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"ag shame man" there's not a single south african I've met in my life that hasn't used that phrase at least once in a conversation 😂😂, cute video, loved it ❤❤😊😊
"That cake was really good shame" "shame she's so pretty" "you look really happy shame" "Ag shame man they sang really well" 😂😂😂😂 the most random times you'll hear someone saying shame
@@saritshull3909 A college is a residential school within a university. Americans use both terms but it's pretty rare to hear an American undergraduate use the phrase, " I'm going back to university in August." Because typically undergrads only go to one of the colleges at a university.
I’m from NZ and I live in the North Shore which holds the most South Africans in the country. We love having them here and I love how they are passionate about being South African as it mainly shows through their food, languages and accents and it really shows during a game of rugby as I play the sport. Note that South Africans are probably one of the most aggressive talents in the sport and they will be rough with you on the field but are heart warming when the final whistle blows. Anyway I just subscribed and a great big hello from NZ
I’m a South African in Florida and my American husband and I have conversations like this every damn day 😂 he now refers to the trunk of a car as a boot and he understands me just fine when I call a traffic light a robot 😏
Personally, I'm not a South African but I can relate since I study in South Africa. The first time I heard those distinctive words, I used to blank out and now I actually use it in my vocab sometimes .
agh shame is used for, ah! really? or poor thing aint it. then another is "siestog" also to show sympathy like ag shame. it's not used for a blessing or something quite, it's to show your concern regarding a subject spoken about!!!
Fun fact: US and South Africa have 2 things in common I can think of - both say "cell phone" in stead of "Mobile". Also, strangely, we say "mom" whereas in UK, Australia and New Zealand, it's "mum".
Am South African🇿🇦 residing in USA 🇺🇸 every thing they said are so true and I get lots of compliment that my accent is so clear beautiful classy at the same time
I was laughing SO HARD when Carly almost knocked over the camera! Both of your reactions were priceless! I watched that part 5 times! The friendship is real, with you two! Love this video!
If I had dollar for everytime Americas confused my accent for Australian, and got a shock when I tell them i'm South African, I'd be balling in these streets. 😎😜💵💰
I've been living in SA for close to 5 years now. During the early days, I got lost because someone told me to walk until I saw the robot and my o my did I walk past like 3 traffic lights and still did not see that (Japanese) robot I was asked to look out for. As for "shame", it used to piss me off so much but I use it now in the same way too. 😂😂😂😂😂
Lol my parents are South African but my siblings and I are all American (Texas) and it's so fun to watch these to see how much my parents have influenced my speech😂😂 Something that my friends point out is that I always use the word "having" instead of "taking." So like for example I will say... "oh, he's having a shower.." instead of taking a shower. Things like the car "boot" and a "trolley" always make people confused, but BY FAR my favorite things that I get questions about is Potjie and Boerewors😂😂
@@louism.3435 I don't think you read what was said (South African parents) have influenced his or her way of speaking it has got nothing to do with Texas
We say sweets and only the ones who seriously don't know how to pronounce it say her but if you mean a southern accent more emphasis is added on the h and r sounds 😀
I'm South African and old enough to remember when traffic lights were introduced into this country. One day we (Dad, Mom and I) were out in the car and we had to stop at an intersection where a pointsman was directing the traffic. My Dad mentioned to me that soon we would have robots directing the traffic. You can imagine my disappointment when the robots turned out to be an array of different coloured lights. But to answer the question as to why we call them robots, I imagine it's because they replaced a man (never a woman in those days) physically directing traffic. The name has stuck and apparently goes further afield than our borders. I was taking French lessons some years ago from a native Mauritian who had married a South African girl and settled here. The traffic light/robot discussion once arose and he assured me that in Mauritius they are called robots (pronounced the French way, of course, with a silent 't' at the end).
The accents are reasonably close, even me as a South African will assume some South Africans are Australians and vice versa solely based on their accents.
I have always believed that "pickles" and "gherkins" are two different things - "gherkins" are marinated tradional way while "pickles" are kind of more sour. These two have their separate names in different languages, too.
It's gherkins in England too. Pickles are onions that have been pickled, whereas a gherkin is a cucumber right? Definitely two different things, I'd be disappointed to ask for pickles and get given gherkins instead haha
I’m from Germany and I can do like a perfect South African accent lmao (but I think because of the huge Dutch influence and Dutch is basically a German dialect)
My wife and I are Americans living in Cape Town, we seriously had to pause the video and cackles like Hyenas for several minutes!!! Love Love ❤️ this video!
Melissa Adami it is alleviated for now due to good rain in May and June but we had very little in July. The dams are at 50% capacity which is better than last year the same time. So we will see.
I love how the American makes fun of the overpronounced t in “water” with this gesture of being overly dramatic and proper, haha. Southerners are the most laid-back speakers in the U.S.
Whenever I hear my SA friends say "Ja". it makes me think of this scene from the movie 'Crybaby', with the Swedish exchange student... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mJxu49C-TK0.htmlsi=Wx_UkZEa5mzjznh5
As a lover of languages, I find linguistics and dialectic studies fascinating. You two had such fun doing this, it was a delight to watch. I speak English, German (first language), French, Russian, and Spanish, and I would love to learn Afrikaans!
hahahahaha ,yeah I noticed that robot one as well in Namibia while i was driving the guy who was sitting next to me said "you see that robot neh?turn left" I was like :"oh what?i dont see any robot,are they hidding somewhere?"LMAO
It’s funny how my fellow saffas don’t see the connection with why the robot is called a robot 🤖 coz it’s a box with lights that back in the day would’ve been comparable to an actual robot 🤖
Hi Melissa tell them that we have 11 official languages in South Africa that we are proud of i don't think of a country in the whole wild world having 11 languages in one country we have our own accents that we can't compared to any country in this world tha's why i'm blessed to be born in SOUTH AFRICA ukube nganginge Msewula AFRICA ngangiyoba yini PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICA MZANSI WETHU ABASHWE OGULUVA BLACK MAN YOUR ON YO OWN
I like to mess around with my Canadian friends by asking them if they want to learn how to say good morning in Afrikaans, then I tell them to repeat after me. Then I say... Me: Ek Friend: Ek Me: Is Friend: Is Me: Dom Friend: Dom Me: Ok, now say it all together! Friend: Ek is dom! Me: PERFECT!!! Works every time🇿🇦
Hi I’m from South African and I’ve lived there my whole life. I recently moved to Ireland and this video made me miss home a lot so anyways thank you❤️
I’m a Tennessee girl living in Jeffrey’s Bay South Africa. And I have to say, this is the most spot on video for both sides of the conversation! Lol! Love it!!!
Carly is a whole vibe. She's SOOOO North Carolina and I love it. "Cook out" isn't universal though. Mostly hear it in NC, VA, etc. In Texas, we say we're "grillin'" or "having BBQ."
I'm also from south Africa (Tzaneen in Limpopo) and now i'm studying medicine in Bloemfontein. i really feel like South African accent is better and more refined. But i have to say, i like how Americans say data.
DEAD FUNNY! 😂😂😂 loved this vid so much! SA sayings to add to the list: I'll see you now now tjoh! - like holy dam! Aweh! - howzit ma se kind! Hala la! - excited or expression to be like you're in trouble now lol BLIKSEM - holy flip or u Lil idiot SA say petrol - USA say gas I'm going to go dos - I'm going to go sleep. SA say kitchen sink - USA say kitchen Zink SA say Rubbish bin - USA say Trashcan Thats alll I can think of now. Lol maybe this is just things I say. Americans also told me I say the word "Hey" a lot. Especially when asking a question. "This video is so cool hey?" 😃 Enjoyed this topic too much! Always laughed constantly around you Mel. Miss ya!
Hi! Nice to meet you! My boyfriend was born Durban in SA and grew in SA but he moved to Europe . He moved to Japan ! He misses his country so much . I’ve been practicing singing SA anthem !!!!
Yes South Africa was once colonized by both British and Dutch .. Hence we speak English and Afrikaans.. Afrikaans is western German language of Dutch decent.. Very similar to Dutch and bit of German .. But now we just use English as means of communication.. and we have unique accent though many words we use are British.. Our English is very different from Americans.
Braai is listed as an English word in the Oxford Dictionary of South African English. Many words in English come from other languages so it doesn't come as a surprise
Haha, I ended up in your channel because I an American from NY and met the love of my life, he is from Pretoria, SA and we learning from one another and yes having lots of fun with the English dialects anf accents. One of them that made me laugh alot was woter for water and robot for traffic light, he has said that before and I was like Huh?? Haha lota to learn...
Lauren Holland as I do agree. I love the South African accents. But not all Americans sounds the same. This girl has a "southern accent" where people in most parts of the Southern part of the states have this accents. Where I live, people have a Rocky Mountain accent. There's more than one accent! Lol! It comes from the European settlers and their launguages crossing over with English. And there were several settlers across the States. Germany, France, Dutch, Swittish, Russia, Mexico, Italy and Cuba have a very strong influences on the accents in America.
The interesting thing about being a South African is that I can understand the English language spoken in any accent. I find it really funny that British accents have English subtitles when that program/show is for the US audience.😁
It’s much harder for her to do the South African accent because she hasn’t been hearing it in movies and songs and TV like you’ve been hearing American scents.
I know that I am watching this a bit late but I am proudly South African and glad to be unique. I too have friends from out of the country and when we say words like "ja" or any Afrikaans they look at us as if we are talking gibberish
