She says that the " I think " is boring and use the following instead of it 2:19 I'm not going to lie (NGL) 2:55 in all honesty 3:15 in my view 3:49 if you ask me 4:08 as far as I can tell 4:27 to my mind 4:42 as far as I'm concerned 5:13 the way I see things 5:30 as I see things 6:20 it seems to me that 7:08 I believe 7:24 I would say, / I'd say 7:58 I consider ... to be ... 8:18 to me 9:23 from my point of view 9:30 it is my view that/ belief that 10:23 I reckon 11:10 I honestly believe that ... : : : I give up Surmirizing this movie, I think, she is beautifull!!
Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's an by trying to make it objectified , and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say
As someone once said " When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something" and I really learn a lot, thank you!
When i talk it is not uncommon that i learn at the same time, because i make connections while trying to deepen my reasoning, my thoughts to others to be the more accurate.
I'm an American. To answer your question about, "I reckon," it is common in America, but mostly in the south or in very rural areas. I have always associated it with what we might call, "Hillbillies," e.g., Jed Clampett and family. Another comment is that I really don't like when people say, "To be honest, ..." and the variations of that. It implies to me that everything else they've said is not honest. My recommendation to decrease the use of, "I think ..." is to just leave it off and start right in with what you want to say. I really enjoy your videos and the way you speak. I find most British accents very unpleasant to hear, but yours is so easy on the ears. I enjoyed your videos demonstrating different British accents.
"To be honest" makes me think the person wants me to believe he's being honest, which would not be in his mind to want if he was actually just being honest.
I personally believe this was the cutest example of how to elevate our vocabulary! Well done! And congratulations on your up coming wedding! So exciting!!!
The storytelling through examples got me so invested in the story that I completely forgot the purpose of the video. I was imagining the scenario of a mean lady who later converted into downright crazy. I must applaud your delivery with a stoic face too for that made me burst with laughter. 😂😂😂 Would love to see more videos of such format. You rock! P.S.- Gonna watch again to remember the 21 substitutes.
“Not gonna lie,” and, “Honestly,” feel redundant to me. I try to avoid giving reason for people to believe I might otherwise be unworthy of their trust. If I’m speaking, I’m telling the truth. I have incorporated phrases such as, “To put it bluntly,” or, “To be frank,” because these words indicate the choice to be more forward or less tactful with my honesty.
For me, "To be frank" is a feels a lot more natural than "Honestly". "Honestly" either feels like you normally aren't honest, like you said, or that you are deeply disappointed in someone else's actions... "Honestly, you couldn't wait for the others to gather around before cutting the cake?"
Concur. It's one of those phrases that's common these days. So if (American?) English isn't your first language... this will help disguise that. But there are WAY better choices that are more compelling and probably more accurate.
all these phases ( not going to lie, honesty ,to be frank, in my view, to be blunt, it u ask me ) are very confrontational. ppl will be offended and defensive when u talk like that. worst case, you wont have any friends at all.
I listen to all your english videos as a non-native speaker to impress an upperclass boss at work, and when I see him I get so flustered nothing comes out of my mouth😮
you need to practice the vocabulary in your normal life with people that don’t intimidate you like a grocery store clerk. or a friend on the phone. Don’t tell them you’re practicing it. Just try to fit it in to your conversations.
I’m not going to lie, but in all honesty I think that if you ask me I would answer that as far as I’m concerned I believe that I’m guilty of overusing ‘I think’ in my youtube videos :-)
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HELLO😊Although this video is from four years ago, I happened to come across it because I want to speak English fluently. I really liked it. I am Japanese, but I have cousins in the UK and Canada, and the president of my current company is American. The company's partner is a British company. In any case, speaking English fluently is my dream."
In all honesty, i keep watching and learning english here because the teacher is absolutely angelic beautiful 😇 And i honestly confess that the english course here is the one i can focus most through my whole life 😂
Yes,reckon is definitely used in the US most often in southern or ‘country’ speech. Also I believe native Australians use reckon quite a bit. I just want to say I love your videos and they have helped me shave down my southern pronouncement a good bit! Thanks
Sling Blade is a wonderful film with Billy Bob Thornton (as writer, director and actor), who plays a guy from Arkansas, and many of his sentences start with "I reckon" indeed :) As a non-native speaker that's where I first heard it
In my point of view you're extremely plentiful English tutor with a highly sense of humour, so congrats for us having a pretty teacher with powerful phonetic abilities
I love how you made it so that the examples, as a whole, tell a story. It kept me engaged. As soon as you said "There are 21 ways....", I was about to book it. But congrats for holding my short attention span for that long.
I what I think you still can not believe your old boyfriend chose someone else over you. It was his loss since he would now be now English major. But, you are now getting married to show that you over him. This I think is not true!
Thank you for your videos! I moved in London 3 months ago but due to Covid-19 and lockdown I still have speaking issues, sometimes when someone talks to me I answer in Italian :-P ... I was used to American English (tanks to TV series and movies) but I immediately realized that British English is very different and I'm always afraid to offend someone when I speak
“I reckon” I’m familiar with! I’m in the Deep South USA🇺🇸 and it was used much by my grandparent’s generation around/before 1950s and used more by “rural/country” people groups. I still hear it, but not often. Congratulations on your wedding! 👏❤️ My dad used to call me “Lucy” as a nickname! My twin brother he called “Lightning” (Phil). Just thought of that...🥰 I don’t know where it came from... so I love your name it reminds me of him. LOVED the format “storyline”! It helped.
I enjoyed a lot . Your voice and the art of talking is very nice and impressive . I have learnt English pronunciation and many English words . Thank you .
Hi Lucy. Thanks so much for this useful video on giving opinions. I'm an English teacher and your lessons are really helpful to me. What I would like to ask you is to realise a video on how to ask somebody's opinion. In fact, as a non native teacher, I need to teach my students something different from 'what do you think of/about... or how do you find ...' but I'm short of ideas. I would really appreciate a video on that topic. Thank you in advance and God bless you.
Being a foreign language teacher myself, I always enjoy a lot your lessons Lucy! You have and amazingly natural way of teaching. Thank you for your lovely sense of humour and for presenting us with such good ideas and tips. Maria L
Good evening! Splendid video as always! For today in my English online class we had to write about our favorite RU-vid channel and since your channel is my favorite, I wrote about it. We even watched a few of the alternatives in the begging and in my view it was really nifty for me, my classmates and my teacher. Thank you for the lesson!❤
First time it's getting easier to stay focused to learn english. it's your charm that never let me distracted so thanks for helping me in learning and for your lovely presence 💗
& i like her idea about getting the book on tape to listen to the book while reading, because then you'll connect the written spelling with proper pronunciation. love her humor/humour... American = Color Brit English = Colour
OMG I loved this video! everything in it! The grammar tips, the story in the exemples! the way you blended it all to make such a funny story 🤣🤣🤣 the info about English weddings!! It was superbe ! I really 😂enjoyed it that much🙏
@@EnglishwithLucy jajajajaja me encanta que te encante mi nombre 😊I hope that you and Will manage to come and visit me in Marbella this summer😁I reckon you are gonna Love iiiit 💖 XOXO
Yes it has a certain underlying offensive intention. To me it also sounds a bit exaggerated to be used in a casual context. Compareable to make exessive use of superlative or emphasizing of the excitement by generic overstating e.g. "today I have had the very best day of my life because the food at the restaurant I was is soo perfect it has the best food ever. I would die to have it again." It does not appear very british to me or posh at all. But maybe it is a wrong impression I have as a non native speaker.
@@irenebuyi But this one I somehow like. It prepares the collocutor. Almost like: I respect you but you will not going to like what comes next. I will only use it when I feel offended and try to reply polite. Maybe the last step before escalation.
I usually use the term 'I reckon' , 'perhaps' or 'as far as I'm concerned' in my day-to-day conversations, and getting to know more such alternatives to express myself is going to be extremely beneficial for me. Thank you so much, Ms Earl for a splendid lesson. Love xxx P.S. Lately, there hasn't been an update on your personal channel. Would you mind giving us a peek into your health regimen in your forthcoming video, Ms Earl?
Did you mean 'beneficial' (helpful)? 'beneficent' means charitable, hate to be that person but I believe we should help each other out! Lovely comment nevertheless.
I'm an American educator.. and you asked if we say, " I reckon" - haha.. no.. unless we want to be be like a Brit!! In my (humble) opinion (IMHO).. is very common for us. Nice video with the story throughout.
"I think" also has spilled over into other languages from English, where it sounds even worse, as its foreign origin is obvious! "as far as I know" and "I presume" are my favorites, they tend to prevent arguments! "It seems to me" is a watered down version of "it seems" As me is already implied, with a subjective statement like this. It can also be understood in a more general way, but in that case, referring to multiple peoples opinion or objective facts, only increases the profoundness of the statement. Camera technique: You use natural light, but doing it on a sunny day with fast passing clouds, makes the camera hunt for the right exposure, and you get these alternating underexposed to washed out scenes.
@@dudeidontcare3430 With the greatest respect, I was under the presumption, that Americans would have no trouble understanding that self deprecation cobbled with subtle condescending sarcasm, could be understood as anything but a musement on my own behalf? Heres are two guides for non native English speakers: www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46846467 www.ef.com/wwen/blog/language/beginners-guide-to-understanding-british-humor/
I loved this story filled with comedic wit that had me laughing out loud. It could be the outline for a play or a movie. The narcissist was so authentically portrayed and remained true to character to the end.
I really enjoy this video, now I never speak "I think" again in my daily conversation, except when I forget 😂 I believe that if you were my English teacher when I was in Senior High School, I can speak English better than now. Lol 😂 Thank you Lucy! 😆👍
yea i got the same feeling. I hate when people say this. The same in German, we have that inflationarily nowadays. "Ehrlich gesagt, [bla bla bla]..." Some people don't even express themselves without such phrases any more... _I think_ it's really annoying. And definitely much more annoying than "I think".
Lucy, I love your wedding story! 🤣🤣🤣 I actually started reading the comments and had to laugh at some point, so I went back up to leave a like. But then I saw I'd already left one, since I always do l before watching your videos! 💛
I am currently in the process of writing my first novel, and I am going to use some of these to create my character voice, I have a character who is really Posh and some of these examples really fit her, especially number 7, number 7 really sound how she talk, love the video.
each time I try using "if you ask me" the Nigerian in me would always want to follow it up with "na who I go ask". It seems to me that I need more practice. What do you think?
I do relate. However, I thought of something different, what happens when we use; if you ask me, I THINK....? Being that we're trying to sub 'I think' in this case.
Thanks (In my perspective, Based on my taught, what I think, based on my experience, to me, as observation, how I get, I could say, I should say, to say,, my understand/imagine/feel/sense is ...)
I loved it. Congratulations to your wedding. I like to use “in my humble opinion” mostly as IMHO. Especially when I want to say or write something more controversial. To me it’s like lowering myself and my opinion and therefore showing the persons reading it or listening to me that I am open for correction or counter arguments. ... also I like to use “concerning me” for example in a discussion where everyone made their points am I want to get attention to tell them my view or idea... I love using “I feel that” but even more “ feel you” depending on the situation. You may tell me if I am totally wrong with what I say? Btw - subscribed. And that’s something I rarely do. I guess there is a lot to learn for me.
tied to, but your faith and belief in things can be as a result of direct experiences or testing. you have faith a chair can hold you because they always have before. that's how i see it
Instead of ' I think ' use the other 21 alternatives video is so impressive as you explained the phrases in a very beautiful fashion . Your accent , pronounciation is excellent . One can easily learn something by watching and listening . I myself really become to much impress I can't explain. I'm 53 from Pakistan. M Iqbal
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I remember an American teacher asking us whether we knew what "to reckon" stood for and I was the only one who guessed it since I'd learned it from an English friend, then the teacher told us it's used in some of the Southern states.
Lucy, we say “I reckon” more in the American South. I’m from Memphis, Tennessee, and it is used quite a bit by the people that live in rural or suburban areas. Not so much the urban areas. It’s not used so much in the American North or out west.
"In all honesty" or "I'm not going to lie" or " to tell you the truth" implies that you are prone to lie but this time I will not. Calling oneself a lier is of no value.
25Alpha TV Yes these expressions have that implication. But I don’t think most speakers interpret things that way because they’re such common phrases. If someone asks you for your opinion about their dress and you say “In all honesty, I don’t like the colour.” they’re not going to think you’re a habitual liar. More likely they’d interpret that as you sharing an honest opinion without trying to upset their feelings.
@@11manxcat I agree with your reasoning, but if you're in a hot debate, your opponent, many times, will seek out things you say to make silly replies alluding "so then, you DO lie",... Even though they know what you're saying, but they're looking for points to dominate the debate, so in this case, it's better not to give ammunition,.. like the lawyer asking you in court, "Have you stopped beating your wife"?
25Alpha TV yes, I’ve heard this too...especially on crime shows where they examine body language and wording, and mention interrogated criminals use this phrase ‘in all honesty’ or ‘honestly’.
I think that every alternative is fitting for a specific situation, can’t be used straight forward for everything. It is very important to assign suitable words to suitable situations
“I reckon” is an American turn of phrase but an archaic one and used mostly in the Southern States pre-.... 1950 (+/- 10 yrs ). Maybe another might be as I reckon or to my reckoning ...
"I think" and all these variant substitutes is passive language. It sounds needy and when you try to fancy it up with "as far as I can tell", "in my mind" yadda, it sounds pretentious. Drop the passive language completely, be confident and direct and say your view without these passive language prequalifiers. You'll feel better as you speak and it will reduce social anxiety.
I love you Since I met your YT channel, so far I try to watch at least one of your videos a day. I'm only a beginner but i understand more than 90% of your speech. Congratulations, Go Ahead 👌 I'm hopeful, excited for this From Mozambique 🇲🇿 , your hidden student
My favorite thing to replace "I think" with is absolutely nothing. I appreciate it when people just state their opinions without adding extra words to soften the blow.
Hi Lucy. I’m American and I grew up in New England. I think of the saying I reckon is an old-fashioned term and probably something I associate with Southern people in this country. It’s almost like a little more colloquial country sort of talk. We do, however, say wow that experience was a day of reckoning.that’s a term you’re more likely to hear it. Just my two cents. Thank you so much and I love your videos.❤
In the US, "I reckon" is used by hillbillies. Also, I would avoid phrases like "I'm not gonna lie" and "to be honest". They might suggest you weren't truthful before.
Maybe that's just an American thing. In Australia 'I reckon' is very common and used by all classes. 'I'm not gonna lie' and 'to be honest' (in Australian english) does not imply you were ever trying to deceive. E. G. A: hey, did you finish the project over the weekend? B: I'm not gonna lie, I didn't start it at all! Or, to be honest I just watched Netflix all day
I often to used "I think" but now I think to use these words for commicate with my friends. Thanks a lot Lusy for lesson and very useful words I appreciate it.
