English vs Canadian Pronunciation

English vs Canadian Pronunciation | Part 2

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5 жыл бұрын

This week I wanted to share some more words that are pronounced differently between Canada and England!
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@carlb1056 5 жыл бұрын

Paper route is wrong.. It's paper round. Other than that, spot on.

@patrickholt2270 5 жыл бұрын

True.

@AdventuresAndNaps 5 жыл бұрын

Never heard of a paper round before, but after getting like 300 comments about it, I'm very familiar!

@carlb1056 5 жыл бұрын

Adventures and Naps could be a northern thing. However having lived in Portsmouth I've never heard anyone use paper route in that context. Also however I didn't make the habit of hanging around kids doing paper routes and still don't 😂

@carlb1056 5 жыл бұрын

Gonza 565 I'm lost haha..

@LiamE69 5 жыл бұрын

The correct pronunciations are... tomato, basil, oregano, Pantene, Nike, Adidas, algae, zebra, jaguar, route. Hope that helps.

@fatbelly27 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@peterrouse 5 жыл бұрын

It's not "tomato" it's "tomato"

@LiamE69 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@baylessnow 5 жыл бұрын

Absof#ckinglutely.

@clementine3015 5 жыл бұрын

To-mah-toe Bay-sil Ore-gah-no Pan-ten Nike Al-jay Zee-bra Jag-you-are Root

@dismafuggerhere2753 5 жыл бұрын

imagine Yoda speaking to the cast members of a 90s procedural TV show *JAG YOU ARE*

@winclouduk 5 жыл бұрын

DisMaFugger Here yeah we say words how the are spelt lol

@michaels1422 5 жыл бұрын

I give your English pronunciation 6 tomatoes out of 7 basil plants

@robin231176 5 жыл бұрын

Baysil surely?

@whatshisname3304 5 жыл бұрын

and some Marijuana

@nickshale6926 5 жыл бұрын

2:30 - I have a joke on this very subject... Q: How much would a cockney pay for shampoo? A: Pantene (£1.10) Geddit??????

@mgnoodle2589 5 жыл бұрын

Thats genius

@landyandy270 5 жыл бұрын

Love it

@CockneyRebel1979 5 жыл бұрын

I'm from the south of England, and when I moved up to Lincoln- (in the British midlands), the accent-difference was mind-blowing.

@rflmedia 5 жыл бұрын

Well done with another interesting video :) I have had an exhausting day and really enjoy having new videos to watch while relaxing. I do not wish to put pressure on you to keep making new videos, as I know you are passionate in all you do but whenever you are able to make new videos they are always charming :)

@glennstevenson3156 5 жыл бұрын

Hello from Australia. I found your channel yesterday and have watched over a dozen of your video's so far (it's been a slow day). Love your channel and hope you keep up the great work.

@elitegaming9273 5 жыл бұрын

Thank God It's Tuesday, Thank You Again For An Amazing Video.

@davidbee3448 5 жыл бұрын

Brightens up my day every time, love it x

@barryvale7033 5 жыл бұрын

Love these vids puts me in a good mood for the day ☺

@leekew2683 5 жыл бұрын

Love your shows

@HowitzerBug 5 жыл бұрын

You pronounced all of those spot on. Well done!

@jasonwhite7890 5 жыл бұрын

A Tuesday feels like a long day till you enter the day .

@garypltn69 5 жыл бұрын

Thank god it's Tuesday. Always look forward to your video's

@SaharaGadge 5 жыл бұрын

Erm… I'm in Maidstone and I say Nikee. Mainly because Nike was the Greek goddess of victory and it should be pronounced "Ni-kee"

@MCSHlTHEAD1 5 жыл бұрын

The Greek goddess is pronounced more like 'nee-kee' so you're wrong on both counts.

@youracherrynut442 5 жыл бұрын

Very true about the interchangeable "route" pronounciation - never gave that any thought - interesting!

@LittleRhubarb 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video as always, we have paper rounds not routes but other than that you pronounce everything perfectly.

@SpikeBlighty 5 жыл бұрын

Your posh pronunciation of tomato, made me chuckle. You got the route / root bit right, as it applies to wifi routers. Words and the way folk from different parts of world pronounce them, is always interesting.

@webbophone3377 5 жыл бұрын

I've noticed that when you say something like, "and in English, it's pronounced...", and then pause, I take a deep breath and hold it, which I think is funny. You tend to be correct anyway, but the anticipation is intense!

@xtravibez4739 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so interesting and fun!

@AdventuresAndNaps 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@shaunw9270 5 жыл бұрын

In Bristol , England, we say Paper Round . Interestingly, the song Route 66 , written by an American ,is always pronounced the British way in the original & subsequent versions, by artists from both sides of the pond 🙂

@peckelhaze6934 5 жыл бұрын

We, English, pronounce it Jag-you-are. Route = pronounced root. Finally, it is paper round. I love these, they are so interesting. Thanks for doing a part 2. Look forward to more.

@paulyh4531 5 жыл бұрын

Good job you don't work in a circus , you'd go for the jugular 😂 good video as always 👍

@DaveLennonCopeland 5 жыл бұрын

It's like... Alana has popped by to tell us something... It's always a pleasure to stop and listen... :)

@Johnnyboi0001 5 жыл бұрын

I never realised that commercials would call products differently 😂 how strange. You’ve picked up on so many of the interesting words and differences, really cool 👌🏻

@dmadeygaming 5 жыл бұрын

Clicked like after hello everyone it's me lol! Love these videos

@timsummers870 5 жыл бұрын

There's the word "garage" too, with a very different pronunciation in each part of the pond.

@ianrobinson3551 5 жыл бұрын

Love your posts awesome 😊😊😊

@RoyCousins 5 жыл бұрын

Adidas is a contraction of the founder's name: Adolf "Adi" Dassler. In the UK it's pronounced the same as in German (adi-dass). Nike was the Greek goddess of victory. It should be pronounced nykee as it is in the US. She never wore sneakers or trainers. 😉

@NickLea 5 жыл бұрын

I was about to make the same point, but then I noticed that you had already done this. As Roy Cousins says, Adidas is a German brand and we follow the Germans in pronunciation. Although, to be frank, I have no idea of how to pronounce Nike in Greek but I accept that it's a US brand and the Americans pronounce it that way so why shouldn't I? However, it doesn't always work out like that. For example, I know that a lot of Americans pronounce the word "lido" (an outdoor swimming pool) as "lee-do" - which, to be fair, is actually closer to the original Italian - but most people in the UK I've heard actually call it "lye-do".

@SqueakySniper 5 жыл бұрын

But then Americans pronounce 'beta' as 'bayta' when the British 'beeta' is closer. Long story short; pronounce it how you are locally taught because thats how people around you speak so they will understand you better.

@RoyCousins 5 жыл бұрын

That's the great thing about modern English pronunciation. Different cultures use the language in their own unique ways to make it their own. And it has absorbed words, phrases and styles from many other languages that make it more interesting.

@robertewalt7789 5 жыл бұрын

I thought the Greek pronunciation is Neekay.

@timshooter1005 5 жыл бұрын

you did good explaining things

@LeKretch 5 жыл бұрын

Gives some cool insight

@andrewjoyner4133 5 жыл бұрын

I love the way you say tomato. Classy.

@IAmCharliemouse 5 жыл бұрын

I watched US films and TV for years not understanding what they were saying when they said “oregano”. Then one day I suddenly got it. Oh, Oregaaaaano! Keep up the great vids. Hilarious.

@JohnSmith-hs5nr 5 жыл бұрын

I have been to London Ont. a couple of times. I have obviously noticed some of the pronunciation differences. You are lovely. I love your videos. I am from and living in Essex UK. Please keep up the good work. I am married and much older than you. So not a weirdo. xxx

@arthurgatward7369 5 жыл бұрын

There is an old song called Route 66, and although it was written by and been performed by many Americans they have always pronounced it root and not rowt. Not the most earth shattering piece of information I know but there you go.

@nw8000 5 жыл бұрын

I love the way you say "Without further adoo" we have pelican crossings as well Xx And its "Jag-u-rrrrr"

@quentinbryantart5684 5 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favourite videos, you make me laugh sometimes! I love language and different pronunciations. There's loads more words out there like this,.....potato, schedule, courgette/zucchini, lift/elevator etc!

@AdventuresAndNaps 5 жыл бұрын

So many!!

@quentinbryantart5684 5 жыл бұрын

You being sarcastic? :)

@tonyclark5854 5 жыл бұрын

Love your posh tomato, can you do a whole episode in posh English, that would be absolutely spiffing !

@richln9682 5 жыл бұрын

Do you say "errrb" for huh huh huh "herb"? Always cracks me up that one.

@MrTumshie 5 жыл бұрын

I've never heard anyone in the UK talk about a paper route- a paper round is what I've always known it as. That aside, I think you got everything spot on. Except maybe jaguar, but you weren't far off. And very entertaining, as always.

@dinglut0000000 5 жыл бұрын

Love this whole thing, love how you say some things different, sometimes I'm like wow. You guys are fully right on Nike, I think it is named after the Greek goddess of victory, definitely a syllable at the end, take it from a classicist. On 'route' I say 'root' but weirdly if it is an internet router, I say row -ter like you. Also I love Brits finding aluminum completely crazy, but we are happy with platinum. Not platinium then

@robertsteich7362 5 жыл бұрын

How about a video on what an object is called? Like for instance, in the UK the rear compartment of a car is called the boot. But in the US, and assume Canada as well, it’s called the trunk. Then there is flatcakes or pancakes...

@Holmesy87 5 жыл бұрын

My favourite is biscuits in the UK are cookies to Americans/Canadians. Their biscuits are more like scones xD (don't start on the scone vs scon debate lol)

@AdventuresAndNaps 5 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea, thank you!

@danielcrocker 5 жыл бұрын

Even in the UK we have cookies and biscuits as different things. Cookies are thicker and crumblier, like Maryland cookies. Biscuits are thinner and usually more plain, e.g. NICE, Rich Tea, etc.

@robertsteich7362 5 жыл бұрын

Adventures and Naps you’re welcome. I look forward to the video. 😉

@oliverjh1281 5 жыл бұрын

The one that gets me is in the states and I think Canada at the supermarket you call it a cart we call it a trolley 🤑

@Inspire6 5 жыл бұрын

I was watching Family Guy last night and they pronounce words like NARRATING and ADDRESS so much differently than in the UK.. ❤️ your videos!

@hughfranklin4002 5 жыл бұрын

I think kids in England do a paper round.

@grahamt19781 5 жыл бұрын

Correct

@willwong1234 5 жыл бұрын

Pronunciations are always evolving. Take the word route as an example. Even though I say "Take this route" (pronounced root) but I also say router as in round-ter (without the "nd" sound). I've heard only one person in my life in Toronto that pronounced a router as rooter but that's about it. Anyway, another great video again, thanks!

@a-deejay9971 5 жыл бұрын

It's the "oregano" that makes me want to star swinging whenever I hear it.....even on masterchef. 😂😂

@leplum2001 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos always make me smile from start to finish. You are a total sweetie, or maybe a cutsie, not sure what the Canadian word is. :-)

@MichaelJohnsonAzgard 5 жыл бұрын

it's a beautiful language with many different accents and words meaning the same thing...apart from aluminium :)

@CockneyRebel1979 5 жыл бұрын

Tomato, where I come from in London- (England), is pronounced "Tomar-uh", with a glottal-stop in place of the 'T'.

@TheWorldofGood79 5 жыл бұрын

Canadian people are so much nicer people than people from the U.S. and you have just proved that in all your videos. Many thanks for sharing your opinions with us all. You brighten up an old mans day.

@themachine5957 5 жыл бұрын

Don't think there was anything I didn't already know in there, but a good video nonetheless. Nice to see and hear it all put together and presented by you. :-) BTW, no-one says 'crosswalk' here in the UK. ;-)

@grahamgedge2185 5 жыл бұрын

"This channel is not factual, dont quote me" that tickled me

@gem1718 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, I just came across your channel and watched a few of your videos. I'm a fellow Kent girl! I am quite well spoken so I don't do the whole 'innit bruv' or 'mate'. I also pronounce 'privacy' the same way as you.

@sameyers2670 5 жыл бұрын

The Jaguar car was only called that after world war 2, it used to be called the Swallow Sidecar Company, but in 1945 the initials SS had very different meaning...

@downsman1 5 жыл бұрын

Jag-U-are, what's so difficult? Don't fret Alanna, we'll have you dunking digestives and tutting in disapproval before you know it.

@TheTimB 5 жыл бұрын

Please just make a whole video of you saying Tomato in an English accent. I think I'd watch it on repeat. Had me in fits of laughter.

@arthurjarrett1604 5 жыл бұрын

Should be top rated comment that one mate!

@voodooacidman 5 жыл бұрын

the joy of language is that ... as long as the other person understands what you mean ... pronunciation is irrelevant! ... another great vid! keep up the good work ..... p.s. please cook again soon :D

@alanhowlett6773 5 жыл бұрын

Your spot on

@rupertdbare4341 4 жыл бұрын

In Guatemala, the locals pronounced jaguar as "ya-you-ah".

@normanbott 5 жыл бұрын

I think you got all the English ones correct. Fascinating and enjoyable as usual. Router is another nice one : your WiFi employs a router ( roo-ter ) but you use a router ( row-ter [ row as in 'to have a row with someone' ] ) to cut grooves in wood... and then of course you've got row ( ducks in a row, row your boat ) ... I give up now. Ah, just got it - 'row' as in 'now' ! ! This has gone far enough - I'm sorry.

@jeffmint5472 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is worth its weight in gold boolyarn

@DamianMellor 5 жыл бұрын

Adorable, as always! Of course, we also have many different pronunciations and dialects, depending on where we live on our little island ... Just another level of confusion we like to add to the 'English' language some of us so proudly claim to have invented! ;)

@andrewturnbull1027 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah yeah yeah we say it different ' but then we said it first so we are right, PAPER ROUND. love your vids.

@MarcusTDM 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting how we say things so differently. Good video.

@scottyc3893 4 жыл бұрын

I watched a British documentary and the narrator said glass-ee-air for glacier. In Canada we say glashe-ee-yer.

@jonbell6355 5 жыл бұрын

I had a great time watching this,Ii think i understood all the words until you said Oregano. you had me really head scratching on that one. haha. Anyhoo fun vid,i like the comparison ones you do

@batdazza33 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, Sesame Street has got a lot more complicated since I was a kid. Puppets are a lot more realistic though. Hehehee! Only kidding, great video as always. Oh, bottle is pronounced differently too (Only one I could think of).

@KiteDoodle 5 жыл бұрын

This really pertains to the last video on this topic, when Alana mentioned Canadians are more openly friendly when you pass them in the street, it reminded of this comment by Ruth Margolis: "When strangers...say “Hi!” I like to reply with an icy stare or low growl. Lately, I’ve come to understand that this is not the done thing, but I can’t help it because I’m British. I was raised in a land where a sneer is worth a thousand smiles." www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/05/10-things-brits-do-that-drive-americans-nuts

@jobrimar8291 5 жыл бұрын

Awww. That faced you did when you said tom-ar-to.

@IBLRG 5 жыл бұрын

In South Yorkshire there is a town called Penistone, pronounced Pen In Stone 😉

@striplow3011 5 жыл бұрын

Hiya I'm Andy a chef from Morecambe England ,ace to see you trying to let others know about England and find it funny but great how you say words ,I'm from north west you should travel round be awesome and love lake district come visit 😋❤✌ respect x see kiss as saying sound lol x night x

@hairyairey 5 жыл бұрын

All this time I've been watching this channel and I only just noticed the mirror where the fireplace should be! Basel is a place, Basil is a spice (or a fox, landlord or even a rat!)

@malarkey2217 5 жыл бұрын

HeHe! Right over her head.😁😁

@hairyairey 5 жыл бұрын

Well the first Basil had a brief comeback recently and the other Basils are repeated on TV regularly.

@susannortham11.11 5 жыл бұрын

"Adidas" cracked me up. We use the 2 "routes" interchangeably here in the states too.

@markjlewis 5 жыл бұрын

I think it would be Paper Round in UK. Fun video as always.

@peterr.905 5 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, don't worry about getting tongue tied, I often suffer from this. Hold on a minute, in the classic American song Route 66 they pronounce it root as opposed to route. Three countries separated by a common language English.

@chelsal 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video as usual - do you share the American or British pronunciation of aluminium ?

@calaber3958 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@MegaBear369 5 жыл бұрын

Vitamins and aluminum are also said way differently in Canada vs UK. Great video as always Alanna.

@BBKing1977 5 жыл бұрын

In Alberta, I say “route” as rhyming with “root” when it’s a noun on its own, but I rhyme with “out” when it’s a verb or a noun built on the verb, such as “router”.

@keithevans9544 5 жыл бұрын

I'm 54 years old in my teen years we pronounced adidas as you still do but got educated !

@RGC198 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Alanna, Thanks for another excellent video. Aussie pronunciations for a number of these words match the English, apart from Pantine and Nyki with matches Canada. We use both Canada and UK pronunciations for algae. We say zed, zebra, jaguar and route here like UK. We pronounce can't as carn't. Depending which part of the country we live dance and chance can sometimes be pronounced as darnce and charnce. However, that changes from place to place. Anyway, take care. Robert. PS: On my KZfaq channel, I have recently added a video of a thunderstorm here, which occurred a few hours ago. You may find it interesting.

@corrigenda70 5 жыл бұрын

The different pronunciations of route intrigue me. It is certainly said as if it is 'root' in the UK but we do say 'rowter' for the router that is used to fashion wood.

@dogglebird4430 5 жыл бұрын

It may help to say that in the UK, we say "route" which is a homophone of "root", whereas in the US it is a homophone of "rout". Homophones are highly accent-dependent and one which has confused me in the past was when in the US I heard someone shout what I thought was "guard!" - he was actually shouting "god!". Different words can also confuse. I told an American colleague I would be going to a casual garden party wearing a jumper and pumps. I meant I would be wearing a sweater and sports shoes, but she interpreted my words as meaning a dress and high heels, which wouldn't suit a big guy like me with a beard!

@patrickholt2270 5 жыл бұрын

It's just moving the emphasis in Oregano, from the 'e' to the 'a', which is where the emphasis naturally falls in Spanish (second to last vowel or last vowel in a word ending with a consonant). 'Rowt' is the pronunciation for rout, which is when soldiers run for their lives after losing a battle. So a paper rowt seems very strange.

@keithdouglas4581 5 жыл бұрын

If you stay here much longer we will soon have you speaking the Queen's English Alanna,...albeit with a Kentish accent so that when you visit Canada you can educate your friends over there.Your hair is lovely and shiney I presume you use Panteeeeen lol.Yet another great video,keep 'em coming.

@jeremystanger1711 5 жыл бұрын

It makes sense to say route like the English because there's also the word 'rout' which is pronounced the way an American would say route.

@tomorviss1952 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats, your British pronunciation is really good 👏

@M.H.N_ 5 жыл бұрын

Say "out or scout". Anything like that.. Cracks me up how Canadian's pronounce it

@arthurjarrett1604 5 жыл бұрын

When I delivered papers as a teenager, it was called a paper "round". Only ever heard "route" (rowt) used by North Americans. I'm a little bit older now so would like to know if this has changed anywhere in the UK.

@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle 5 жыл бұрын

You quite often hear mall pronounced maul now. That's definitely US TV influenced.

@cyberdonblue4413 5 жыл бұрын

The dictionary says that a rout is "a disorderly retreat of defeated troops," or "to dispel, scatter, take flight." I believe the Australians also say rout when meaning the word route.

@stephenphillip5656 5 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, they are "paper ROUNDS" but nowadays they have reclassified the delivery girls/boys as "Media Distribution Operatives".

@arthurjarrett1604 5 жыл бұрын

Haha! Nice one Stephen. So I suppose the round itself would be a "printed media delivery circuit".

@GFSLombardo 5 жыл бұрын

Never heard it called a "paper round" before. In the USA it is normally called a paper rowt. The pronunciation of the word "route" here is completely subjective, inconsistent and capricious: For example: The old pop tune:"You can get your kicks on Root 66" vs a typical commercial from an automobile dealership:" Every car is on sale today-Take ROWT 202 to Exit 13, we are right next to the Giant Red Balloon!"

@PurpleHumbug 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite vids for a while. Really funny. Liked it. Ps. Route is the one that bugs me when I hear it the North American way. It just sounds so wrong.

@therandomstranger3951 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if route sounding like root in Canada and the USA goes back to the song about Route 66? You get your kicks on "root" 66, was part of the lyrics. So when I hear people talking about roads its normally the root version. It's route for almost everything else.

@ericrabinowitz6390 Жыл бұрын

Route is also pronounced 'root' in Massachsetts, as in "Root 2" (Rte. 2), although people everywhere in North America say 'rout' (as in a lopsided victory) as well. Also Jaguar is pronounced 'JAGwahr,' although again widely pronounced 'jagWIRE.'

@WulfricTheBlack 5 жыл бұрын

Aluminum, urinal, urine, batteries ( that last one put me in a bad light working at a hotel. Customer from England asked for batteries..pronounced ‘bit-trees’. And I was like huh? Finally I figured it out and tried to pronounce it the US way but got stuck in how he said it! Like on a loop I’m repeating Bit-trees Bit-trees! Finally I was able to say ‘bat-ter-rees’ and directed him to a close shop. Heavy eyeroll I felt like such a fool lol. ).

@ollierudgewick4091 5 жыл бұрын

All this basil and baysil sounds like I'm watching an episode of Fawlty Towers

@lorapooley7843 5 жыл бұрын

Ya'll are too funny!

@lucyinthesky9479 5 жыл бұрын

I've always thought the coriander/cilantro thing was kind of funny!

@salongley 5 жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that that American, and by the sounds of it Canadian English words, tend to have no stress on any of the syllables, where as English English does and often has more explosive sounds where the sound is held back with the tongue or lips and then pushed out. So we has Jag U ar so there are 3 distinct syllables.

@jimjungle1397 5 жыл бұрын

In the US we say both root and rout, even the same person will, sometimes for different routes.

@andynixon2820 5 жыл бұрын

Here in England I grew up with a grandmother who was from ontario . I loved the fact that she said tom - ay - to . My good lady's Scottish and her pronunciation is even more different again and I love that too .

@TheWaveBloke 5 жыл бұрын

My grandmother was from Ontario, too. I really should find the time to visit her hometown and explore my "Canadian roots"