French People Try to Pronounce Difficult English Words 

1 minute in, and squirrel doesn’t even sound like a word anymore

Someone: shows a French man a word with too much 'R' Frenchman: *breaks*

Me, an American: says all the words as they pop up just in case

As a native English speaker who has studied French, I think “choir” looks like a French word, and I can’t blame them for pronouncing it the way they did. I’m surprised they didn’t all comment on how the spellings of English words often seem to have no relation to their pronunciation. By the way, the last word is spelled wrong, at least on the screen. There is only one “h” in the word “psychotomimetic.”

Everyone: Trying to pronounce word Guy: Eating throughout the entire thing and falling over every time

level 1: *Squirell* level 2: *Sqallel* level 3: *Sxquri* level 4: *Squidward*

Nobody: Paper: squirrel French guy: skrillex

I have so much respect for the French people. As an American visiting overseas, I did my very best to learn, speak, and respect their beautiful language, but they would go above and beyond if I struggled (and genuinely politely, with no snarky backhandedness) usually help out by speaking with me in English afterwards, while still encouraging me in a positive way to continue learning French. I have nothing but nice things to say about the people I met there.🙂

American guy: Throughout French guy: TWÃNG

"Hey can you pronounce 'choir'?" French person: "Sure."

TIL: 1. The French cannot pronounce “Squirrel.” 2. I love the French.

As japanese, i get very nervous when i speak English because because the structure and pronunciation of English is completely different from that of Japanese. but i learned that nobody can speak their second language perfectly thanks to this video!

Even the way they gasp is so french

Successful: *Appears* French people: *“Six-seex-foorl.”*

“squirrel” doesn’t even sound like a word anymore

I think they did a great job. They also have a great sense of humour.

Ok tho like the girl had a lot of confidence. I praise her.

Guy:*shows the word choir* Everyone:shuar

I’m an American that lives in France and this is how my English class sounds

When the young lady said “we’ll they remove syllables” she was on point lol

Him: *asks French people to pronounce words in English* Bilingual people: *God mode intensifies*

American: “ Brewery “ French person: “ where are we? “

American : successful French guy : sexy fool

I have been to France many times and my good buddy lives in Lyon. The French are very friendly towards foreigners. I always enjoy my time there.

French: how do you say bonjour American: *banjo*

THAT GUY EATING THE WHOLE TIME IS AN ENTIRE MOOD.

I like the guy who eating and then answering, like the food is giving mans his power💀

So many of them were so nervous, and I just wish that I could have been there to cheer them on. Most of them were so close! Really great attempts, and obviously way better than most Americans trying to speak French

Dude: shows girl the word ‘penguin’ The girl: pongwong

I bet they accidentally summoned a demon trying to pronounce these words.

english: squirrel. french people: *”skwee wull”*

I think the most difficult part of learning French is the fact that a lot of the letters or words are silent, which happens in English just not as much😅French is so much fun to learn though! I imagine learning English to suck

The french girl is so contagiously hilarious when she‘s about to laugh, love that personality

Teacher: Everybody FOCUS on studies French Student: Fock us

nobody: paper: Scissors french guy: Jesus

As a bilingual that speaks both french and english, I found this video extremely funny, and slightly relatable.

Respect to these french people for doing this on camera. I definitely couldn’t say french words on camera without being so embarrassed.

"Choir" feels like a French word to me.

The guy falling over laughing and eating was giving me lifeee

Not gonna lie, they did WAY better than I expected for trying to pronounce words in a language _that they don't understand._ Also, the girl at 2:28 HAS to have had some experience with American English. She pronounced that perfectly, with no hesitation, with an almost complete American accent. That, or she's just amazing.

English is my second language. Grammatically. It’s quite easy. Phonetically, it makes no fucking sense.

Don’t worry French people, we can’t say “rural” either

Never knew that the word “focus” could sound so dirty.

I only took 2 years of French in high school, but I can see how and why many French people would try to pronounce these words the way they did.

I like how the Eiffel Tower is in the background the whole time so you know it's France

The girl was so cute lmao "I speak English véry well"

french people struggling to pronounce ‘squirrel’ makes me feel better about being physically unable to say ‘écureuil’

You don't know how it's difficult for us french to pronounce well the english words. nightmare

Am I the only one that feels soooo sorry for the man that accidentally walked near the camera.

That girl in white shirt is a character in everybody's life

English Speakers: “choir“ French Speakers: “sure“

I think it's cute when non-native English speakers try to pronounce English words 😆

I was low key hoping he’d have them try to pronounce “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”

mom: do you want a sandwich for lunch? son: yeah, choir.

when the girl said successful she just lost the accent

Definitely he had to stand near Eiffel tower so that we don't doubt him. 😂

American: sixth French: sister James Charles has entered the chat

Nobody: ... English guy: sixth French guy: sIstęř

Throughout The one girl: Through hoot Duolingo owl: 👀

A lot of them did better than some Americans I know trying to pronounce new words

Choir: [french person, confidently] “Shwar!”

French person: you butcher my language English speaker: say scissors

These French people gonna be walking around using the word “Throughout” wrong forever now.

i think the french comprehended psychotomimetic faster than me

The word = THROUGHOUT That one guy = "TWENG... TWENG"

Too bad I wasn't there. Been training my whole life for a sudden squirrel or choir pronunciation check.

Their pronunciations are honestly so adorable

I am in love with the french accent it's so cute. it makes me smile everytime they speak english🥴😁

The word choir: French people: “Shwa!” “shwa!”

Word: Focus French Guy: “Fast Goose”

paper: says 'throughout' french girl: 𝘵 𝘩 𝘳 𝘰 𝘢 𝘵

They all do a great job. I wish that I could pronounce even easy French words as well as they do difficult English words.

Okay, but "Brewery" is the worst word ever invented.

WHY EVERY TIME WHEN SOMEONE DOES A VIDEO IN PARIS THEY PUT THIS SONG

They're so cute like- : _"Brewrewree"_ : _"Shwoah/Shior/Crier"_ : _"Seizures"_ : _"Sister/Sexster/Seck"_ : _"Twenggud/Throughhoo/Throughgoat"_ : _"Yushaotamimetic"_ : _"Paugwa"_ : _"Sauce"_

I’m not even French, but every time I hear somebody call a croissant a “cra saunt”, I die a little inside

As a Russian person who learned English English spelling makes no sense

French People Try to Pronounce Difficult English Words 9.2 million people: *interesting*

Once upon a time, people weren't afraid of being close to each other, they didn't even realize that they might touch the papers or the other person's arms

"french" people

the english world: "throughout" a french guy with food in his mouth: "halavaj", "ih...tren...trengut!", "troua...tralala" come on,that was a little bit hard,we have to understand him😂

The french people did alot better than American trying french words

I love how they pronounce “choir” sUrE

The irony of an American laughing at French people's mispronunciation of "squirrel" when he pronounces it "skwerl"

The fact that the girl said "I speak English very well" instead of "I speak English good" goes to show that she has better grammar than 90% of native speakers lol.

2:21- "Sexy fool" Plot twist: They were all American actors n actress.

"Squirrel" French people: "Squarer" "Skwiworl" "skerer" that's cute dO nOt aRgUe wiTh mE

To be fair, "squirrel" is pretty hard to say in French as well: "écureuil".

When you think about it, English is actually a weird language

They did better than, we would have if someone asked us to speak French randomly. Most people can’t pronounce C’est la vie, and it’s a very popular expression over here.

Now Americans pronouncing difficult words in French 😏😫

A lot of people said squirrel right but just not in the American accent, but it doesn't mean they're saying it wrong

Some people say that guy is still eating..

I speak both english and french and this made perfect sense because in france they pronounce th as t and they have a french accent so it's harder. the only reason i know this is bc a guy in my class whose first language is french (shoutout to Nassim lol)

word= choir french people: ”shwa”

“Ch-oir” Try again *in an American accent* “Ch-oirr?”

Watching this and being able to speak both languages is the most entertaning thing ever

You should’ve given them supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

American: Say Squirrel French: Skyrim close enough...

Half the French people pronounced "Squirrel" better than the American with his "Skwirl" 😂