When I'm with her, I'm reminded of the virtues of the English country America.

I've got two friends to help me out.

Mr.

Up says, How you missed announced this.

So we're gonna take clips of the Siri's and analyze the British English accents that they used on their part to look at some super useful vocabulary that comes up in the show.

So if you're ready, let's take a trip to the aristocratic world.

Down Downtown Abbey is set in early 20th century Britain on a country estate in Yorkshire.

It's owned by the Crawley family, who are British aristocrats.

Aristocrats basically just means really so.

Half the show is about this family that lives upstairs, and the other half of the show is all about the maids, cooks, footmen, the work downstairs.

Let's start with the matriarch of the Crawley family, Violet, the dowager countess of Grantham, played by Dame Maggie Smith.

She speaks with traditional RP received pronunciation that's very, very similar to the Queen's English.

Let's have a listen, then what is Easter?

You're a woman with a brain and reasonable ability.

Our first sound is dear.

Now you hear the dowager there, she says.

Edith.

Easy steps.

Now this, in many accents is is up dip thought ear, ear.

But actually in traditional our peers, I would speak.

It's smooth, so it becomes a mono thong.

A single vow sound.

So it's not here.

It's air.

Eso it dear.

Other words like this would be bib bear.

Not beer bear or not tear but tear.

That's right.

Smooth model.

Easy stairs.

You're a woman with a brain and reasonable ability.

We also hear the Dodgers say ability, ability that it on the end of the world there with the why that's a shortened A so not E.

Now it's a ability, just like city and pretty good schools may what?

Just so just we'd say that as well, we'd say that it instead of the so I would say ability, you know, City seed it that kind of thing.

Just just Georgia dropped didn't mean toe Okay, Another sound that distinguishes violence.

Accent as traditional r p or the Queen's English is the year in suitable.

Excuse me, that's that's my line.

Oh, sorry.

Pardon me.

Yeah, my care When tragedy strike We tried to find someone to blame.

And in the absence of a suitable candidate, we usually ourselves Here The Dowager uses the yet sound after the S.

This is very common in traditional RP.

So she says Suitable, suitable, not suitable, suitable.

Also, we could say suit, I like your suit in all other British English accents this year is dropped after the s.

This is a process we call yard dropping your dropping so it would be suitable and suit gruffly south course to be suitable and suit.

And in the absence of a suitable candidate, we usually blame ourselves.

Oh, Harold hates to leave America curious.

He hates to leave America.

I should act to go there.

Once again, the dowager changes a dip thong toe Amaro thought in this case that the now in regular RP this might be there rather rather disease saying that in traditional obviously that that so we're smoothing that different air to, uh the that's right that we also have the o sound.

So as you see, my lips are narrow on I'm articulating from the front of my mouth gear gear.

So next time you want a little space away from your child.

You could say comfort.

Go over the He hates to leave America.

I should get to go there.

So as you can see, violence, Accent is not a 1,000,000 miles away from the Queen's English.

Now there are other accents, which are a little softer, a little more contemporary.

For example, Lady Mary's accent.

You have to put on such an exhibition.

She's not.

I was supposed to be engaged to him.

Haven't say no.

You and I can control myself.

Is it my turn?

Sure, Uh, I'm going to tell you about Miss did.

She's a maid and she has a love with Yorkshire accent.

How many of you done?

This is my last Till the come downstairs, you know, is there, she says.

May last just may me brother, Miss Sisters just make you also noticed, and she said, Last in the north of England, we say that sound right.

So it's last fast but laugh.

So we use the sound, not impartial.

Upstairs where there are sounds, my dear boy, clearly, there should be a distinction between the app on the R sound, but I'm just saying it sounds perfectly frightful to say last within.

Oh, God give it a girl?

Absolutely not.

How preposterous.

Gone.

I don't think I can.

My mouth weren't allowed last.

There you go.

It should be last fast bath and laugh.

Whoa, whoa.

OK, guys, look.

This is one of the big differences between accents in the north of England and accents in the south of England.

Now, I know RP technically isn't geographically located in the South, but we kind of categorize it as a Southern accent for these purposes.

Now, in Southern accents, they have r and R two separate sounds, but in northern accents, they just have that sound.

So yes, a word like bath in the south bath with our but in Northern Accent is actors bath on.

This is one of the big differences between the north and south.

So you are both rights.

Okay?

In fact, there is no right and wrong these air.

Just accent.

There's no right or wrong.

It's just how people speak.

Now get back to it.

Mr.

Downstairs first course is ready to go.

The souffle mix is done for the savory, and I'll make a fresh amount for their call if I want to.

Point C s got the girl, she said.

Go now Normally in an R P accent, all efforts go, but not in your tracks that we change the vowel sound.

Oh, so it's go no or vote for example, right?

She also says.

Done, she says, Hope on.

Done.

Now these two sounds that we use in Yorkshire right is the sound.

Oh, so, for example, hope on Dune Onda booked.

Just a quick one, I would say.

Done.

Yes, I do want.

Okay, The first course is ready to go up.

The souffle mix is done for the savory, and I'll make a fresh amount for their qualify wells.

If I did a teacher like over an hour at school, things might have turned out very different.

You'll notice here that she drops the itches, right?

So she says, Abd no had shows is no her.

This is typical in the Yorkshire accent, and actually, in many accents around the British Isles, they dropped the H.

It's in fact, it is out really pronounce, except for in R P.

You think about Scouse accent, Majority accent, the accent.

We'll drop the edges, just impartial upstairs.

Never want to see the action, so I had a good time, right?

I adequate time?

No, I had a good So I had a good time.

I 80.

No, I hate t.

I ate eat.

If I did a teacher like open our school, things might have turned out very different.

Downton Abbey.

There are a range of accents, the upstairs RP accents.

There are varieties on downstairs.

There are a variety of northern accents.

This is just a flavor off them.

If you want to learn more about British English accent that I've done several videos, you can go check those out.

We look a little different types of accents.

And remember to the count for part two, where we study some fantastic vocabulary that's used in depth.

Harry, thank you so much for watching guys.

I really appreciate it.

If you know, anyone is trying to learn English, please share this video with them.

But until next time, this is Tom, the chief dreamer, saying goodbye.