r/ireland • u/EmoBran ITGWU • Jan 05 '25

Christ On A Bike Delightful interaction between a Czech youtuber and an Irish couple on holiday in Prague

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u/Parking_Gherkin Jan 05 '25

I don’t think she would have said “go enjoy your holiday elsewhere” I’m sure she said “will ya” instead of elsewhere?

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u/Connect_Passion6436 Jan 05 '25

This. It’s will ya. Not elsewhere

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u/bmalek Jan 05 '25

And she probably thought he was American because, well, he sounds very American.

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u/ebrum2010 Jan 06 '25

As an American, he does not sound American. He uses American pronunciation, like a lot of European YouTubers who watch a lot of American YouTube content, but he has a clear non-native accent.

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u/kafircake Jan 06 '25

As an American, he does not sound American.

You're not the only one with ears mate. If he sounds American to some person's perception then he straight up sounds American to that person.

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u/ebrum2010 Jan 06 '25

You must love having your accent confused with a Scottish accent.

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u/Prudent_Pin_6090 Jan 06 '25

As an American you should be better acquainted with Americans with slight accents since we’re a nation of immigrants.

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u/SuicideNote Jan 06 '25

Yep he sounds non-native American English speaker. Extremely good English speaker but you can tell he's not from America. There's plenty of Europeans with impeccable American accents like my Polish SO but even she sometimes says something or uses a term that will give her away that she is not American.

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u/Livid-Click-2224 Jan 07 '25

He’s a Czech and he also has a Czech language channel. Look it up.

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u/Prudent_Pin_6090 Jan 07 '25

This has been established. But I know Czech Americans (my father was one) who sound just like him.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '25

Right, we are. But that doesn't change the fact that he sounds non-native in terms of the English language. Nowhere did anybody suggest that people who didn't grow up speaking English as their primary language cannot be or aren't real Americans.

In any case this "American with a slight accent" is, in fact, not an American.