How do you say caramel, aluminium or water? Australian woman engaged to an American man reveals the surprising words pronounced COMPLETELY different in each country
- Australian woman engaged to American reveal the differences in pronunciation
- Tash Tuariki and fiancé Jordan Forbes from the United States posted to Tik Tok
- They compared the different ways to say ‘water’, ‘aluminium’ and ‘caramel’
- Couple quickly went viral on Tik Tok with many people fighting in the comments
An Australian woman has revealed some of the surprising words her and her American boyfriend pronounce differently.
Tash Tuariki, who is engaged to Jordan Forbes from the United States, says the couple often bicker about how words are said in each country.
The couple posted a hilarious TikTik video of the two saying words like caramel, aluminium and water.
‘Engaged to an American – Our everyday struggle!’ she captioned the video.
Australian woman Tash Tuariki is engaged to Jordan Forbes from the United States and say the couple often bicker about how words are pronounced
Ms Tuariki posted a video to Tik Tok showing just how different some words are pronounced between the two countries
In the video the couple pronounce the same word in each of their accents, showing the striking differences between simple words.
The video also revealed that Americans prefer to say ‘shopping cart’ rather than ‘trolly’ and ‘parking lot’ rather than ‘car park’.
The couple’s video quickly went viral, being viewed 2.3million times while gaining 119,000 likes.
Many took to the comments to critique the couple and choose which pronunciation is preferred.
‘The way Americans say oregano really stresses me out,’ one user wrote.
‘I’m stuck on how he says oregano… that sounds like a whole new word!’ another said.
Meanwhile other Aussies commented on how Americans change words completely.
When the couple realised the hype the video had created they decided to post another, comparing ‘tomato’, ‘Adidas’ and how Americans say ‘vacation’ rather than ‘holiday’
The couple’s video quickly went viral, being viewed 2.3million times while gaining 119,000 likes
‘ALUMINIUM! There’s another ‘I’ in it! You can’t just skip an entire syllable,’ one woman commented.
‘Accents are one thing but aluminium and caramel are just mispronounced by Americans. The ‘I’ in aluminium and ‘a’ in caramel are not silent,’ anothre wrote.
When the couple realised the hype the video had created they decided to post another, comparing ‘tomato’, ‘Adidas’ and how Americans say ‘vacation’ rather than ‘holiday’.
The video revealed that Americans choose to say ‘turn signal’ rather than ‘indicator’ and ‘stroller’ rather than ‘pram’.