Native English Speakers DON'T SAY this

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[rossellinirossicalrossc]

As a British person and native English speaker, saying “let’s go drink a coffee” is a completely normal thing to say….

[kevinchen]

America isn’t the only place that speaks English. As an immigrant myself I learned people from different places have their own habit of pronunciation and different word choices. If a native English person laughs at what you say, it probably suggests that the person is too local to understand different tones. Don’t forget, languages nowadays are all using words from other countries, such as sushi, unagi, tofu, lasagna, etc. if they can’t pronounce those words precise, why should you pronounce English the way some expect you to.

[staliniumprojectile]

"Let's grab some coffee"
"Sure"
*2 minutes pass*
"Wait, why are you drinking it? I thought you said you wanna grab it."

[rosieclary]

"If u want to sound more american.."

"no"

[michellemcneill]

I’ve seen some of your videos and I feel like you’re instilling a lot of unnecessary fear into non native English speakers. These days “sounding American” is so arbitrary as there are so many different people here now. That’s the beauty of the melting pot. If anyone is watching these videos because they are worried about not sounding American enough, honestly do not even worry about it. You’re doing great and anyone with half a brain will understand you perfectly

[SushiCoding]

I say, "Let's go GET some coffee." almost all the time.
-Native speaker, born and raised in the USA

[yvesu]

im so confused.. as an american, "lets drink some coffee" sounds like a completely normal thing to say..

[jinx]

as a British we ain't asking "let's grab coffee" we say, "Oi mate wanna drink some tea"

[sapphosinclair]

"If you wanna sound more American-"

You DO realise that English is not exclusively spoken in America, right?

[BigBadBari]

Her: "If you want to sound more American"
Me: "AyO I'm BrIiSh"

[sprucerory]

"Come on Mary were gettin some fuckin African bean juice"
- Native Irish

[noway]

If somebody says “let’s go drink some coffee, ” I’m not gonna think too much about it.

[kashinimeyo]

I literally never say “grab coffee” — you “grab a bite to eat”, but you “get coffee”.
-Sincerely, native speaker of American English who has lived in America for 25 years.

[gabrielhermesson]

Note from a native speaker: you can replace a lot of verbs and phrases with the appropriate form of "to get" or "to get some" and get away with sounding very natural

[redcadriel]

"If you want to sound MORE american"
HAHAHA

[she]

While this generally is correct, don’t be too worried about sounding “like a Native American”. English is a hell language, it’s insanely adaptable, and your way of saying it is just fine if people can understand you. This isn’t to say you should stop learning, because learning a language is constant (I still learn more about the language as I get older), but please don’t overwhelm yourself with little details like this. I promise these kinds of things will come to you

[hayworths]

I’ve never considered wanting to sound “more” American 🤣😂🤣

[lezieljaynemarana]

I have taught my students that way. "Drink some coffee" there is nothing wrong with that. That's how Filipino English is, but we don't push our students to sound like native speakers. I would say students excel in their academic or formal English.

[rjvizcarra]

“If you want to sound more American”

Baby girl, no, just no.

[astrum_remi]

Imagine wanting to sound more American over wanting to sound more British. As a native speaker you can say both, and people will understand.