7 British vs. American Pronunciations You Didn't Know About

Laurence Brown has lived in the US for 16 years and is now an American citizen, but if he ever lost his accent or British pronunciations, we would be disappointed. Americans like to pronounce words the way they are spelled, because that makes sense. But some words are spelled differently in British English, so Americans just take out the letters that aren't needed or don't make sense. Still, Brown has had a great time arguing with his wife over why things are pronounced the way they are, because both sides of the pond are pretty casual when it comes to how we pronounce simple vowels. This video has a one-minute skippable ad at 3:13. (via Laughing Squid)