely curious bc cady has said she's never been to the US and christina says she's never been to the UK

i know even the same name can be pronounced differently in different states Haverhill is pronounced Hav-er-hill in the south but there i come from in Massachusetts its pronounced Haev-rill

Lafayette is pronounced “LAFFY-et” in Louisiana.

I like Schenectady NY especially as the Zip Code is 12345 🤯

Is it me or is Christina getting prettier with every video?

크리스티나, 오늘도 재미있게 시청했네요. 감사합니다

Hi Christina and cady!! Do another one of these please? I am sure there are more towns with unique names both in the USA and uk

I'm from Indianapolis. Lafayette, Indiana is pronounced "Lafeeyette" by a lot of people.

If you think that a town of 3 thousands people is small, I live in a town with 1600 habitants or maybe less, lol

Hi there. We like you very much. Good luck with your show on this topic.Christina good luck to you.

Christina I didn’t realize you’re from the Worcester area. Me too. I live in southern Worcester county. No one knows how to pronounce Worcester who isn’t from the area.

The reason for these names is that there are many towns in Alabama (and other states in the south-east) with Native American names, so it is pronounced quite differently than English.

Hello From Worcester Worcestershire England.

In England i genuinely believed the state was pronounced R-Kanzas. Until i found out it is actually R-ken-saw (Arkansas).

Cady

Should have done Louisville. Big city everyone has heard of, but few who aren’t from there say correctly.

Lol all these were from my home state so I got a fair few

I'm from western Massachusetts

We have 6 UK People now

Should have people try and say Alaska village names.

(Not saying this to be mean) but the way Christina says “archiTEXture” is so cute 😅

English should be considered two separate languages. There's written English and theres spoken English which very loosely follows the logic of written English but you cannot assume that two words are pronounced even closely the same if you differ only by letter or two. That's why US has spelling bee contents: they are in fact testing how many children have learned written English in addition to spoken English they use in everyday life. For me, it's the other way around. I can easily write English but spoken English is very hard for me because I live in Finland and I don't need to speak English. I have pretty good idea how English should sound but my brain is missing the quick pathways to pronounce English so I have to use a lot of brainpower to remember how a given word should be pronounced when I know how it's written.

These are almost all American Indian place names. There's a few fun places that are easier to pronounce like Intercourse, PA. And if you want a chocolate themed theme park you can go to Hershey, PA.

Nanafalia sounds like a disease. "I'm afraid he has nanafalia of the liver. We'll need to operate."

In Poland we don't have any problem with pronunciation of names of the cities or villages, even if you've never heard of them before. This is because you always pronounce the same letters the same way. You can easily read the words you haven't heard before.

This video should have just been about Native American inspired names. All the others have various pronunciations depending on the state, road, or other thing names that. For example, Lafayette is pronounced with the AI sound in many places.

Just a quick note: In the title, you would say "A Brit" when talking about a specific single person from Britain.

CHEEKTOWAGA New York and take the SCAJAQUADA Expressway from Buffalo!

There are a lot of Native American names in Alabama

- Sweet Home Alabama

I love your new hairdo Christina looked like your dyed it so fresh

While I am half the country away from Louisiana, that is not any of the common pronunciations I have heard for Lafayatte.

Wow, I'm from the Shrewsbury in England. Nice to hear we made it across to the US too haha. I wonder if they have a debate on the pronunciation over there too.

I'm also from New England... you could honestly just start rattling off English towns and there's like a 75% there is one in New England.

I'm from Boston in the UK and there is a boston I'm america

Damn I love Christina's 'Alabama' accent 😍 Ooo-wee !! 😃

In Washington State where I live there are a lot of towns with Indian names that are hard to pronounce. But I think the weirdest one if come across is Tooele, UT pronounced too-will-uh.

Birkenhead is across the river from Liverpool There's nothing in the way she speaks that sounds remotely Welsh, sounds like Scouser-lite.

I am also from Massachusetts. Live in the Boston area in a suburb called Medford pronounced Medfid by us locals. Try Billerica, Peabody, Dracut, Methuen.

Ooh, have fun trying to pronounce Thonotosassa…

A fun video idea would be other non Irish people trying to pronounce Irish name like Siobhan or Caoimhe!! xx

Hi, I'm Chloe, from Lucifer! (I keep expecting her to say that)

Lots of names derived from native American languages.

Chica loca going from Choccolocco to Loachapoka

Is it just me, or Christina got this vibe, right? She is a ting!

Sometimes the same spelling is pronounced differently in different states.

In Australia we have a lot of hard-to-pronounce places, like Wollongong, Warrnambool, Patchewollock, Indooroopilly, Capalaba, Wooloongabba, Coonabarabran etc. Many are English bastardisations of Indigenous names.

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I'd love to hear either of them pronounce the name of Wewahitchka, Florida. Either that or Choctawhatchee. Choctawhatchee isn't a town; it's a river that drains into a bay of the same name that my hometown borders, and literally everyone who doesn't live around here pronounces it wrong, so it feels fittting.

Miami, FL Miami, OK Missouri Missour(ah) Arkansas Arkansas River El Dorado, CA El Dorado, KS Nevada (state) Nevada, MO

So much Alabama

Christina is really glowing these days. I don't know why bu can't help but notice it😊

Arkansas and Hawaii