Hello and welcome to English in Brazil.
I'm Carina and today we're gonna talk about the main differences
between British and American English.
Hi, I'm Aly. I'm from Papa Teach Me and...
I'm British.
Alright? Let's get started!
Alright, Aly,
so many of my followers keep asking me,
which is the best accent or which is the right one.
Should they learn British English or American English?
What do you think about it?
British.
And I think they should learn the American one because it's...
Wrong.
You know, I'm kidding!
Of course, I'm kidding.
I know, I know...
So they should learn whatever they feel like, right?
Or whatever they want to.
Totally!
To some people it's easier to do the American accent,
to some people the British.
So what are the main differences between
the American and the British accent?
I think one of the biggest differences is the [r] sound.
American English is what we call rhotic.
So... You're representing American English.
From South America.
It's American anyway.
The cool America.
So I would say [ɛr], for example.
Right, so you really pronounce that [r] in "air", right?
I don't.
British people, we are non-rhotic.
So it means any [r] sound
is very soft. So "air" becomes
[eə]
It's so beautiful.
"É", in Brazil, like...
We say "é".
I've heard you say "nah"?
-"Né?" -What does that mean?
Isn't it?
Is that what that is?
Cool!
And what about "hard"?
So again you made the [r] sound.
[hɑrd]
We would say [hɑːd].
[tʃɛr]
[tʃeə]
[wûr]
[wə]
[ɪr]
[ɪə]
[pjʊr]
[pjʊə]
[mɔr]
[mɔː]
[hɪr]
[hɪ(ə)rɪ]
[bɑr]
[bɑː]
[bɪr]
[bɪə]
[sɔrs]
[sɔːs]
Okay, so I did say that we don't pronounce the [r]
in words like "bar",
we wouldn't say [bɑr]. But...
when the next word begins with a vowel sound,
or if it is a vowel, for example, "bar in",
we would pronounce that [r].
So, [barin].
I watched your video about it.
You watched it?
He has a very nice video.
I'm gonna leave it here in the card.
So you have to watch that video, It's so...
[kɑrd]?
Did I say [kɑrd]?
In the [kɑːd], you see? You can find it here.
Today you're British.
Just click on the [kɑːd].
You should change your channel to British English in Brazil.
British English in Brazil?
It wouldn't work because my British English is terrible.
But after today, it's gonna be perfect!
Okay, you have to teach me, alright!
So you would say?
So instead of, "I parked my [kɑː] in
front of the bar" it would be,
"I parked my [carin] front of the bar."
We link the "car in" with a rhotic sound:
[carin]
"And ordered a beer."
Right, but then with "beer"
that nothing follows that.
So that is not [bɪr], it's just normal: [bɪə].
What about "ordered"?
[ɔːdəd]
Another difference is the [t] sound.
When followed by an unstressed vowel, right?
So, for example [bɛtər].
I would say [bɛtə].
Americans use a flap [t],
just like...
It's similar to our [r] sound in "aranha", for example.
Just a tap.
-Sorry for speaking in Portuguese. -What is that?
That's perfect!
Okay, so, [bɛtər],
[bɛtə].
However,
I mean, like, Cockney accents or Essex accents,
they would usually glottalize that [t].
You know how to do the glottal [t], I think.
Exactly that!
Yes, so you've also got the glottal [t] option.
However, it's kind of seen as a bit uneducated.
Not super well-spoken.
So I wouldn't recommend it
when there's [t] between two vowel sounds.
[wɔtər]
[wɔːtə]
That's so beautiful!
Do you like it?
Can you make a sentence with "water", please?
I think it's better in Britain.
Here in Englad.
Okay, that's an exception.
We would say [brɪtn].
We would glottalize that.
The poshness doesn't matter.
It doesn't make you sound less well-spoken.
It's right here.
[raɪtɪŋ]
[bɒtəm]
[neɪtɪv]
I think, sometimes, I use the [t] sound like
a British person would use. I don't know why, maybe,
it's a transfer from Portuguese to English.
I don't know.
But it's funny because
I have a kind of a Brazilian/American accent,
but sometimes I say [neɪtɪv].
I don't know why.
The correct way.
We're just kidding, right?
There's no right way.
You should try the Cockney way.
And now the Cockney way:
Try it!
You [bɛtə] drink more [wɔːtə].
It's so hard!
Okay, I'm trying, right?
That sounds great!
I'm from London.
And you know what? Sometimes,
Americans just delete the [t]
when it's followed by a nasal consonant.
For example,
"advantage" would be [ədvanij].
Right!
Would you do this in British English?
No, you would never say [ədvanij].
No, that sounds awful, no! "Advantage",
we definitely need that [t].
What about "internet"? Would you say [ɪnərnɛt]?
Definitely not.
Americans do it all the time. [ətlænə]
"Atlanta", they say [ətlænə].
You would never do this.
And what about the [a] sound?
So, for example, Americans would say [klæs].
How would you say "class"?
Well in the north of England, they would also say [klæs].
There's a big difference between northern English accents
and southern English accents.
So northern English,
it's divided by what we call the
It means that that [a] sound,
in the north of England,
they would say [klæs].
[bæθ]
[læf ]
Whereas, in the South of England, we say [klɑːs].
[bɑːθ]
[lɑːf]
While I drink tea because it's so posh.
With the pinkie out.
[klɑːs]
So classy!
Alright, so you would use the [a] sound.
I would yeah, because I'm from London.
Okay, what about
I though toy're gonna say like [æs],
but also we would say [ʌs].
And what's the spelling of this word?
Because actually it's not "a-s-s".
Because there's "a-r-s-e", right?
Right! "a-s-s" is a donkey.
"a-r-s-e" that's the way we say "ass".
It's a bad word actually.
Okay, so [æftər]?
[ɑːftə]
[æsk]
[ɑːsk]
[bæθ]
[bɑːθ]
[kæsəl]
[kɑːsl]
[læf]
[lɑːf]
[læst]
[lɑːst]
And then...
[kænt]
How would you say that?
Right. So in American English, it's very similar.
So similar, sometimes we can't even hear the difference.
Right!
So even then like,
there's a part of me that will think,
are you saying "can" or, the way I say, [kɑːnt]?
It's much more clear in British English,
the difference between can and can't.
Yeah! Can, can't.
[kɑːnt]
And what about the other bad word?
Does it have a different pronunciation?
Yes, so okay the word "fuck".
Am I allowed to say "fuck" on your channel?
-Well, you probably said... -You probably bleep that, right?
Okay, the f-word.
If we imagine the f-word is like, one of the worst words,
the strongest word you can use.
The one that kind of sounds like "can't" is...
Even stronger than the F word.
It's a terrible word.
Well, we have to say it.
Okay, this is for educational purposes.
Alright, so what is the difference between
I "can't" and the bad word?
So in the bad word, it's the same phoneme as in [ʌp].
It's [ʌ].
[kʌnt]
Educational purposes, right?
However, "can't",
it's a longer sound.
That's the easy way to look at it.
But also it's a different sound all together.
It's the same sound as in [kɑː].
[kɑː]
With "nt". [kɑːnt].
[kɑːnt]
and [kʌnt].
Make it a bit longer.
Because you're smiling.
Because it sounded like the bad one.
[kɑːnt]
That sound, that sounds better.
It's so hard.
That sounds perfect!
And now the [i] sound.
So how would you say a word like
I'd say the same way [ɔrgənəzeɪʃən].
However, my grandparents would have said
[ɔːgənaɪzeɪʃən]
So people don't talk like that anymore?
Like most people?
Kind of, but also...
Sometimes I will say [ɔrgənəzeɪʃən],
sometimes I will say [ɔːgənaɪzeɪʃən].
There's no right or wrong here, of course.
No, it's like the [iðər] [aɪðə] thing. (EITHER)
Neither is correct or incorrect.
It's just sometimes I say this,
[iðər]
[aɪðə]
And what about "direction"?
Would you say "One [dərɛkʃən]"
or "One [dɪrɛkʃən]"?
I'd say assholes.
You don't like them!
I don't, I don't see the appeal.
Many of my followers love them so they're gonna hate you now.
I'm so sorry!
I'm not sorry.
"One [dərɛkʃən]", "One [dɪrɛkʃən]".
I say "One [dərɛkʃən]".
But some people say "One [dɪrɛkʃən]",
But I think nobody in America would say [dɪrɛkʃən].
So this is something that varies here,
but not in the US.
Yeah, totally.
Yeah, British.
So let's talk about the difference between
Let's go!
Alright, so Americans would say [noʊ].
I don't [noʊ].
How would you say that?
[nəʊ], I don't [nəʊ].
You see the difference?
It's different.
I don't [noʊ]. It's another phoneme, right?
I mean, so, American English
it comes from all the mid, in the back of the mouth.
So it sounds louder.
We think Americans sound really loud.
And I think you sounds so low.
Because sometimes when I wanna talk to a British person,
I was trying to record a guy, at a pub,
and I couldn't hear what he was saying
because he speaks so low.
Did you think he was mumbling?
You don't articulate the sounds like we do, it's like...
Yeah, you're completely right!
We...
It sounds like we mumble.
Because we speak from the front of our mouth.
You don't because you're a teacher.
But people around the city here, they are like...
When you walk here you just see people doing that.
Yeah, exactly!
That's how greet each other.
[ʃoʊ]
[ʃəʊ]
[roʊd]
[rəʊd]
[noʊ]
[nəʊ]
And there's another difference in words like...
Would you say [nu] or
something else?
If I said [nu] or in the [nuz],
which I sometimes do,
my mom will be very angry with me.
She says no, its [njuː],
in the [njuːz].
With that [nj] sound.
There's a little [i] sound there.
[tun]
[tjuːn]
[juːtuːb]
[juːtjuːb]
You use a [tj] sound.
So, when it's "t-u",
we say [tj].
Like the [tjuːb].
You took the tube here.
Oh, really?
So you use a [tj] sound here.
I took the [tju]be.
And what about [dʊrɪŋ]?
[djʊərɪŋ]
With the [dj] sound.
Right if it's "d-u" it's [dj].
[djʊərɪŋ]. And then, of course, there are other differences,
like for very specific words, for example,
[skɛʤʊl]
We pronounce it [ʃɛdjuːl].
Very different.
Although, sometimes, I say [skɛʤʊl] because...
You're becoming an American...
Yeah, I mean...
Maybe it's because of the American influence here, isn't it?
Definitely!
British and American English are slowly...
...coming...
...together.
[təmeɪtoʊ]
[təmɑːtəʊ]
[veɪs]
[vɑːz]
[vaɪtəmən]
[vɪtəmɪn]
[ɜrb]
[hɜːb]
[moʊbəl]
[məʊbaɪl]
[əlumɪnəm]
[æləmɪniəm]
Okay, Aly, so what's the conclusion here?
It's the same as before,
British English is the correct one.
You're so kind. That's what I was saying
Thank you!
You're really kind in the videos.
I know, I know. I [nəʊ], I [nəʊ].
So if you guys like this video,
what should they do Aly?
Well, I mean we made another one,
so you could probably watch that
by clicking...
here...
...ish.
Maybe here on the card.
On the card.
Click this card, right here,
to watch our other video.
Yes! And don't forget to subscribe to his channel as well
because you have a lot of playlists on grammar and
vocabulary. What else? Everything.
Literally everything!
Also subscribe to Carina's channel.
If you haven't already.
Maybe this is your first Carina Fragozo video
and you're like, "Holy crap! She's amazing!"
Oh my god! Thank you!
So make sure you click on that subscribe...
button.
Yes!
And the like one.
Alright, enough.
Stop telling them what to do
and let's say goodbye now.