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Have you ever had a hard time telling the difference between an Aussie and a Kiwi accent? Dialect coach Erik Singer breaks down the subtle differences between a few commonly confused regional accents. What actually makes a New York and Boston accent different? What’s the main differentiator between a northern and southern English accent? Also,…
Geoff Bannister
October 22, 2019 at 9:55 pm
Londoners always accuse us Brummies of being northerners and Geordies/Mancs e.t.c. always accuse us of being southerners 🙁 Us Midlanders have our own identity too you know :'(
Asher Wilkins
October 22, 2019 at 10:05 pm
I like how at 4:53 the lady actually says “that’s not a lot of pot” which you can tell cause she immediately started laughing afterwards like “Why did you ask me to say this though?”
James
October 22, 2019 at 10:39 pm
Kiwi: do you get pissed?
Aussie: yeah, plenty, but the calesi virus has taken care of most of them.
Kevin Hodgson
October 22, 2019 at 10:50 pm
Whay aye man us Geordies finally got a look in!
Salmon
October 22, 2019 at 10:55 pm
northern english i always just do my best jon snow impression
jon snOOOOOOOOOEEEEE
katy
October 22, 2019 at 11:05 pm
scottish & irish would have been cool
CherryBlack
October 22, 2019 at 11:28 pm
Fooking graite Tommeh ~
Okuno Zankoku
October 23, 2019 at 12:23 am
Erik: straight across
line: look at me, I’m wibbley!
Feuer-Kampfer
October 23, 2019 at 12:27 am
Here’s a New York speaker:
“Trash Trash Trash”
Hmmmm… 🤔
denise v
October 23, 2019 at 1:26 am
He should do a video on California accent. I ask a lot of Californians if they have accent and they look confused that I ask so does that accent even exist?
i am not a cat
October 23, 2019 at 2:19 am
Nobody:
New Zealander: *_meth_*
Quinian's Budget Crafts
October 23, 2019 at 2:43 am
I’d like to see you do “military accents” like my own. Raised by parents with wildly different accents, but being in the military living all over the world speaking several languages. I now have either a non-accent or a mix of a bunch, I’m not sure how you’d explain it. If I had to guess based on your past videos I’d say I’m closest to mid-west US accent.
Ismail x
October 23, 2019 at 2:50 am
Eric Singer
He was born for this
sarah elizabeth
October 23, 2019 at 3:37 am
am i meant to not fall in love with this man? ….. have mercy
Andrew Grey
October 23, 2019 at 3:58 am
Check out this kid doing English in 64 accents, hilarious. I wonder what Eric think about this:
joeli fische
October 23, 2019 at 4:04 am
Cawktael pahdy
hellfish2309
October 23, 2019 at 4:19 am
4:45 that’s not a lot of pots: I knocked over the corner store for a box of quarters after I salted the carport
ncl
October 23, 2019 at 5:28 am
Fush n chups
Matthew Sawczyn
October 23, 2019 at 6:38 am
You have made us all appreciate and love our accents more 🙂
GADCL4
October 23, 2019 at 9:06 am
Southern English people speak English. Northern English people speak Chav. Australian males speak Yank-on-meth. Australian females speak Shrill-banshee.
Finnzy
October 23, 2019 at 9:29 am
Sorry, but us Aussies sound nothing like kiwis
ElDeano09
October 23, 2019 at 10:50 am
When I asked a Nuw Zullander to say ‘fush and chups’ and they tried to fight me.
Andie Morgan
October 23, 2019 at 12:21 pm
Oh dear, the arrow pointing to South England was pointing to Wales! Should have put the boundary line between Wales and England before making the demarcation line between North and South England, Wales was included – very different accents in that part of Britain.
Should have put the boundary line between Scotland and North England.
Very misleading representation of the UK – yet again. 😣
ckbs1
October 23, 2019 at 12:40 pm
New Zealander: METH!
July 31st
October 23, 2019 at 3:20 pm
Koq yo foq
paranoid android
October 23, 2019 at 11:17 pm
*H E ‘ S B A C K ! ! !*
paranoid android
October 23, 2019 at 11:19 pm
yo editors britain =/= england
Joey Zelasko
October 24, 2019 at 12:52 am
Maine vs Mass
Kailey Mercurio
October 24, 2019 at 2:08 am
I want him to try and guess my accent
19Jetta
October 24, 2019 at 2:39 am
Just tuning in for my daily dose of Erik…
Xzertion -
October 24, 2019 at 4:46 am
METH
Ginger Taylor
October 24, 2019 at 5:02 am
First guy to describe my NYC accent correctly.
DeaconTaylor
October 24, 2019 at 5:30 am
why does a country as small as england have so many accents when australia has so few? there’s class accents but i couldnt tell you any regional accents
Stronk
October 24, 2019 at 7:29 am
His belt angers me
Eji
October 24, 2019 at 9:25 am
He looks like he’s 7 feet tall o_O
BRK
October 24, 2019 at 12:42 pm
Since when has Birmingham been considered north
Jia Cheng Chong
October 24, 2019 at 6:17 pm
Malaysian v Singaporean please. That would be enlightening
hadnoidea
October 24, 2019 at 10:35 pm
So, nobody got the joke about NY and Philly and Trash/traffic? 😀
Dewi Jones
October 24, 2019 at 11:12 pm
Wales and Scotland are not part of England
Cerulean Skigh
October 24, 2019 at 11:40 pm
If you’re not sure if they’re Kiwi (New Zealand) or Aussie (Australian) then guess Kiwi. The Aussie will be flattered but the Kiwi offended if you guess Aussie.
Lily Nyenga
October 25, 2019 at 12:54 am
I need Erik to do Different African accents next !!
Joseph Sonners
October 25, 2019 at 3:30 am
Belt!
Hailey Martin
October 25, 2019 at 3:36 am
4:20 “Here’s a New York speaker”
I’M CACKLING WHY does that man look like the perfect New Yorker
Sparrow The Sissy
October 25, 2019 at 4:47 am
“mith” “meth” “mith” “meth” we are off to a fantastic start.
Brittany Ferris
October 25, 2019 at 4:56 am
Ugh. Ny…. Western NY here. And we speak nothing like NYC!
James Guildford
October 25, 2019 at 9:50 am
Man my New Zealand Accent must suck to other people
allrequiredfields
October 25, 2019 at 11:10 am
The U.S. east coast accent would have been far more interesting addressing the Mary/marry/merry thing – the rest of the U.S. pronounces them all the same, but people in the north east make a stink about the differences.
Roxanne Atwater
October 25, 2019 at 12:14 pm
As an aussie im very distressed at the idea someone couldnt tell our accents apart
Dan Belmonte Alcaraz
October 25, 2019 at 2:17 pm
“That’s not 5:24”
Emma Marie
October 25, 2019 at 3:03 pm
Could you do the Cornish and other places like Scotland and Wales. My English friends can’t tell the difference, but I feel like my Cornish accent is very clear