- (both) No! (both laugh)
- [Censored] off.
This one's somewhat phonetic? - What?
- (React) Well, today, we will be doing Americans Try Not To Fail:
Pronunciation Challenge.
- Oh, let's go! - Oh no.
- Let's go! - I'm so, wait.
- We got this, Benny!
- I spoke a little bit of Spanish.
In high school and college. - I took two years, high school.
- Yeah.
- I don't know why I'm so excited!
This is really cool!
- This is very exciting, but I'm kinda nervous.
I'm gonna get like flamed.
- (narrator) Words you won't be able to pronounce,
unless you speak Farsi. - Farsi?
- (narrator) The first one is...
- This is embarrassing. It's like "hail-hail-hack?"
I don't know. - It's "heel-heel-ack"
- "Gal-ge-lack" - "Gaggle-ech"
- "Ghel-ghel-ack" - Yeah, "gella-ghelack"
- (narrator) "Ghel-ghel-ack."
- This is scuffed, this is so scuffed.
- A lot of huh. - Yeah.
- A lot of like... - That like throat scratchy.
- Yeah.
- (narrator) Number two.
- "Duh-he-gah-he" - (React) "Duh-he-gah-he"
- "Dah-he-guh-he."
- Woah. - "Dai-ya"
- No, I think it's just "dai-gi-gay"
- I'm gonna say "da-higgy"
- "Da-ghi ghe." (bell rings)
- Ah, "da-ghi-ghe." (bell rings)
- (narrator) Da-ghi-ghe.
- Oh, bruh. (buzzer rings)
- (narrator) Da-ghi-ghe. - Da-ghi, I got the da-ghi part.
- Da-ghi-ghe. (bell rings)
- "Dah-he-gay." (buzzer rings)
The second G is silent.
- (narrator) And for our last one.
- Khoda. - "Khoda ha-fez."
- "Khoda ha-fez." - "Khoda ha-fez!"
- "Kah-ho-da ha-fez." - Oh!
- "Khoda ha-fez," yeah. - "Khoda ha-fez."
- "Khoda ha-fez."
- (narrator) "Khoda ha-fez."
- Ha, we're so good!
- Nice! - That's crazy.
- Khoda ha-fez.
- Khoda ha-fez! - Nice!
- (React) I'll give you guys that. That was pretty close.
- They use their entire mouth.
- Yeah, they use a lot of like... - "Ka-ho."
- Yeah. - "Da."
- We got one third right, so you know, not terrible.
- Nope, not at all. Not at all.
- (narrator) Here are some more commonly mispronounced Hindi words.
Instead of mantra, say...
- "Mun-true." - I think it's "mun-truh."
Okay, "mun-true."
- Mantra, "man-ter-ah."
- "Mun-truh."
- "Mun-truh," yeah. - "Mun-truh."
- (narrator) "Mun-truh." (bell rings)
- You was close, bruh. - I was close, I was close.
- "Mun-truh."
- It's almost like a D. - "Mun-truh."
- "Mun-truh."
- Instead of chakras, say...
- "Chuk-ruhs."
- Yeah, it's gotta be the same, right? - (both) "Chuk-ruhs."
- "Chuk-ruhs." - "Chuk-rahs."
- (React) "Chuk-ruhs." - Yeah.
- "Chuk-ruhs."
- "Chak-ruhs." (laughs) I don't know.
- "Chuk-ruhs."
- (narrator) "Chuk-ruhs." (bell rings)
- Okay, okay, okay. - There you go.
- This is easier.
- [Censored] are tough. - Yeah, what the crap?
- (narrator) Instead of namaste, say...
- "Nuh-muss-teh." - "Nuh-muss-teh."
- (Jaxon) "Nuh-muss-teh." - Yeah.
- "Nuh-muss-teh." - "Nuh-muss-teh?"
- "Nuh-muss-teh." - "Nuh-muss-teh."
- Ooh! Hey, I'm going "nuh-muss-teh."
(Jair laughs) - (React) You ready, ready?
- (narrator) "Nuh-muss-teh." (bell rings)
- Nice. - That's easy!
- I mean, to be fair, like...
- "Nuh-muss-teh." - "Nah-ma-stay."
It's like a different stress on the E. - "Nuh-muss-teh."
- That's actually crazy, because I literally go to yoga every week.
They completely botch, yeah. - (React) Butcher it, of course.
- "Nah-mah-stay," everybody. - (React) "Nah-mah-stay!"
- Alright, okay. - Everybody, let's "nah-mah-stay!"
- Can we do Italian? - (React) We will.
- I'm ready.
- (narrator) Italian pronunciation is super easy.
- Ah, there we go, I got this.
- I'm going with the hard G.
- That's what I think, I think it's a hard G too.
- "Fam-e-glee-ah."
- "Fah-mil-ia."
- With the "fah-mil-ia."
- "Fam-e-glee-ah."
- I'll go with "fah-mil-ia." - "Fam-e-glee-ah."
- I'm going "fah-mil-ia."
- The thing about Italian, this means close together,
this means what are you saying?
- Awesome, "fah-mil-ia."
- No! - Ah! (laughs)
(buzzer rings)
(bell rings) - Period.
- There's no G, yeah. - I don't like Italian.
- He's like let me listen to that G.
- "Oro-low-joe."
- No, "oro-low-gio."
- "Oro-low-hio."
- "Orlo-joe."
- Man, I barely got mine the first time.
"Oro-lorio."
- (narrator) Awesome. "Oro-low-joe."
(buzzer rings)
- No, it's... - I literally said Oro...
- That's right, I didn't say it perfectly,
but I had the joe. - "Oro-low-joe."
- Why does he... (laughs) He keeps on going like "good job!"
- (both) "Mah-key-nah."
- Yeah, we said it, jinx!
- "Mah-key-nah." - "Mah-chee-nah."
- I think it's "mah-key-nah." - "Mock-chee-nah."
- (narrator) Awesome. "Mah-key-nah."
- [Censored] off! Damn it, see, I was right...
- Yo, yes. - "Mah-key-nah."
(bell rings) - Yes.
- We're learning, we're learning! - Yo, yeah.
- I'm failing so bad on Italian. I hate Italian.
- (React) Italian might be where Daniel's making a comeback.
- Hell yeah.
- (narrator) Have you been mispronouncing these dishes?
- Definitely.
- Hummus? No.
- "Who-mus." - "Hum-mohs."
- Hummus, it's like "who-mus." - "Huh-mus."
- Hummus. - Hummus.
- (narrator) "Hum-mohs."
- (React) I'll give you that, you were close enough.
- I was close? [Censored] yeah!
- What the hell? (laughs) - Aw, damn.
- She does like a softer phlegm sound.
"Ho-muhs."
- (narrator) Baklava.
- "Bak-lava!" - "Bak-lava."
- "Buck-lava?" - "Bah-klah-va."
- "Bah-klah-va." - "Bak-lava."
It sounds fire though. "Bak-lah-va."
- "Bak-lah-va."
- (narrator) "Bak-lour-wa."
- "Lour-wa?" - Oh [censored]!
- Ah! - "Bak-lour-wa?"
- Their Vs are like Ws, bro. - You know why?
The double As make a high A.
- (narrator) Shawarma.
- I don't even know, man. - "Shah-wear-muh."
- "Shah-war-mah."
- "Shah-war-muh." - "Shah-wear-muh."
- Like stress on the first syllable, "shah-war-mah."
"Shah-war-mah."
- (React) And what do you think? - "Shah-wear-mah."
- (narrator) "Shah-wear-mah."
- Ooh!
- (React) Congratulations, you got it right.
- Nice!
- That [censored] hard. - Yeah, that's really difficult.
- I felt good about that one. (Jayka laughs)
- Damn, we're saying all these wrong?
Dude, I've been saying falafel, I've been saying baklava.
- I think that's "bak-lav."
- (narrator) Trying to pronounce Xhosa words, first word...
- I'm going "mole-win-e."
- "Mole-way-nee?"
- "Mole-vinny." - "Mole-vinny."
- Why are you Italian? (laughs)
- "Mole-win-eye."
- "Mole-vinny."
- (narrator) "Mole-way-nee." That means hello.
(Dani claps)
- Ugh, are you kidding me?
- "Mole-way-nee." - [Censored].
- (narrator) Okay, so this next word means excuse me.
- "Ooh-colo." - "Ooh-colo."
- Yo, I know it's that... (clicks tongue)
- With the tick, you can't hear it, but I mean to put the...
- "Ooh-colo."
- "Ooh (clicks tongue) colo."
- [Censored], I'm going "ooh-colo."
- (narrator) "Ooh (clicks tongue) colo."
- Colo, ooh, ooh, oh, you have to think about it.
- I've never heard a language actually do that before.
- "Ooh-colo." - Yeah.
- This is hard, my mouth is tired.
- Yeah, I feel like I've just been doing tongue twisters all day.
- (narrator) The next word is... - "ih-poh-see."
- "ih-puh-zee."
- They seem like they have short words,
instead of the "ih-puh-see,"
so it's like "ih-poe-see." - "ih-poe-see."
- I'm going with the zed. - I think it's Z, "ih-poh-zee."
- (narrator) "Ih-poh-zee."
That means mail. (bell rings)
Iposi.
- It's with a Z, let's go! (bell rings)
- This is me giving up. (buzzer rings)
- Z. - "Poh-zee."
- "Ih-poh-zee." - Okay.
- (React) Dani, how are you feeling?
- I'm so done with this episode.
I'm literally just...
- (narrator) Can you pronounce these Maori place names?
- [Censored]. - "Twah-po."
- No, top, top. - Oh, "Top-po?"
- "Tow-po."
- "Tow-poo?" - "Tow-po."
- I'm going "tah-po," I'm just going "tah-po."
- (React) "Tah-po?" - "Tow-po."
- (narrator) "Tow-po!"
- He like emphasized it. Can we hear that one more time?
- "Tow-po." - (narrator) "Tow-po."
- (both) "Tow-po" - That's fire, bruh.
- I don't know, "Hair-uh-tawn-guh."
That's my guess. - "Hair-uh-tawn-guh."
- "Hair-uh-tawn-guh."
- I think it's "here-tong-uh."
- "Hara-tong-guh."
- "Hara-tawn-guh."
- (narrator) "Hara-tong-guh."
- Wow, this one's tough too. (buzzer rings)
- It's so difficult to pinpoint it.
- I feel like I should be learning here, but I'm not.
- That's tough.
- (React) Last one, this means place of children.
- Taste of children? - (React) Place of children.
- Place, oh. (laughs)
- "Oh-po-tee-key." - "Oh-po-tee-key."
- "Ah-po-tee-key." - "Ah-pah-tee-key."
- "Oh-po-tee-key." - I'm going "Ah-po-tee-key."
- (narrator) "Oh-po-tuh-key."
- (laughs) What? - "Oh-po-tuh-key."
- "Oh-po-tuh-key."
- (both) Ooh. (laughs) (buzzer rings)
- I don't think I get the point for that.
(buzzer rings)
- Yeah. - Yeah, that's hard.
- (React) Benison, what did you think of that?
- Dope, fire, a lot of vowels that I really liked.
- I just love his accent after it. - I know!
It's crazy!
- Alright, mate, it's not "oh-po-tuh-key."
- (narrator) 10 words you are pronouncing wrong in Spanish.
- Her eyes are staring into my soul.
- "Tor-tee-yah." - "Tor-tee-yah, tor-tee-yeah?"
- "Tor-tee-yah." - Okay, I'm also going "tor-tee-yah."
- You can't tell me it's not "tor-tee-yah."
- "Torta-tee-yah." - (narrator) "Tor-tee-yah."
- I don't know, maybe they do it different in Spain.
- "Torta-tee-yah."
- I can't believe people say "tor-tilla."
- Yeah, that's horrible.
- We're from L.A. - Yeah. (laughs)
- We know our shit. - Yeah.
- "Sal-suh." - Yeah, I'm going "Sal-suh."
- "Sal-suh, sal-suh." - "Sal-thuh."
- "Sal-suh." - "Sal-suh."
- (narrator) "Sal-suh."
- Let's go! - We got it right, Benny!
- "Sal-suh." (bell rings)
- I think it's with a C that it's the lisp.
- "Sal-suh." - "Sal-suh."
- "Pie-ay-uh." - Yeah, "Pie-ay-uh."
I love me some paella. - Me too.
- "Pie-ay-uh."
- "Pie-ay-uh." - "Pie-ay-uh."
- "Pie-ay-uh."
- (narrator) "Pah-ay-yuh." "Pie-ay-uh."
- "Pie-ay-uh." - That's what we said!
- Yeah, yeah, okay, okay. - Yeah! (laughs)
- "Ja?" "Pie-ay-uh," no, okay,
she was just, okay. (bell rings)
- She does the drop, like that double L,
that's when you know like, it's one of the main indicators.
- Spain is the British form of Mexican Spanish.
- (laughs) That's probably my best one.
- Dude, you killed that, yeah, that was good, dude.
- Oh [censored]. (laughs)
- Holy [censored].
- "Unv-dee-gahn-es-dah."
- "La-dis-tanv."
- This is embarrassing, I can't do this one.
- "Gahn-es-dala-de-stahnv"
- "Une-vedee-gahn-es-dah-la-dis-dahv."
- Wow. - No.
- (narrator) "U-nv-di ga-neis-da-la-di-s-ta-nv."
- That's tough. - I'm not even.
- Frick. (laughs) That was rough.
- What the, oh my gosh.
- These arrangements are not how we speak.
- "Toe-heat-sue." - "Toe-high-two."
- Uh, "toe-heat-sue," yeah. - "Su."
- (React) "Toe-heat sue?" - "Toe-he-sue."
- "Toe-he-sue." - Yeah, "Toe-e-sue."
- (narrator) "Toe-he-ju." - (React) Yeah.
- Bruh. (buzzer rings)
- "Toe-heat-oo." - "Toe-he-too."
- I had, well, I got the right... Ah, he.
- I think that hv is silent. - Yeah, yeah.
- So, "do-na-da-go-hun-v."
- I don't even know,
do I even try "do-na-da-go-v?" (laughs)
- "Do-na-dai-goy."
- "Do-na-da-go-he-e."
- "Do-na..." - "Da..."
- (both) "Go-hn-v."
- (narrator) "Do-na-go-ho-hi."
- What the... - "Do-na-go-ho-ee."
That's crazy! - Yo!
- It's a crazy language, just the way that people still speak it.
I wish...
- I think it's a dying language as well, right?
- It's not an easy language to learn.
- I wish all languages are still around, because that's...
- Yeah, the more languages, the cooler it is.
- Oh, let's go, I got all of these.
- Benny, you gotta SmackDown!
- I'm smacking down! - SmackDown, bro!
- Un...
- A lot more quick paced, and you fuckin' drop this on us?
- "An-young."
- "An-young-ha-say-yo."
- "An-young-na-say-ho." - "Ha-say-yo."
- (both) "Ha-say-yo."
- "An-young-na-say-ho." - Annyeonghaseyo!
- I think it's "An-young-go-say-oh," yeah.
- "An-young-go-say-oh?"
- (narrator) "An-young-ah-say-oh!"
- Woohoo! (bell rings)
- Yeah! - I'm gonna get all of these!
- That shit is hard! - I'm gonna get all of these.
- Yeah, "An-young-go-say-oh." (bell rings)
- This one's like how we say yes. Like tiny things.
Like, hey, you coming out?
- "Nyah." - "Neh."
- "Nyah." It's almost like Russians' nyet.
- "Nyeh." - "Neh?"
- "Neh?" - That's it, "neh."
- "Neh."
- I didn't hear it. - (React) Oh, it was "neh", yeah.
- Yeah, "neh." - Yeah.
- "Neh." (laughs) Yeah!
(buzzer rings) - [Censored].
- "Duh-wah ju-say-oh." - "Duh-wah ju-say-oh."
- "Duh-wah ju-say-oh." - "Duh-wah ju-say-oh?"
- "Do-wah ju-say-oh."
- Wow, you're really good. It's "do-wah ju-say-oh."
- (narrator) "Do-wah ju-say-oh."
- We're so good at this. - Nice.
- We're getting mad points right now, dude!
- You're wrecking 'em bruh!
- Is that the last one? - I hate this.
- Pfft.
- Let's go, all my Koreans out there!
- Go off, dude! Benny, Benny certified, yo!
- (narrator) Japanese pronunciation test.
- "Wah-kari-mash-ee-tah."
- Okay, "Wa-kari-mah-stah."
- "Wah-kari-muh-she-tah." - "Wah-kari-muh-she-tah."
- (both) "Wah-kari-muh-she-tah."
- (React) Yep. - Yep.
- "Wah-kari-muh-she-tah." - Yeah, "Wah-kari-muh-she-tah."
- (narrator) "Wah-kari-mah-stah." (buzzer rings)
- "Stah." (buzzer rings)
- Yeah. - "Wah-kari-mah-stah."
- What the [censored]?
- (React) Jaxon, you got that. - Nice.
- Yo!
- "Oh-say-wani nah-tay or-ee-mah-suh."
- "Oh-say-wani nah-tay or-ee-mah-suh?"
- "Oh-say-wani nah-tay or-ee-mus."
- "Oh-say-wani nah-tay or-ee-musu."
- "Oh-say-wani nah-tay or-ee-mus."
- "Oh-say-wani not-yay or-ee-musu."
- (narrator) "Oh-say-wani nah-tay or-ee-muss."
(buzzer rings)
(bell rings) - Thank you.
- Oh, it's not! - "Or-ee-mus, or-ee-mus!
- I think it's "oh-sah-key-ni she-tour-ee she-mah-sue."
- "Oh-sah-key-ni she-tour-ay she-mus."
- Yeah, "Oh-sah-key-ni she-tour-ay she-mus."
- Every time you say something, I'm like that sounds proper.
(both laugh)
- "Oh-sah-key-ni she-ray she-mus."
- "Oh-sah-kay-nay she-tour-ay..."
- "Oh-sah-key-ni she-tour-ay she-mus."
- "she-mus."
- "Oh-say-key-ni she-tour-ay she-mus-ee."
- "Oh-say-key-ni she-ray she-mus."
(buzzer rings)
- "She-ray she-mus." - "She-tour-ay.
- That's crazy.
- Good job, Jaxon. (bell rings)
- Nice. - (React) Well done!
- That was crazy. - Yeah.
- Wow, that was tough. - I don't even care.
- Yeah, yeah, no. - (laughs) I just...
- I thought I was basking in just like Japanese awesomeness.
- Baga!
- (narrator) Can you pronounce these English city names?
- This one's also gonna be scuffed.
- (narrator) Number one. - I'm so done with this.
I can't, I can't anymore.
- London. - London.
- (narrator) London.
- (React) London, I'll give it to you guys.
- [Censored] yeah. - Okay, okay.
- London, baby! (bell rings)
- Oh [censored].
It's gonna be so bad.
- "Lay-chester." - "Lee-chester."
- "Le-cess-ter."
- "Lay-chester?" - Yeah, "Lay-chester."
- "Leh-chester."
- (narrator) "Lester." (buzzer rings)
- [Censored] off! (buzzer rings)
- What? - This one's somewhat phonetic.
- You know, that whole ice is just gone. (laughs)
- And it's what I said, [censored] English.
- (laughs) Lester.
- "Gl-ow-ster." - It's gotta be "gl-ow-ster."
- Dude, this one's tough!
- "Glow-stah."
- "Glue-chester." - "Gl-ow-ster."
- "Gloss-ter."
- (narrator) "Gloss-ter."
- (React) "Gloss-ter." - "Gloss-ter."
- "Gloss-ter?"
- "Gloss-ter." - I got that one.
- "Gl-ow-ster." (buzzer rings)
- Dude, I don't know.
- As long as it's not Welsh, I think we're fine.
(Jayka laughs) They don't have vowels in their words!
- I'm done. - That was the most...
- Bye! (laughs)
- That made my head hurt.
- That last one kinda pissed me off!
- It really did.
- Cherokee was very hard.
- Cherokee was so difficult!
- That Cherokee was [censored] hard. - That Cherokee made no sense!
(both laugh)
- Was there an easy one? - No, these were all pretty tough.
(Dani laughs)
- More Japanese please. (laughs) - Hawaiian.
- I nailed that, I want more. (both laugh)
- Thanks for watching this episode.
- Which of these did you find the hardest?
Let us know in the comments.
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- (React) Bye! - Bye!
- Bye guys!
- (both) Bye!
- Bye! - Sayonara!