American Reacts to 50 Words Australians Pronounce Weird

Thank you for watching me, a humble American, react to 50 words Australians pronounce weird. Or do we pronounce them weird? Thanks for watching!

[dutchroll]

I'd like to ask all Americans who insist on pronouncing emu as "ee-moo" whether their road rules allow them to do an oo-turn at traffic lights.

[stevesymonds]

Very few Australians would say "vaze" rhyming with "maze". The most common is "vahse", rhyming with "Mars".

[sianprice]

As a 67 year old Aussie, I have NEVER heard anyone say Vit a mins. It’s always Vite a mins.

[Digit]

It's an aboriginal name emu, so we Aussies definitely pronounce it correctly

[BoxBoy]

"maybe you guys are saying it wrong"
Every Australian IT IS OUR BIRD!!

[Avie]

Well, technically, because Emu is an Aboriginal name, and it comes from Australia, Americans are actually pronouncing it wrong, and we are saying it right.

[penguin]

We don’t pronounce words wrong it’s just the rest of the world just doesn’t understand

[anserbauer]

Many years ago, a wise woman taught me that when it comes language, "it's not wrong, it's just different". Turns out she had it all arse about. If you pronounce 'emu' as 'eemoo', then it's not just different; it's wrong.

[schelletick]

He was pretty close to the pronunciations as an Aussie this made me giggle, we love being unique LOL

[brunetteXer]

here's the really fun part: we Aussies are still able to understand you when you say aluminum, basil, pecan, caramel, oregano differently to us. in fact we generally can handle many different accents speaking english and using odd words, better than americans. (actually maybe not caramel)

[FionaEm]

Poor old Tristan got a few of these wrong, bless his heart. We say 'ad-VER-tiss-ment' or just 'ad'. We also say vase as 'vahhs', which rhymes with the way we say cars ('cahhs'). Most of us say 'vite-a-min' the same way you do. But 'emu' is EE-MEW and that's a hill we Aussies will die on 😅

[emilyd]

Would like to point out that "filet" and "fillet" are two different words. In Australia, most will pronounce filet the french way, whereas fillet is a more general term and people will pronounce as written.

[ian.blackwoodgwent.walesgb]

As a linguist I found this video very interesting....the Australian 🇦🇺 pronunciation of these 50 words is almost identical to how we would say them here in the UK..
Greetings to 🇦🇺 and 🇺🇲

[huggledemon]

I mean, to be honest, as an Aussie, I think we should be considered the experts on how to pronounce “emu” seeing as they are native to our country!?🤷‍♀️👍🏻

[anthonyblack]

Z as in "Zed" was introduced to clarify over radio a clear definition over C.

[blacksorrento]

As far as EMU is concerned it is a very large bird native to our country.
So I think we have the pronunciation correct……end of subject.
As for the others, Australia mainly goes by the Oxford English with a few of our own variations.
Americans have the Webster’s which they drop off letters out of words and much of their spelling is phonetic.
ie. Color/colour program/programme they have their own take on things.
We will just have to agree to disagree, suffice to say when in Rome……👍🙃

[terryjackson]

Z is pronounced as 'zed' in not only Australia, but the UK and Canada. It was 'zed' in these countries long before America made it zee. I also know of no one who calls them 'vit-a-mins'. No, no, no... v'aze is WRONG. It's v-arz

[christianmcbrearty]

As an Aussie, let me assure you the accent guy is TOTALLY WRONG in many cases 😂

Vase is “vahse” in Australia (rhyming with cars or Daas from Haagen Daas). You said it correctly, the guy in the vid was wrong.

Premier is “Prem-ee-er” for a politician and “Prem-ee-air” for a first time film screening or opening.

So many other wrong ones I could write a list but I can't be bothered 😅

[SlowmovingGiant]

Emu, it's an animal only native to Australia, therefore how it is pronounced in Aus is the correct way. Saying "i can't do it" is not correct, you are choosing to say it wrong. Do you say moocus for mucus? do you say moosic for music?

[responsibilitiesbegone]

"How does one letter have multiple letters to spell one letter?"

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