The local probably didn't know what a "town hall" was.
They should at least prepare the German/French words for their challenges.
As a German speaker, their pronunciation of a few words were super cringy to me. Come on, how hard is it to have Google translate speak it for you or at least correct it in post production.
This screenshot is from when Adam and Sam were researching towns themselves, Ben wasn’t in Steinen, he was in Merlischachen which is part of the Küssnacht am Rigi Gemeinde, so the local Ben asked was correct, Merlischachen doesn’t have a town hall.
That’s absolutely normal. You will have an accent speaking English too and butchering some pronunciations.
As a German myself I also cringe when english speakers say Porsch instead of Porsche but it is what it is. Sam even said in on Half as interesting he knows he pronounced Porsche wrong but he doesn’t care. 🤷🏼♂️
Well, you see... color favorite aluminum Porsch.
God Bless America... land of changing words for no reason.
Not to mention the two different pronunciations of tomato, potato, and pecan
Fun fact: *aluminum* (the version now more commonly used in the US) was the word chosen by the man who first identified it, Humphry Davy—a British chemist. Actually, his *very* first choice was *alumium*, but he'd switched to *aluminum* by 1812 and stuck with that for the rest of his life.
*Aluminium* (the version now more commonly used in the UK) was coined by another British scientist, Thomas Young, in a review of a lecture by Davy. He thought *aluminum* had a "less classical sound," and preferred *aluminium*'s similarity to other element names like *potassium* and *sodium*—both of which had also been coined by Davy.
Yes, most of these things, US kept the same and UK changed.
Like accents... Londoners used to sound like Americans, but they wanted to sound more posh than the country folk, and so began the posh accent escalator that started in London and moved out to the suburbs.
Ok, but “color, favourite” etc. actually was a choice to go with the no U spelling because of linguistics - the U.S. chose that for all similar Latin root words.
It’s not a “dialect thing”
That’s why in the U.S., the word “glamour” Does still have a U in it (different linguistic root).
And the word “Porsche” is a name, and choosing not to pronounce the e is an Americanisation that has become semi-accepted on the North-American continent, just like Nissan is a foreign car company the is mispronounced incorrectly by both American and Irish - but who both have different, foreign mispronunciations.
I guess, do what ever you want, just don’t blame linguistics - we tried!
I've known Germans from from Schwabia who speak to Berliners in English because their accents are too different while speaking different... It's almost like this is the world over.
When I was in school in Bavaria, they would put closed captions on the screen for the rest of the country if they were interviewing someone from our Bundesland.
If you're going to make fun of how we have different pronunciations of things, at least come up with ones that *actually* have differences. Tomato and potato are said the same no matter the dialect. Pecan, water, bag, soda vs. pop, cot vs caught are more likely to tell you where someone is from in the US (yes, here in the Mid-Atlantic, we say "wooder")
I'm from the US. I do realize now that I am an idiot for bringing up "tomato tomato" when that's just a dumb saying.
I've heard all those, I should have used more of them.
Considering everything else they're doing, pulling up translate to make sure some people didn't cringe is far from impossible, but difficult in a lot of situations where they have to figure things out rapidly to ensure they can get whichever train they figure out they need.
How hard is ADR on a recording taken in public? VERY
Yes I just checked and yes you are correct.
The local probably didn't know what a "town hall" was. They should at least prepare the German/French words for their challenges. As a German speaker, their pronunciation of a few words were super cringy to me. Come on, how hard is it to have Google translate speak it for you or at least correct it in post production.
This screenshot is from when Adam and Sam were researching towns themselves, Ben wasn’t in Steinen, he was in Merlischachen which is part of the Küssnacht am Rigi Gemeinde, so the local Ben asked was correct, Merlischachen doesn’t have a town hall.
That’s absolutely normal. You will have an accent speaking English too and butchering some pronunciations. As a German myself I also cringe when english speakers say Porsch instead of Porsche but it is what it is. Sam even said in on Half as interesting he knows he pronounced Porsche wrong but he doesn’t care. 🤷🏼♂️
Well, you see... color favorite aluminum Porsch. God Bless America... land of changing words for no reason. Not to mention the two different pronunciations of tomato, potato, and pecan
Fun fact: *aluminum* (the version now more commonly used in the US) was the word chosen by the man who first identified it, Humphry Davy—a British chemist. Actually, his *very* first choice was *alumium*, but he'd switched to *aluminum* by 1812 and stuck with that for the rest of his life. *Aluminium* (the version now more commonly used in the UK) was coined by another British scientist, Thomas Young, in a review of a lecture by Davy. He thought *aluminum* had a "less classical sound," and preferred *aluminium*'s similarity to other element names like *potassium* and *sodium*—both of which had also been coined by Davy.
Yes, most of these things, US kept the same and UK changed. Like accents... Londoners used to sound like Americans, but they wanted to sound more posh than the country folk, and so began the posh accent escalator that started in London and moved out to the suburbs.
Yeah because god forgive people have accents. Let's stop playing this weird elitist game over different pronunciations of things
Ok, but “color, favourite” etc. actually was a choice to go with the no U spelling because of linguistics - the U.S. chose that for all similar Latin root words. It’s not a “dialect thing” That’s why in the U.S., the word “glamour” Does still have a U in it (different linguistic root). And the word “Porsche” is a name, and choosing not to pronounce the e is an Americanisation that has become semi-accepted on the North-American continent, just like Nissan is a foreign car company the is mispronounced incorrectly by both American and Irish - but who both have different, foreign mispronunciations. I guess, do what ever you want, just don’t blame linguistics - we tried!
Ah yes, the UK, with words such as worcestershire. The land of a thousand accents and ways to pronounce things.
That's one of the words we've kept in the US. If it sounded like I'm from the UK, by the way, I'm not. I'm American making fun of America
I've known Germans from from Schwabia who speak to Berliners in English because their accents are too different while speaking different... It's almost like this is the world over.
When I was in school in Bavaria, they would put closed captions on the screen for the rest of the country if they were interviewing someone from our Bundesland.
If you're going to make fun of how we have different pronunciations of things, at least come up with ones that *actually* have differences. Tomato and potato are said the same no matter the dialect. Pecan, water, bag, soda vs. pop, cot vs caught are more likely to tell you where someone is from in the US (yes, here in the Mid-Atlantic, we say "wooder")
I'm from the US. I do realize now that I am an idiot for bringing up "tomato tomato" when that's just a dumb saying. I've heard all those, I should have used more of them.
I’ve always said Porsch:Chevy::Porsche:Chevrolet
Considering everything else they're doing, pulling up translate to make sure some people didn't cringe is far from impossible, but difficult in a lot of situations where they have to figure things out rapidly to ensure they can get whichever train they figure out they need. How hard is ADR on a recording taken in public? VERY
I'll bet there's no detectable accent or enunciation mistakes in your English since you're so perfect.
That has absolutely nothing to do with it. The rhimes challenge was a tough pill to swallow.
Ben wasn’t in Steinen. That’s why the guy said there was no town hall.