I am a graduate Speech Pathology student. There is nothing called "perfect" English, everyone has their unique dialect. Dialect is influenced by many factors. "Poo" & "pool" are both correct. The dictionary is only reliable up to a certain degree. Everyone has an accent, and it is very important for people to keep it in mind.
Nobody speaks perfectly, not even a native speaker. Because spoken language is spontaneous,and not edited (like written language is),it's absurd to point out a few mistakes in spoken language and use that to draw a conclusion on someone's language ability. We're humams,not robots,therefore we make errors.
Commenting someone's else pronounciation! She is certainly not qualify as her English is not that good either! Be humble... And can't believe she has 100k subscribers!!!
Yeah, was using a tiny mobile pad to finger type n made unnecessary typos, so didn't bother to write much...you must be a fan or friend of Tiffany to be so uptight about my comments
There is nothing wrong to say" It was only until I was four that I really took up swimming lessions." That is how it is commonly spoken in north America. You are right to say "pool" is not "poo". In north America, it is sounded as "poo-l", with the tongue rollling at the end for the L sound. The way Siobhan said it sounded closer to how British says the word. All in all, I don't think it is right to say she does not have perfect English.
I disagree. "It wasn't until" / "was not until" - the "not until" tells the narrative that she did not take swimming seriously from when she was a baby until she was four years old. If you don't want to use the word "not", then we usually say something to the effect of "I was four when I really started taking up swimming lessons". FYI - I'm just disecting this particular piece for the purposes of this discussion. I think Siobhan is fluent in English and she did great in this interview!
@@al3220 You are free to disagree with me. However, I am not sure if you live in north America. The point I wanted to make is that it is perfectly normal the way Siobhan "said it" in US and Canada, ie . spoken English, not formal written format. "Not until" can be taken as double negative, and everyone here understands what she meant.
@@pyan5197 and I will exercise that option to disagree. FYI I have lived in North America for almost three decades. Not sure what bearing that has for our discussions, but since you are bringing this up - where do you live and what is your experience with "North American" English?
其實就算native speakers講/寫其母語時不標準，或有錯漏，都不是奇事，沒什麼大不了。正因為有此現象，才會令專家學者發聲指正或糾正。 我們中國人偶爾都讀錯中文字，或用了不標準語法。 我曾聽過native speakers說mention about something(about不應存在)、the reason why...is because(不應用because ;應該用that)。 指出問題所在實屬無可厚非。 就這視頻而言，我同意指出用It was not until...that...才是正確用法(也可以用It was only when... that...) 。
In fairness, it's not that surprising. Her father is Irish, she spoke Englto him every day for her whole life,ever since she was small. Why wouldn't she have a native/near native accent,considering she acquired the language from native speakers since birthas opposed to learning the language.
But that's an Irish (Gaelic) name, it's not an English language name. Most English speakers would be unable to pronounce it. So being able to pronounce it doesn't make you a better English speaker,it just means you know one word in the Irish language.
No offense, but I think it's absolutely absurd of you to say she doesn't speak perfect English. She speaks exactly like a native speaker and I doubt any English speaker would believe otherwise. I'm saying that as a native English speaker. It's silly to micro-analyze spoken language like that, because no native speaker will speak like a grammar book. We're humans,not robots or grammar books. If you put any native speaker under a microscope like you did here, you would most definitely find lots of things that violate the rules of grammar. Also,你聽錯，佢冇講 swimming poo.
@@anpleidhceeireannach9498 that I agree with you. Saying a native speaker not speaking proper English, no wonder so many people in Hong Kong are so scared to actually speak, the unreal criticism from others stop them from speaking at all! How is it helpful? It’s crazy.
