Can ENGLISH Speakers Find an American just by their English?? (Who's Faking?) 

Why did you tell us the answer before it started? It would have been fun for all of us to guess the American.

Jakob's accent was good at the start, but the more he talked, the more the South Sfrican accent came out. Same with Beth. Claire did great. I could tell eventually that there was SOMETHING, but never would have guessed British. Odessa was obvious from the way she said her own name, but I didn't know where from.

I didn’t realize they were faking american accents till the end.. I thought they just were all foreign lol

Even the American girl still sounded like she had a foreign accent and was trying to speak with an American accent. It was weird. 😅

51 states was a red flag. You should have started the video without telling who was American, so we could guess too. Lauren and Beth did a great job with their American accents. It is a fun program format. I would like to see more, finding the Canadian, Britain, and Australian, although it would require some serious accent talent.

"Hi , my name is Clare" Me : "For me you are and always will be Lauren 🇬🇧😁"

All of their real accents came through so quickly 😅

"I'm from Louisiana" lol

when they were saying they thought beth was the most american, I honestly don’t know why they would think that. She sounded really australian to me. And tbh I thought lauren’s american accent was really good

Am I the only one who thought Emma didn’t even sound American. She definitely has an accent

it’s so interesting that Odessa thinks her name is russian. but there is no such name for a person in russia. Odessa is a name of a town in Ukraine. it’s a beautiful sea-shore town with grate history and very nice climate

Should have thrown a couple Canadians in there to make it a little harder lol

Welcome to world friends Odessa 🇳🇿 , Beth 🇭🇲 and Jakob 🇿🇦 and good to see Emma back 🇺🇲

For me, being from Spain, and having been around many Aussies and south-africans, I knew right away they were from there. I knew Odessa wasn't american, but I couldn't spot the accent. And Lauren 🤯 wow, I would have never said that she was from the UK. For a moment there I thought "World Friends" was tricking us into think there was only one american, but they had two ... you know, to surprise us, but when I heard one of them saying "she is Canadian" I thought "Ok, that could be it!".

I’m from Texas and when Jakob said Louisiana, I was like, 👀👀👀 that’s a dead give away. He doesn’t sound like he’s from the south.

Lauren's fake American accent impressed me. I'm so accustomed to her usual RP accent that it sounded really weird to hear her in this video. Beginning the questioning with "How many states are there? was extremely silly. No American over the age of ten could possibly answer that incorrectly. Most Canadians would probably get that right too, so when everyone but Emma answered that wrong I knew none of the were likely to be Canadian either.

It was fun to watch, but I don't know Emma seems to have something that I don't know what it is. It sounds a bit very very vaguely different. I actually thought at the beginning Claire has a pretty good accent and as keeping watching it, thought Beth could be a good candidate as well. Without knowing who Emma was, I would guess Beth as an American.

It was obvious to me that Odessa was definately either Australian or Kiwi... there were a few words where she added that 'rrr' sound to the end of the word (like the name Emma sounding like Emmer). There were a few other words that gave away her accent like that. Beth's American accent was quite good but there were a few words I noticed that betrayed her Aussie accent, similar to Odessa. Jakob was obviously South African... but I think the one that fooled me the best was Lauren/Clare... I thought that she was from Canada... A lot of Canadians have a similar sounding accent to Americans but then they'll have a few vowel pronunciations that are different (like in the word Process americans will typically say "Praw-sess" and some Canadians will say "Pro-sess" ... things like that, that give it away) that I thought I heard in Lauren/Clare's accent

"How many states in the US" Okay , i'm gonna count the star on the flag 🇺🇲 and it's 50 stars

As an American, I think I would've known who was or wasn't just by hearing the accents, but it's hard to say since we knew who it was from the beginning. Clare/Lauren and Beth both did very good American accents but every now and then there would be a slightly non-American pronunciation. Very fun to watch everyone guess!

51 states?!?!?! That was a dead giveaway at the start.

I'm dying to see Christina's reaction on Lauren mimicking a U.S. accent 😄 Maybe in another video 😁

Wait what Emma does not sound American. She has a pretty clear accent and also very different speaking mannerisms. I feel like maybe for people who watch these videos English might be a second language (just a guess) so it's harder to distinguish the accent. Of course her english is fluent, but it's just not American.

Hey guys it’s me Clare😂😂😂 I had to use a fake name juuuust incase anyone recognised my actual name lol but this was super fun and it was really great to meet new friends! Everyone did such a great job and look forward to the videos to come from this group 🤩

Shouldn't have revealed it to us at the beginning, it takes away some of the fun. Jakob and Claire did a good job covering up their accents but after a little while their real accents became to come through.

Hello, everyone! It’s Emma here! I had so much fun with Beth, Odessa, Jakob, and Clare… who turned out to be Lauren!!! I was so excited to meet her at last! This is was an interesting concept: try to sound the most American, see who’s faking their accent, and try to find who is the real American! My strategy was to keep my accent (and not put on an obviously fake accent xD) but I tried not to be too obvious in other ways! It was fun to film with the others and I had a blast! It’s all for fun! It was nice to be back on World Friends! Thanks for checking out the video!

TBH I thought they all sounded like non-Americans including Emma. I wonder if her parents are immigrants because sometimes the kids will still pronounce some words like their so. In her opening introduction I thought she was Eastern European partly because of her pitch when she said USA. Or maybe it could just be the part of the USA she’s from. Lauren and Beth did do well overall but they had their moments with certain words. Now Jakob and Odessa were very obvious. Fun fact. people where I’m from in the USA don’t say sneakers or trainers. We call them tennis shoes.

as someone with a jersey/brooklyn accent i would love to be in one of there 😂😭

Lemme just say that the name Odessa is the male version of Odysseus, aka it's greek in origin. The reason people seem to think it's Russian or Ukraine is bc of the Ukraine city, which was given the name by the Russian queen(?) Catherine as a sign of respect to the Greek colony which was present there in the past. Also, the word that the name Odessa is derived means "wrathful"

It's funny just looking at Lauren's reaction.

Lauren did pretty well as "Clare." 😀

So funny when Lauren say word "answer" and then she realise she sounded like british

This was so much fun! Thanks for a great time, everyone! :)

I didn’t watch the whole video but by accent alone, Claire actually sounds more American than Emma. Emma’s accent sounds forced and very standardized as though she learned it. Her accent is a little weird too.

Who tf doesn’t know America has 50 states? I say this as an Australian.

Odessa was right about the Olympics being held in the U.S. (it was in Atlanta, Georgia) in 1996 but it was the Summer ones

Emma: If they say sneakers instead of trainers Me: ✨Tenis✨

Lauren's reactions are gold!

Really like the concept but having them ask questions like that definitely gave everyone away instantly. I think it would be better to have them say famous lines or maybe read from a script. Start with words that are pretty universal then as you get deeper into it pick words that would be different from what an American would use and vice versa. Like the one girl said, using different words for shoes is a perfect example.

Lauren was the only one who was really challenging to differentiate Jakob and Odessa were both pretty obvious to me from the beginning Beth did a good job as well, but I could tell after a bit of chatting A fun vid regardless!

They totally blew this with the States question, but it was fun at least to see how much Lauren has improved as an accent mimic. She should rightly feel proud. Keep Emma around. She's very clever.

0:55 if you don’t want to know who it is right away and then 1:12 because at 1:10-1:11 she/he holds her/his flag

#2 lost it from the start by saying her name was "OdessER" and she is A (not an) English teacher.

I knew Beth was Australian the moment she said the word "Texas", the accent came out SOOO hard!!!

As a Canadian Claire had the best fake accent when she said Jacob you could easily hear the accent but she held it pretty good 90% of the time.

LAUREN DID SO GREAT OMG im impressed!! i like that girl

"Alaska is the state that everyone forgets about. ... It's far from everything." So, are we just ignoring Hawaii?

I knew Beth was Australia straight away. I live in Australia, I am Scottish, I could pick it up by the mouth movements when she talks.

I could tell right away, everyone had an accent. Also could tell Emma was from the east coast.

I knew right away who was the american. I remembered I had seen the first woman in some video and she had been British there. For the other, I just listened to there accents for a while and got them too. But there accents were pretty good anyways.

I have a natural English-Scottish-American accent because of my parents and the fact I've lived in Scotland my whole life, so it would be an actual nightmare to figure out. Plus, I'm good at geography and know most of those facts, too lmao. Oddly enough, people have said I sound Australian sometimes, but strangers often ask if I'm American after hearing me speak-

Every time I think I'm confident in understanding the difference between the Australian and New Zealand accent, I get thrown for a loop. I really thought Odessa was going to be from Australia and Beth was from New Zealand. But got it completely backwards.

the girl on the left has a really good american accent

I honestly thought Emma was German when she first started talking at the very beginning 😮 it’s hard for me to believe she is American. Idk why I feel that way but that was tricky even though we knew who she was the American lol

they all have clear audible accents this was so easy to guess who it was

Clair just cracks me up every time she speaks.

I thought Lauren’s was the only good fake American accent.

Jakob couldn't hold back the SA accent. It finds a way out. 😂🇿🇦

Beth has soooo gorgeous voice!!😍😍😍

Alaska is more than twice as big as Texas. "Odesser" and Jakob couldn't keep up with an American accent at all. 1996 was the Atlanta summer Olympics. 2002 was in Salt Lake City Utah. I lived in Utah until 2000. Then the 2010 Olympics were in Vancouver, which is near where I live now.

Wow, nice work Clare. Convinced me. And Emma... what is your accent? Did you grow up overseas? Trying not to sound too American I guess. But even at the end, she doesn't *quite* sound American to me. Must be North Dakota or something? What are trainers?

The game was immediately over with that 51 state question/answer LOL

It is pretty easy to differentiate a North American English accent from a British, Irish, or Australian accent (if the latter are not deliberately impersonating an American as in this video). I can't tell, however, if someone is from the USA or Canada based on his/her accent alone, unless he/she has a very specific accent like a Deep South accent from the US, or a Newfoundland accent if he/she is Canadian.

As someone…. Whoose lived in the USA all my life and (according to my friends) sounds like i could be either British, Irish, or Australian I feel like i could definitely trick people if i were to theoretically be put in a room full of people from the Uk Anyways this was interesting to watch

I'm British (from England) and I thought people easily knew there was 50 states in the US.

Jakob does better than most A lot of people just can’t speak nor understand English Where some (like me) just always had tv in their life, so English was always apart of me

I'm come from Hong Kong ,but my London British is great!

"I'm a English teacher." Nice grammar you have there English teacher.

The way she said "four, five six" for the Olympics sealed it for me

The “literally” gave it away for claire 😂

"I'm a English teacher"" Just not a good one.

Emma’s answers were too long, she’s giving it away

When Beth said Jakob sounded Australian from South Africa, by the way she said Australia, I knew she was Australian lol.

Emma is American? From where? Cause hee accent sounds more Quebec than anywhere in America.

Woo, I nailed it with guessing where they were from

I'm glad Emma is the American since she's the only one who knew how many states there are.

Emma was not born in the USA

I knew Lake Placid hosted the olympics twice and Salt Lake City once. I guessed there was probably 1 more, but I didn't know it was Squaw Valley. Had to look it up.

south african accent is so beautiful !

There are definitely people in the states, mostly New England, that would pronounce Emma as Emmer, or washer as warsher, etc.

Odessa is Ukrainian name actually!it’s Ukrainian sity’s name

Well the way Emma talked really quickly yeah American and fluently

I am from Canada and certainly Beth would totally pass as an American. I know Clare from previous videos, so my opinion about her accent is biased lol. I was actually surprised to learn Jakob is from South Africa because to me he sounds like English is nit his native language. And yes, in North America people are bad at guessing accents...most people can't differ between British, Australian, Scottish or Irish accents....all accents that don't sound like North American English (US and Canada) sound British to us.

Bro if I was there they would think I’m the American when I tell people that I know how to speak Italian and Spanish since I’m from Spain and Italy they’ re very surprised

WOOO NEW ZEALAND im sorry New Zealand gets exited when were mentioned because alot of ppl think our country culture is silly😭

I’m from the US and I forgot Alaska existed and said Texas is the biggest state. If that isn’t the most American thing

Emma is the only one that sounds like an American to this American's ear.

96 was the Atlanta summer olympics.. girl who was born in 1996

An American would be able to rat out everyone just in their introductions! It would be game over immediately. Except Lauren, her valley girl accent is really impressive.

dang the cast of new girl looks very different here, if you get it you a real one

Emma sounds Canadian.

Poor Lauren😂😂 her accent is really good tho, even when she speaks in her natural accent she sounds a little bit American to me😅😂

1:19 found it ironic that Odessa said she was an english teacher but said “I am a English teacher” lol

The guy sounded so Irish/Welsh/Scottish to me,well it looks like the native speakers have more experience in differentiating&indentifying english accents though lol

It is so easy for people from the UK to sound most American.

Lauren did a good job with her accent

I grew up in Alaska. We used to say that we were going to cut Alaska in half and make Texas the third largest state ;-)

I am Emma too and its so funny when I heard “EMMERRRR” 😂😂😂😂 Ive never heard anyone say emmer

Lauren was like, "What?? Really??"

Yaaaaaaa u are right Katrina Witt