How to Pronounce 20 London Underground Stations

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When you visit London you'll almost certainly use the London Underground also known as the Tube. So in this English lesson I show you how to say 20 of the most popular stations like a local.
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Please remember I've got a London accent and there are other ways to pronounce these words.
0:00 Introduction
2:06 Leicester Square
2:22 Tottenham Court Road
3:30 Piccadilly
3:59 Oxford
4:46 Euston
5:00 Marylebone
5:25 Paddington
5:39 Holborn
6:04 Covent Garden
6:18 Greenwich
6:36 Kensington
7:11 Vauxhall
8:27 Embankment
9:40 Bush
9:49 Waterloo
10:01 Kings Cross

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@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

HELP YOUR FELLOW EAT SLEEP DREAMERS BY TRANSLATING THE SUBTITLES INTO YOUR LANGUAGE -ru-vid.com_video?ref=share&v=y7mjp_GeLBA Photo credit - Creative Commons License 2.0 (CC BY-SA 2.0) 1. NAPARAZZI London Underground 2. CAPTAIN ROGER FENTON public domain London Underground.

@TattoosLovers 6 лет назад

Eat Sleep Dream English Hi how do i talk like a british guy i meant the british accent lol thank you so much it means alot to me cause i'm a big fan of London UK lol.

@aurorabrc1073 5 лет назад

Pues no estás tu para enseñar pronunciación...

@fewgrain4245 5 лет назад

But west country accents have wierd ones like gudge for goodge or anjaw for angel

@akoska 5 лет назад

Eat Sleep Dream English I:ve a question dear mr Tom! Are you Tom from the Weilá Tom o formely Tom Txxytu channel? If you are, you are half italian...

@akoska 5 лет назад

Aurora Brc Nos no hablamos espanol! Hablar inglés?

@iPhone-nc8zu 6 лет назад

Lol i'm British and I can pronounce all of these but I have no idea why im watching

@franl155 5 лет назад

lol so am I, and so did I! I think it was just to make sure that he got them all right …

@brigidsingleton1596 5 лет назад

iPhone I'm English too & I can pronounce all of those stations.. However it niggles me to hear this guy stress that these pronunciations are _his_ & that other ways of saying them can also be heard [ie in different accents & dialects] but that his way of saying Marylebone is the correct one.. Actually the version he likes is the closest to the correct one, but _NOT_ the way he tells his audience how to say it !! It _is_ / _ought_ to be pronounced as "Mary-Le-Bon" & That IS the Correct way of pronouncing Marylebone ~ NOT "Mar-le-bone" !! Grrrrr !! Thankyou & goodnight 👍

@franl155 5 лет назад

I took it to mean that he was saying that there's no "One Twue Way" to do anything. There's no "ought" about anything in life [or there shouldn't be]: we all have our own ways of doing things and saying things that are right for each of us. I say "Mare-lee-hone" and that's the right way - for me.

@misst.e.a.187 5 лет назад

I've got a London accent and I'm also watching this lol

@steemdup 5 лет назад

LMAO!

@arwelp 6 лет назад

Little known fact: the Russian word for “railway station” is “voksal” because in the early days of railways, before there were any in Russia, Russian officials visited Vauxhall station and were so impressed they adopted the name as the generic word.

@bluebow68 5 лет назад

I knew that..as I studied Russian..i was thinking of mentioning it..lol..you beat me to it

@jpbdude4223 5 лет назад

Lol that’s amazing.

@rafaelrp07 5 лет назад

I'm not english, neither Russian. I don't know if it's a useful information but hey, awesome history!

@eng_l_italia 5 лет назад

I am

@jamescesari 5 лет назад

Such a good story! Thanks for sharing it with us! ;)

@viperhalberd 6 лет назад

As a native British English speaker, I still found this video really interesting because it made me aware how absurd some of our pronunciations can sound to non-native speakers, especially things I take for granted. Thank you!

@stevebbuk 5 лет назад

I didn't think I was going to like this video but I enjoyed it. South Kensington: the stress is on the wallet..

@stellagalvis3304 4 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@leoevans1839 4 года назад

looooool

@antygona-iq8ew 4 года назад

Excatly the same hear, i though i going to leave a negative comment but acctualy was really good.

@tupigoias 4 года назад

😂😂😂 Good sense of humour!

@cyrusochsenfeld496 2 года назад

hahaha

@DamianoMocellin 6 лет назад

Mind the Gap between the train and the platform!

@sirmeowthelibrarycat 6 лет назад

Damiano Mocellin 😂 Yes, indeed! It makes my day travelling on the tube to hear that announcement!

@young19boy 5 лет назад

"mind the gap" you'll hear all the time in London tube. At a German train station: "ACHTUNG an Gleis ...! Ein Zug fährt durch!" all the time "ATTENTION at platform number ...! A train is passing by!" means that in English.

@quoileternite 5 лет назад

Between is pronounced "be twin" !

@melvina628 4 года назад

Please do! Once you have actually fallen in the gap, you will understand the importance of that wise direction. Thank you to the kind people who helped pull me up out of the gap. I was too much in shock to help myself.

@randolphclarke4674 4 года назад

... this is Farringdon... The next station is Barbican this is a Hammersmith and city line train to Barking

@chrisere9 5 лет назад

I've got a university assignment due this coming week and I'm watching a RU-vid video on how to pronounce London Underground Stations even though I live in London and am British ffs

@MahoganyHues 3 года назад

Many of us here mate

@elisabethschlarb3059 5 лет назад

"The next station is Bank. Change here for the Circle, District, Northern, and Waterloo & City lines.....and the DLR." 😁

@lawrencesimmons5093 5 лет назад

the drain

@dianazhao794 4 года назад

This is what I hear everyday!!! Haha, I can hear the voice omg.

@mattinfullvision9598 4 года назад

This is a Piccadilly Line service to Cockfosters Always cracks me up

@webrarian 5 лет назад

I'm a Londoner born in the late 1950s so my pronunciation is a bit different for a few of these. Grinnidge not Grennitch is the main one. A few very elderly people probably still say Cuvvent Garden. And I learned to say Marryleb'n when I worked there. Theydon Bois is a gorgeous place with a really excellent bakery that sells traditional London Cheesecakes (topped with strips of coconut).

@Charlotte32030 Год назад

👏👏👏👏

@benedettobruno1669 6 лет назад

Sir, at 1:46 you say that "you're never gonna go to Theydon Bois". Back in July 1990, on a warm summer day, my then girlfriend and I took the Central Line to Theydon Bois to visit Epping Forest. The walk from Theydon Bois station to the forest was lovely and unforgettable: soft and tall golden grass covered fields, a blue sky and a serene village atmosphere throughout. We had no idea how to pronounce "Theydon Bois", still we are the living proof that some tourists do go to Theydon Bois.

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Ha ha! Good story Benedetto Bruno! How funny that you've actually been there. I take it back - people may well want to visit Theydon Bois!

@highpath4776 6 лет назад

Named from one of the areas that the Du Bois (more norman french invaders) got allocated - roughtly an arc over north london from High Wycombe To Chelmsford, the family split into two/three and a couple of branches fell out with the King and lived effectively as outlaws and not as Barons in the Lords !

@mercifulzeus01 6 лет назад

There's a decent balti house right near Theydon Bois station as well...

@brian_jackson 6 лет назад

Probably should be pronounced "teyeedon bwa", as it's French. But it's not.

@jenniluna113 5 лет назад

The battle of Epping Forest!?

@robertbushee3519 4 года назад

We, Tom's fans, think he's doing a really great service to those who need his guidance. He's delightful to listen to and bings a fresh look at a very traditional language. We are grateful for his stalwart effort. Thank you Tom

@barnbersonol 4 года назад

The bloke can pronounce his own language properly and presents himself as some kind of expert!

@robertbushee3519 4 года назад

Yes, and truly a blessing he is. I am personally grateful for his guidelines and expertise. Fortunately he has been able to recognise his gift and pass his knowledge on to us. Many thanks to Tom, I say.

@Yuehanlad 4 года назад

No he does not, He speaks London not English. sometime it can be very different.

@ez3291 5 лет назад

I mean, you can hear the voice in the car about the station you're going. I learnt it that way

@lawrencesin3595 4 года назад

As a Yank, that was thoroughly enjoyable. I've been to London twice. I love it there.

@superahmedmico 5 лет назад

I visited london for two weeks in March and it was an amazing experience. I enjoyed every moment there especially the easiest commuting system I've ever seen (Tubes) Thx for your videos it helps me alot in improving my English. Greetings from Egypt .

@Isleofskye 5 лет назад

I am glad you had a good time, my friend:)

@barbalina1980 6 лет назад

As a native Spanish speaker, some of the words were tricky for me, but at the same time as an English student and teacher I do love these kind of challenges. Keep on posting more videos like this

@giuseppeargano940 6 лет назад

The suffix -ham may stem from the word "hamlet" which means "village"...

@TryptychUK 6 лет назад

A hamlet is not a village, it's much smaller, usually just a collection of houses.

@wilsjane 5 лет назад

What you said is correct. Fulham, originated from Foul-Ham. Prior to the embankments being constructed a Putney in the mid 19th century, the area was a flood plain with 75% under water at high tides and just a small settlement on an area of high ground. The name is still the subject of some controversy, with some people believing that the Foul refereed to the thousands of water birds who inhabited the area while skeptics say that it just refereed to the smell as the tide ran out. Considering that at the time, the Thames was used as an open sewer, they have a point.

@fredneecher1746 5 лет назад

'Ham' is derived from the Old English word for 'home'. Home may mean a house or, more likely, a village. A 'hamlet' is a small 'ham', since '-let' is a diminutive.

@mozokart2406 5 лет назад

Yes, I eard that the suffix ham is because the were a farm area there were the name took its place

@franl155 5 лет назад

Hamlets are mini-villages. Also Tower Hamlets - the hamlets around the Tower [of London]

@sumannara4757 6 лет назад

I remember ,we can't say thanks a million . I have binge watched your videos . I love the way you teach . Thank you so much Tom for this great work . ❤

@rickmessagefromrick4971 5 лет назад

Massachusetts has many cities and towns that are also not pronounced as they're spelled, many of them borrowed from the motherland, i.e., Leominster, Worcester, Salisbury, Amherst, Plymouth, Barnstable, etc.

@danielbutka8854 5 лет назад

I think Amherst is pronounced as it's spelled

@vtbn53 4 года назад

Except they are all "spelt" as they are pronounced, or at least vice versa,

@albertamichelini2777 5 лет назад

I am Italian and I moved to London couple of years ago. I find this video very useful to help me to improve my pronunciation. I also work at Borough!! Southwark area.....on a switchboard!!! And I have to say these names on the phone, therefore thanks sooo much!!!

@honeylambb9864 5 лет назад

Thank you for that. I kept saying Saint Pancreas.

@williamwoolhouse3702 5 лет назад

It is Sunt-Pangkrus.

@LondonEE16 5 лет назад

Snt Pankrus

@tonybishop8861 5 лет назад

I just refer to it as Snt Pank and I use it a lot.

@goytabr 5 лет назад

Is it safe for diabetics to go there?

@allenwilliams1306 4 года назад

You get there by the Eust(on St)achean Tube.

@khadijafayyaz6184 6 лет назад

you always come up with such creative ideas, thank you Tom! 😊

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Ah thanks Khadija!

@khadijafayyaz6184 6 лет назад

george I bet you must be one! Mr Tom is incredibly handsome!

@hepsi2929 5 лет назад

This video is very helpful for non-native speakers who otherwise might have a good command of English. In everyday life it’s sometimes more important to know the correct pronunciation of a Tube station than the trickiest grammar rule. Excellent video. And I like your personality

@oldschoolbodybuilding298 4 года назад

Perfect, great class and I must confess I´ve been struggling a bit with Southwark and there is another one quite challenging for me, which is Shoreditch. Thanks very much for the amazing class.

@syn13372 5 лет назад

I have been at every station!! That was such a great feeling hearing all of this stationsnames again. Thank you thank you thank you. I miss it so much not to be in London. 😢

@monikab2222 6 лет назад

I only dream obout going to London, I wish I was there! Thanks a milion, you're such a great teacher

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Hope your dream comes true one day Monika B!

@NewZman23 4 года назад

Hold on to your dreams Monika...I'm in New Zealand. I also dreamed of going to London and I first went there when i was 20 (I'm now 70) intending to stay and work for a year. I stayed for 8 years and have been back several times since.

@jonathanbrett-warren2031 6 лет назад

I recently went to Theydon Bois and it was a great place with lots of character and history. I think visitors to the UK should go there!

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

I have been meaning to go there for years. Thanks for your recommendation. I'll try and make the trip sometime soon.

@caseyboyle1060 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for these pronunciations. Very informative

@VegasLoungeAct 5 лет назад

I'm an American in London at the moment, and I'm having a hard time understanding many people that don't speak with an RP accent. RP is just a slight, soft accent, while many others are a sharper, harder accent (at least for me).

@franfleck 6 лет назад

Southwark is the most difficult to me. My mind doesn't ho along with my tongue. 😅 Very useful lesson. Thanks.

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

I think Southwark wins the prize for the hardest station to pronounce!

@torspedia 6 лет назад

I mostly pronounce it as ... Sutherk!

@pagani29 6 лет назад

Are you brazilian? Maybe: sóf-uók.

@tonybennett4159 6 лет назад

French people in particular have difficulties with this because of the lack of "th" in their language.

@LordMelbury1953 6 лет назад

Suthvvuuuk

@142dewin 5 лет назад

Love your enthusiasm!

@carrieschulz9346 6 лет назад

Thanks! You are a great teacher. I was repeating them all out loud! I think I've got it!

@safanamajeed2570 6 лет назад

Thank you so much

@SVLOGS1M 6 лет назад

Thanks teacher

@iajnim80 6 лет назад

gloucester loughborough llandudno

@raneyheald3891 5 лет назад

Gotta say, you are just a delight to listen to!

@flhoest 4 года назад

Fantastic content ! I've been to London so many times and never realize this ! Thanks you so much ;)

@aziruddin89 6 лет назад

Thank you so much 😊 please do more video about British accent thanks

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Will do azir uddin!

@Linda-bu1kh 5 лет назад

Oh you are so kind and nice, mate!

@paulorobertomattosluizluiz 6 лет назад

Excellent video class! I am an English Teacher here in Brazil, and your video helps a lot. Thanks a lot.

@Awlo81 6 лет назад

This video was SMASHING and I just joined the channel! I hope you'll take my British English to next level, one good pronounciation at a time!

@magdalenabortel2387 6 лет назад

This makes me want to go to London even more! I'd love videos about some of these parts of the city :D

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

I'll add it to my video list Magdalena Bortel!

@oliverkoh8224 6 лет назад

Hi Tom, greetings from Shanghai! Thanks very much for such a useful lesson -- it really helped that you cleared up several tricky pronunciations such as Covent Garden, Leicester Square and Marylebone. When I first visited London during this year's New Year week, my friend introduced me to Covent Garden. Actually, I especially paid attention to how locals pronounced it, but I was still unsure if the "t" is silenced intentionally as I heard it or it's actually there. Again, thank you for clearing that up! Now I feel more confident pronouncing those names. Look forward to your second video of this series (Do hope there will be one!).

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

So pleased you found it useful Oliver Koh! Your New Year trip sounds great - what a fun time to be in London!

@apestada1 5 лет назад

Usefull!!! I remember some of these stations when i visited london one year ago. Thanks

@RonRicho 4 года назад

We visit the UK and especially London at least once or twice a year but we still found your video helpful and informative. Very well presented. Thanks.

@haroldolima6350 5 лет назад

Hi, Tom. I found this subject very interesting. I’ve live In London and I did have problems on the underground asking people how to get to some tube stations. At the beginning they wouldn’t understand the name of the station I meant. By the way I lived in the London Borough of Southwark which it’s not small and never understood why that station the name of the whole borough.

@edmondlaw6146 6 лет назад

I’m going to Theydon Bois 🤣

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Ha! Let's go Edmond!

@Suryansh52 4 года назад

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@bauhinia5359 3 года назад

Fabulous and highly useful! I'll recommend this video to all the BNOS anxiously looking for information!

@emmasund5030 4 года назад

Thank you mate. I could say them all... my mate in London will be proud ❤️

@quack10 5 лет назад

I lived on Queens Gate Road, St. John's Wood in the 80's. Just a few minutes walk from the St. John's Wood tube station. It took me a bit, but I eventually learned that you pronounce it, Not Saint Johns Wood...but sin johns wood, Phonetically.Do you concur? Either way, as a teenager from California....It was HEAVEN!!! Thanks for your great channel!

@josephinebennington7247 5 лет назад

For Anyone who was christened with St John in their name, you would definitely address them as Sinjun. But, as a Londoner myself, I’ve NEVER heard St Johns Wood (the place) pronounced any other way than as written. Could be a temporary affectation, as was Battersea for a while, when Sloane rangers called it Batt-erzee-ah. Emphasising the middle syllable for snobby effect.

@quack10 5 лет назад

@@josephinebennington7247 Thank you for your insight Josephine. And thanks for the funny tidbit about Battersea. LOL. That is quite funny.

@johnnyrotten8801 5 лет назад

I've always called it Mary LE bone and I'm from the UK 😃😄😅

@abrito1185 5 лет назад

😂😂😂

@lorenzo1660 5 лет назад

This make non-native speakers feel more comfortable, thank you! :) Lorenzo (Padova, Italy)

@goytabr 5 лет назад

Or you could call it Marie the Os.

@paulgabolinscy2502 5 лет назад

It’s pronounced mar - ler- bone

@luana6564 5 лет назад

I loved reading that comment!

@EricCanterra 5 лет назад

I actually laughed out loud when you did your 'speak just like a local' rendition. I couldn't imitate that on my very BEST day. Hilarious.

@viagensimagens 5 лет назад

Great Video!! Very useful and funny as well. I am from Brazil and have been to London many times and still mispronounced many of those places. Thanks again!!

@cloudfoxwell 5 лет назад

I like this guy.

@daxnarain4681 6 лет назад

This guy is the best!

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Hehe Cheers Dax : ) Maybe a collaboration soon?

@lionelgonzalez78 4 года назад

So many good memories from my visits to London

@melvina628 4 года назад

They're all easy to say now that I have listened to and mimicked your pronunciation. Thank you so much! Subscribed.

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 4 года назад

melvina628 fantastic! Glad it helped you and thanks for subscribing ☺️☺️☺️

@danwashere280 5 лет назад

0:57 Is it just me or his eyes are purple

@RizkyPratama-mp1ne 6 лет назад

Thanks for your video bro, its very helping me for improving my british

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

So pleased Rizky!

@RizkyPratama-mp1ne 6 лет назад

Eat Sleep Dream English Okay, im from indonesia. Please say Hi to Indonesia haha

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Hi Indonesia!

@RizkyPratama-mp1ne 6 лет назад

Thank you so much brother

@Peter-gv6vf 5 лет назад

There is no such language.

@sergiosozi 5 лет назад

Thank you so much, dear Tom.

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 5 лет назад

You are welcome Sergio : )

@valeria6526 6 лет назад

I loved your explanations!!

@stace3037 5 лет назад

Theydon Bois is noted for its residents' refusal to allow street lighting to be installed. There are a few lamps near the station but that's it. Keep in mind if going there at night!

@lawrencesimmons5093 5 лет назад

Great Golf Course. Belongs to the City of London - part of Epping Forest.

@davidbull7210 6 лет назад

Might be useful to mention Gloucester Road which is good for the Royal Albert Hall if you're coming from West London

@ademdemir4538 6 лет назад

It's so helpful. Thank you very much :)

@stephanedolaislefort1790 5 лет назад

Awesome! I'm coming next month. Thanks buddy.

@galaxypath1343 6 лет назад

Thanks a millions , that's really great lesson 🙌 so now next step is to visit London , I hope so 😆

@mrmiyagi22 4 года назад

Next stop Earl's Court this is a district line to Upminster!

@donawidhasmara1590 4 года назад

Thanks a lot Tom, will open this, when visit london.

@lukeplommer7369 3 года назад

Love these classes. I am from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 was in London in the summer holidays using some of the tube stations

@adysluminsky9182 5 лет назад

Leicester is the worst...because you eat a part of the word🤣

@KiliTheKiller 4 года назад

No, it's Leice-ster. Nothing eaten

@Grettss 4 года назад

Gloucester road is another one

@kaushik1128 4 года назад

@@KiliTheKiller Aah... Now I get it 🤔

@dobazajr 4 года назад

Lester

@vicsaul5459 3 года назад

naa, u eat, worcestershire,..as in sauce c;

@kieranniemand2939 4 года назад

"Sadly there are no circuses" LOL

@karenflaum3309 5 лет назад

Love your film ... and I'm a Londoner. Yeah! Do some of the outer stations like Ruislip. Well done Sir.

@eduardolucas391 5 лет назад

Brilliant! Now I´m ready to visit London!

@anghinetti 6 лет назад

Circus does not mean roundabout for a traffic system. It is the Latin for circle because buildings generally were constructed to form a circle, although this effect has been lost over time with some, especially Piccadilly Circus when Shaftesbury Avenue was constructed during the late-1870s and early-1880s. A clearer example is Oxford Circus but to appreciate better the appearance of a circus one should take note of The Circus, at Bath, in Somerset, especially when viewed from above.

@bingola45 6 лет назад

If Trafalgar Square had been round, it would have been Trafalgar Circus. Simple, really.

@anghinetti 6 лет назад

bingola45: And if Piccadilly Circus had been square it would have been Piccadilly Square.....

@bingola45 6 лет назад

Beats me how people get confused.

@anghinetti 6 лет назад

bingola45: Ah, it take all sorts....and it has been known for some to imagine Piccadilly Circus included performances by animals, clowns and trapeze artists.

@bingola45 6 лет назад

They probably bunked-off school during Latin.

@brentwoodbay 5 лет назад

Even though I am British , and can say all these, I watched this to see which ones were mispronounced. Initially I was puzzled by some of the choices as I could not see how they could be mispronounced, 'Knightsbridge' for example. But then I put on my 'American accent' and I realised that the difference was in the stress, as it came out with equal stress on both syllables- KNIGHTS BRIDGE. where as , as he said, the stress is on the first syllable, 'KNIGHTS-bridge', in 'proper' English. Living in Canada, I hear these all the time, but sometimes, complete mispronunciations. Torquay Road is pronounced as 'Tor-kay' , and the 'Berwick' retirement home as 'Ber-wick'! (Tor-kee and Berrick are of course the correct way to say them!) Good video ESDE !

@lawrencesimmons5093 5 лет назад

Hay on Wye is called Why Jelly - that's what the road sign says: Y Gelli. Like your name. Explanation please.

@brentwoodbay 5 лет назад

@@lawrencesimmons5093 Y Gelli is the Welsh Name for Hay, which is right on the border. Is 'Why Jelly' the local pronunciation, or is that yours? In fact 'Gelli' is pronounced with a hard 'G' , like 'GET' and the 'LL' is a unique Welsh sound, that does NOT sound like 'JELLY' . Say the letter 'L', notice that the tongue rests on your upper palate, on the crest of the ridge behind your upper teeth. Leave it there and now blow without moving your tongue. That's the Welsh 'LL'. To get FAIRLY close without actually doing the LL sound, say 'Gethlee' . Gelli is the village in the Rhondda Valley in Wales where I am from originally, and means in Welsh a wooded area.

@qalandarkhan9176 5 лет назад

Thanks for the excellent teaching

@NajaCrudah 5 лет назад

I listened to the video in its entirety and enjoyed it.

@MsPaulanox 6 лет назад

LILAC EYES!! ^^ how lovely:)

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Ha ha - yes something up with the editing software I'm afraid!

@englishciderlover7347 5 лет назад

What about Plaistow? For those who don't know, it's pronounced 'PLARstow' , not 'PLAYstow', but it's definitely not a tourist area. You forgot to mention that people from the general London area will sometimes refer to Borough as The Borough, just as the refer to the nearby Elephant and Castle simply as The Elephant.

@p.millard557 2 года назад

I´ve never heard Elephant and Castle being called The Elephant but it might something of the people in the Elephant and Castle area.

@3469Diogo 6 лет назад

I've been trying to understand how to spell Marylebone for a month now! Your lesson was really helpful! Cheers

@crfvelloso 3 года назад

Wowwww I miss London very very much thank you for this amazing class!!!!!

@nigelkthomas9501 5 лет назад

What about Aldwych? I know it’s closed, but it bugged me for years!

@serennette 4 года назад

Or old witch

@MrSanti1111 6 лет назад

Thanks Tom for this amazing pronunciation class. I like your British accent, that's great!

@blueberry11051 6 лет назад

Very helpful.Thank you.

@arunabala9828 4 года назад

Helped a lot. Thank you

@DutchNomadFamily 6 лет назад

Oh men, we must have miss pronounced all the names in our recent video about London. Sorry about that, but the Tube is a great system to move around the city.

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Yes - it's very useful! I'll have to check out your video Dutch Nomad Couple.

@CrazyInWeston 5 лет назад

I like to think its one of the worlds best... I mean it IS the worlds oldest system going and its still topping the charts of easy to read/navigate and get by.

@arifianashima9641 5 лет назад

@@CrazyInWeston agree. Only hard to read 😂

@warrenpale6231 6 лет назад

He is an awsome English teacher Students need such guys. This is really great. You had to be my teacher. Mrs O Connel was a nice woman but he is a Rock Star. Funny and verry good

@happyhappy-mb8gs 5 лет назад

Really really useful video for me . Thanks a lot

@adrianacayetano 6 лет назад

I will move to London from Peru , so this video will help me so much, thanks

@timberry7238 5 лет назад

Marrelebn (four syllables) stressed on first syllable and with no secondary stress .. Grennidge .. that's my native Londoner idiolect

@NebulaNeko86 4 года назад

Tim Berry yes, I’ve always pronounced them like that. Especially Grennidge!!

@Blondie892000 4 года назад

Tim Berry EXACTLY

@milaim 6 лет назад

4:16 The ancient name is Heath Row. Locals pronounce it HeathROW; the rest of the world (including Brits): HEATHrow. Cockneys say: "Eef-woe" (Source: internet ;-)

@EatSleepDreamEnglish 6 лет назад

Thanks for sharing that aredas!

@PiousMoltar 6 лет назад

I don't think I stress either the heath or the row... or I stress them both pretty equally. I live in Nottingham now and it bugs me how the locals call one of the shopping centres here "Broad-MARSH". Seems so weird stressing the "marsh" to me...

@franl155 5 лет назад

I'm a cockney and I don't use a 'w'! To me it's "EEfrow" with the accent on the first syllable. Ok, so I do use a 'w', just not where you put it :)

@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts 5 лет назад

Cockneys don't have lisps

@franl155 5 лет назад

@@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts- I'm a cockney, and I call it "Ee-frow". Tthere's the Dickensian stereotype that cockneys swap V and W, but R and W? I suspect someone's watched "Mary Poppins" too often … "(Source: internet ;-)"??? Oh, it must be absolutely true, then

@SharyBente841 4 года назад

Thank you ,It is very useful.

@brancamedeiros9268 6 лет назад

Eu amei o vídeo e aprendi Muito, porque quando estive aí tive dificuldade na pronúncia. Obrigada querido!

@francinevanzanten8368 6 лет назад

Over the years I've noticed that Marylebone is pronounced differently by many native Londoners. There's not really a single way locals pronounce it.

@eddiewillers1 6 лет назад

I always pronounced it 'Marly-bun'

@michellecollins290 5 лет назад

Lol I'm from south coast England we say 'Mar lee born'

@BillCameronWC 5 лет назад

This brings back memories from almost 50 years ago when I was a young Scot recently arrived in London (not from Glasgow, but further north in the real Scottish Highlands as a guide to my accent 😉) who was asked by a female junior colleague on a Monday morning what I’d done during the weekend - I responded that I had enjoyed visiting SouthWARK Cathedral (I have no interest in religion, but architecture does appeal to me), which caused her to burst out laughing - she explained to me the correct way to pronounce it, but honestly it didn’t bother me then and doesn’t bother me now, I used it as just one more learning experience to say things how they are commonly pronounced - I’ve since had many similar “learning events” in diverse parts of the world I’ve visited for work or for leisure, although saying place names as the locals do certainly makes for a less complicated experience though 👍😂

@james31010 4 года назад

After studying in London, it’s really impressive when watching this video

@mattslemonade567 5 лет назад

I love the fact that your eyes, particularly irises seem purple/lilac in this video!

@ExploreWay9 6 лет назад

Hey Tom, You are Nice man , are you singel?x👍😋 Richard

@user-ky6vw5up9m 4 года назад

Australians pronounce “Loughborough Junction” as “Looga-boroogah Junction”

@Suryansh52 4 года назад

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@jenniferschmitzer299 3 года назад

I’m a skip and never been over to there but I’d think it’s a lowbra not good with the phonetics just watched a lot of aunty (on the box) I hope I could get around the tube when I eventually go.