I'm not from US , but i know many thing about this country , Hunter has an american accent , but lately i've seen the videos and seems to me he grew up in South Korea or any other country , not US , but he is a good guy
He seems friendly and cool to hang out with. His accent doesn’t sound American to me though. And in another video he said we associate the word napkin with diapers which is strange to me.
He definitely does not have any of the many u.s. accents. He may have been born in the u.s. but it's very clear he has adapted more towards a different culture. His u.s. English is more of a stereotyped English mixed with a foreign accent.
@@NicholasJH96 I'm aware of that, I was referencing how it sounds like he was raised or lived more in another country than in the u.s. and it shows through his accent.
Hunter seems to be like sorry for everything he says, thinks o even does, I find it cute and nice because he cares about Emmanuel's opinion and that's amazing ❤️
"Bloody hell" and "Can i get a bottle of water?" Are the most common in British accent for me , even here in videos with Lauren 🇬🇧 and Christina 🇺🇸 the last one was pretty used
Why is everyone so down on the American guy's accent? The US is a nation of immigrants, just like we are here in Australia. Not everyone here has an Aussie accent, and I expect that's also the case in the US.
I don’t think his accent is the main issue. Some of what he is saying is extremely inaccurate so that coupled with his accent have people thinking he probably hasn’t spent a lot of time in the USA to be knowledgeable enough to speak on what it’s like. Yes we have regional differences but other things are mainstream so we would expect him to know this. He seems like a nice sweet guy but some of the things he says have me scratching my head. For example Like in another video he said we Americans don’t use the word napkin and that we associate it with diaper. We say napkin all the time. I think he’s confused with the UK word for diaper which is nappy. We don’t call diaper a nappy and nappy has an entirely different derogatory meaning in the USA. So if someone was speaking as a rep of on Australia with a non Aussie accent and saying things like “we don’t say mate in Australia” you’d probably question if they had been actively living in Australia for a long period. It’s not that people are being anti immigrant IMO.
British sounds more laid-back, relaxed but at the same time confident and with some aristocratic vibes, American accent sounds more like something a "common person" (common in a good way, like someone straightforward, uncomplicated and free) would speak like. Both accents sound great, but in a different way. This is an independent opinion of an Estonian viking :D Ty for vid guys.
@@VenusEvan_1885 Absolute BS.I had an Estonian girlfriend and She was of Scandinavian heritage, and so are 70% of Estonians.Only 30% of Estonians are Russian heritage
That s why I m way more interested in the Hunter’s pronunciation. The Shakespeare language evolved both in America and Britain. I d rather take the less pretentious accent. Such is life, Brits !
In 1808 Sir Humphry Davy, the British chemist who discovered the metal, named it “alumium.” With just one “i” and an “ium” ending. Four years later, however, Davy changed his mind and gave the metal the name “aluminum”. But later that same year other scientists decided “aluminum” didn’t sound sufficiently Latin, so they began calling it “aluminium.” Here’s a quote from the Quarterly Review: “Aluminium, for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound.” The scientists also perhaps believed the “ium” ending was more consistent with other elements. However, “aluminum,” as we know, isn’t the only element to break the “ium” pattern. molybdenum, tantalum, platinum, and lanthanum etc.
Well, thanks for clearing that up, that's actually a question I asked in anotther video.I wondered how this difference could poossibly have arisen in the Anglosphere
This "American" guy is definitely not American. He does do a good American accent though. It is apparent when he says "How we say 'IT'" (1:20), makes him sound like an Eastern European or Russian trying to speak in an American accent.
@@adri_makeup Probably originally from the US, but lived in other countries for ages.They should be more careful in selecting people, as a lot of these videos younger people watching, will considder what is said, "gospel"
Well, Hunter sounds like an extremely American name lol. No Eastern European would have that name. He's lived in Korea for such a long time, interacting with so many British people as an English teacher (presumably), that he's forgotten standard American usage. That's the case for most of the Americans here (Shannon is an exception, but even she speaks Standard American and very little of the Southern she claims she speaks). I've heard that the British participants also speak with strange accents so maybe the same phenomenon.
"Zebra" is the US accent sounds like "Zibra" with the "i" , in UK it sounds normal like "Zebra" , "Water" in US sounds like "Warer" and UK is like "wotar" , this is just for me though
The only reason I know this Hunter dude is American is by his demeanor and how cheerful and friendly he is and all the smiling, which is what Americans are usually stereotyped as. But the accent ain’t something I’d identify as being an American one lol
Hunter, Aluminum is the original spelling, it was found by a British Scientist living in the US, he spelled it Aluminum and when he went back to England, he was told to change the spelling to Aluminium to match all the other IUM elements.
I'm from Finland and I personally pronounce most things in English the American way (partially affected by my wife being American), but I can't bring myself to say aluminum. Why not keep it consistent with all the other ium-ending elements? There is no potassum, calcum or titanum.
In the first video these guys did together, I definitely thought Hunter did not sound American or native to America. In this video he says some Americans call it aluminium. No Americans call aluminum aluminium. Where is he really from?
@@marydavis5234 I guess I don't converse with enough scientists. So seriously, discounting the scientific community, do you know any average Joe American who pronounces it as aluminium?
American Scientist say Aluminium for the liquid form of Aluminum, but not Americasn who are not scientists say it that way, I think he is actually from the UK and moved to the US as a young child, he said the 50 stars in the US flag represents the 50 US UNIONS.
Rhotic English accents focus emphasis on the r, whereas non-rhotic is a. The r sound comes through the a, aar. That, and rounded neutral to low to neutral tone inflection rather than up-talk over the vowels.
Y’all gotta explain the deal with hunter, he doesn’t have an American accent. I see ppl saying maybe he’s been living in Korea too long so he’s lost it but idk I find that hard to believe, not impossible but idk maybe an explanation would be good 👍🏻
@@7iscoe No way I’m from up north almost a couple of hours away from Canada and I’ve never heard anybody up North sound like this 😂 the most unique you get is the Minnesota/Wisconsin accent and this ain’t it 😂
Ok, I'm British and that British accent is more of a posh one. Doesn't he sound like Simon Cowell? (gotta laugh, spellcheck wins with Simon Cowbell. Pretty damn accurate).
Yanks say water in different ways, some yanks you literally can not understand what they say. One area in the usa call water - wala / war-dar / waldar / war-dur etc. I remember one news report about 10 or 20 years ago about something i had absolutely no idea what they were talking about. They spoke to so many people from the area - still no idea what the news story was about. Then the Australian news reporter said the "water" reached whatever height he said. Then we realized that a flood had gone through the place.
I'm from New Jersey, and we definitely dont pronounce water like how hunter does. It's either worder/wordah if you're closer to NYC or wooder if youre closer to philly
@@greenmachine5600 I'm from NY but I say water like a Midwestern lol. However, I say the word "all" or "caught" in a very thick NY accent. Get some self cautious about it.
As as Brit, Aluminum is correct, as it was named by an American, who discovered it; as is Math, rather than Maths (Math is short for Mathematics, which is not a plural, so no 's'). Also, we used to call 'Autumn' fall for many hundreds of years before establishmentarianism etc....
@@zaixai9441 In 1808 Sir Humphry Davy, the chemist who discovered the metal, named it “alumium.” With just one “i” and an “ium” ending. Four years later, however, Davy changed his mind and gave the metal the name “aluminum”. But later that same year other scientists decided “aluminum” didn’t sound sufficiently Latin, so they began calling it “aluminium.” Here’s a quote from the Quarterly Review: “Aluminium, for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound.” The scientists also perhaps believed the “ium” ending was more consistent with other elements. However, “aluminum,” as we know, isn’t the only element to break the “ium” pattern. molybdenum, tantalum, platinum, and lanthanum etc.
@@dolphmanity Yeah, no shit. But he's not American, as the comment claims. Also, it wasn't discovered by an American either, as the comment also claims,
Re: shark. No, u use the Ä as in Palm but drop the R known as the evasive R. Dropping the T as we say or swallow the sound it the Glottal T. Very British Brilliant video m8s.
I actually think British is one of the least beautiful accents in English tbf (no hate, I have plenty of British friends and I love them I'm just not a fan of the accent 😂)
Hlo Hunter and Emmanuel from India. You guys are doing great and it's fun to watch you guys comparing differences between USA AND UK. GREETINGS FROM INDIA.
I really like their personalities. Warm and friendly guys. I never hear Americans say aluminium. Also the typical Boston accent drops r so they also say cah for car. I see what Emmanuel is saying about how sounding posh when you’re angry can be a disadvantage. Hard to sound intimidating 😂
