You say ta-may-tow, I say ta-mah-tow; You say pa-tay-tow, I say... pa-tah-tow? Today, Laurence Brown discusses words that Americans love to hear from a British mouth.
Sometimes, it's better hearing me in a British accent. Click the red button below.
Laurence Brown is a British man writing his way through the truly bizarre world of America - a place he sometimes accidentally calls home and a place he still hasn't quite figured out after seven years. Thankfully, his journey is made 12% easier by the fact that his accent makes him sound much smarter than he is. For evidence of this, subscribe to his popular Lost in the Pond web series over on YouTube.
Sometimes, it's better hearing me in a British accent. Click the red button below.
"to the hospital" vs. "to hospital" always gets me.
ReplyDeleteOne American accent-theorist posits that it is the "melody" in the British accents that makes the UK way of speaking so appealing and interesting to Americans. She effortlessly segues from an American accent into a British accent at 1:20 in the video below:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9bUyl37grU
My video choice didn't work out, so you can look for it on youtube under the title "Why Americans Love British Accents." The channel is "adarizzle"
ReplyDeleteLet's try this video.....if it even works!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZEjk4Kognl
Why won't these f%@!ing videos work?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FROKw-rVUMA
Always happy to see your videos. Thanks for the giggles
ReplyDeleteAlways happy to see your videos. Thanks for the giggles
ReplyDeleteHere is another Harry Palmer video to keep you happy and giggling.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jwxNjLl7A