hello and welcome to British English with Joel and Lia today we've got a
video for you which is all about the names of tube stops that people always
get wrong always
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okay so shall we just kick it straight off yeah right
the first one which everyone gets wrong guaranteed even if you're from London or
not is Holborn everyone says Holborn yeah or Holborn
which is how it's spelled but it's not pronounced like that
'Ho-bun' has got a silent L much like other
words like salmon almond
I was about to say the Hulk
the Huk!
the next one is Leicester Square which some people pronounce (example)
which is not true or
I heard an American once be like
(example)
and I was like just oh no
I think it makes Londoners is ears bleed when we when we hear people pronounce tube
stops wrong it's like
because Leicester Square is where well until yesterday I worked
for two and a half years so like it meant a lot to me I go there all the
time that's where I work yeah so hearing people pronounce Leicester
Square wrong is like
Oh Joel prepare to the hate in the comments "makes Londoners ears bleed"
I can't wait to see how that goes down
ok so moving on
the next one is Vauxhall which sometimes people call Vauxhall yeah or (example)
it's just a mispronunciation of the a and u vowel
but also pronouncing hall
as you would if it was on its own in a word hall
but it's not it's kind of Vauxhall
Vauxhall yeah just roll straight over
the next one is Edgware Road
so non-english speakers you might try to pronounce it the way it spelt which is
sort of like Ed-gware or something like that but it's
not it's the same as the word edge it's just edge-ware
the next one is Aldgate
which sometimes people call ald gate or well
that's all I've heard ald-gate is
like it's a bit like the word 'almost' you don't say
'owl-most'
Aldgate
So the next one is one that, again like Holborn I think
everyone gets wrong who isn't from the UK is
Southwark
Southwark so always wrong
sometimes people say south walk south walk yeah which makes sense again
and that's kind of how it's spelt
But I don't know why it's a 'uck'
instead of walk
it's Southwark
okay so the next one is Gloucester Road
so Gloucester is quite a hard word to say because again it's spelt differently
to how it's pronounced yeah
so it's not Gloucester
it's Gloucester Road
Gloucester Road it's just actually a lot simpler than you'd expect
it's just less sounds yeah
Gloucester
yeah so its the ces sound within Gloucester
you just skip over it yes
so the next one is Marylebone
it's Marylebone
Marylebone Marylebone it's Marylebone okay
literally no one no one knows how to say this one
so just call it whatever you want
Marylebone Marylebone
I legit want to know how to say that one yeah
Marylebone I say Marylebone
that's what people say when they're like a kid
a tourist?
the tourists say Mary Lou bone (example)
let us know, if you know
then let us know in the comments how you say it
I'm pretty sure it's Marylebone
or Marylebone
do you think the 'bone' is pronounced bun
can we agree on the end of the word?
go on then
it would make sense if
like Holborn, Marylebone..
but except Holborn is like Holborn
whereas it's not spelt 'Maryleborn'
I don't know
we should have thought about that before filming
yes so the next one is Chiswick 'Chizik'
It's spelt like Chiswick like Southwark
so Chiswick Park is the name of stop yeah
Chiswick it's just
Sounds like 'Chyzyk' yeah you kind of miss out the W (phonetically) Chizik
and the s in Chiswick
C H I S
is not said like
ChiSwick S it's pronounced ChiZwick with a Z
yeah
the next one is Charing Cross which apparently according to my parents I got
wrong when I first moved to London
and I was like yeah I'm just
I'm just in Charing Cross and they're like it's not Charing its Charing Charing Charing
Cross
I've been getting that wrong too
I'm in Charing Cross
its Charing Cross, you're fine
is not Charing Cross
yeah if it was Charing
Cross it would have two R's like it's something is charred on the fire
yes it's because you do your R's like AR
Charing!
I'm in Charing Cross
okay so the next one is Fulham Broadway which is
Fullham is the word we're in question here
so rather than saying full ham its
Fulham yeah again it's sort of like a silent H and you don't say Fullham
You say Full-hum
it's like in Welsh when you're trying to say film
yeah that's a good way of thinking of it!
Fullham Broadway
Really nice place
actually if you want to go shopping that's not in central London go to
Fulham Broadway
oh yes oh yes lovely
or go to Sloane Square lots of people
get that wrong don't they?
Sloane
Or Sloane, because it's got an E on the end
Sloane Square
very posh
the first place that Joel and I
ever got recognized from our YouTube channel was in Sloane Square on the Kings Road
which is the main road that's based in Made in Chelsea the TV programme
oh my
gosh so funny
this little voice was like Joel and Lia!
oh that was so cute he was like 8!
tried to play a really cool be inside we were like
oh my gosh!
so the last one we have for
you is Walthamstow which is at the end of the Victoria Line
I used to call it Walthamstow
which is so posh!
no Walthamstow not WalTHAMstow
or not like what I said
(like the Queen) WalTHAMStow
what a way of making a really normal area sounding really posh!
or when I used to live in Stratford 'Stratford'
no you didn't!
Walthamstow, it's just the stress isn't it
yeah I just was stressing the wrong part of the world
in Walthamstow
it's the first one Walthamstow
okay guys that's all of our tube station stops
that we've noticed that people can't pronounce correctly if you liked it give
it a thumbs up and let us know if there's any other difficult ones that
you've noticed we've probably missed quite a few I know there's just so many
on the map
there's just so many because we've got the most advanced subway system in the world
it's better than any other country on public transport
better than New York, Paris, better than whatever is in Canada Toronto that's the one!
yes just a bit good fun really if you enjoyed it please give us a thumbs up
yeah and we'll see you next week
Bye! I've got the hiccups