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Lauren, UK: “Hello, everyone. I’m Lauren from the UK, and I am back today to do some guessing. Will I do as well as I did last time?

Probably not, but I will try my best. Who knows? We will find out.

Nap time.”

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Oh my gosh, everyone’s coming in at one time. That’s so confusing. Okay. it’s not intimidating at all. This is actually so creepy when I can’t see anything.

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Saba, Person One

Lauren, UK: “Hello, can you please introduce yourself to me?
Saba: “Hi, my name is Saba and I’m not going to say out loud where I come from as then you’d guess it right away.”
Lauren, UK: “Yeah, okay. Cool. Nice to meet you.”
Saba: “I am also very glad to meet you.”

Lauren: “Okay. Um, yep. I have no idea. What’s the most famous food in your country?”
Saba: “The problem is if I say the word out loud, it’d be too easy to guess. So I’ll say instead another dish that should be famous: kurtoskalacs. Or szilvasgomboc.”
Lauren, UK: “That’s the dish?”
Saba: “Yes.”
Lauren: “Igen? Is that yes? I’ll flip an egg. Well, that’s just a bit mean, isn’t it? Okay, sorry.

Lauren: “How do you say yes again?
Can you count from one to five, please?
Oh my God, I wasn’t expecting that. Sorry. Oh, that’s throwing me off. Oops. Your counting is kind of different.

Okay, I originally thought it was a Slavic language, but now the numbers sound kind of more Scandinavian. Now I’m really confused.

Can you describe where your country is located?
Saba: “Naturally, we are in the very middle of Europe; we consider our country to have a bit of a chicken shape. And we have seven neighboring countries.”

Lauren, UK. “Okay. Am I allowed to ask neighboring countries or no? Is that cheating? Okay.

Okay, I’ve genuinely got no idea what’s going on right now. Oh my gosh, this is so difficult. She’s so mean, like she doesn’t say yes or no. I think I’m just gonna guess . . . Latvia?

Do I not get to know that answer until later? Oh, that’s even meaner. Okay, yeah, yeah, that’s fine.”
 

Draga, Person Two

Lauren, UK: “Hello, please introduce yourself to me.”
Draga: “Hello. What’s up?”
Lauren, UK: “Hello. Tell me about your country, like what’s the best thing in your country?”
Draga: “That’s a difficult question. I don’t really know what to say! I guess I love my food.”
Lauren, UK: “What’s the most famous thing from your country?”
Draga: “Probably the most famous person would be Nikola Tesla, if you know.” Lauren: “Okay. What’s the best dish, best food from your country? Someone’s hungry.”
Draga: “There are many foods that I like, for example, stuffed peppers.”
Lauren: “Can you describe where your country is located, geographically?”
Draga: “Yes, in the southeast of Europe.”
Lauren, UK: “Okay, nice. Can you count from one to five, please?”

Lauran, UK: “So we’ve got some Slavic numbers and it’s Yugo Eastern, which doesn’t really make it any easier. Is your country famous for alcohol?”
Draga: “I don’t know if everyone knows this type of alcohol, but yes, we do have alcohol that’s pretty famous.”
Lauren: “Da. Okay, yes, some kind of alcohol.
So you said Nikola Tesla, right? Yeah, I know where Nikola Tesla’s from. Is it Serbia, perhaps? I think.”
 

Sophia, Person Three

Sophia: “Hello. How are you?”
Lauren, UK: “Oh yeah, I really wasn’t ready. Give me two seconds to breathe.
Okay, hello.”
Sophia: “Hello. How are you?”
Oh yeah, this is a difficult one. Whoa! Okay, nice to meet you.”
Sophia: “It’s my first time seeing you on film. But I’m still very excited to know you here.”
Lauren, UK: “Why do you talk so fast? Sorry, sorry.”
Sophia: “I’ll try to talk very, very slowly for you.”
Lauren, UK: “Okay, describe where your country is located.”
Sophia: “My country, Georgia (Sakartvelo) is located right between Europe and Asia. We are bounded by the Black Sea to the west, and Russia, Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan are our neighboring countries.”
Lauren, UK: “Oh, Azerbaijan. Sorry, carry on.”
Sophia: “That’s all I guess.”
Lauren, UK: “Okay, so does it neighbor Azerbaijan?”
Sophia: “It’s located below us.”
Lauren, UK: “What? Like in the Eurasia area?”
Sophia: “Ki.”
Lauren, UK: “Ki?” Is that a yes?”
Sophia: “Ki.”

Lauren, UK: “Oh, those countries are really difficult. Your country would be on like Eurovision, right? Okay, that doesn’t really narrow it down, but I mean even Australia’s in Europe. That’s true. Okay, can you count from one to five, please?”
Sophia: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5.”
Lauren, UK: “Oh, that’s a little bit of flavor on there. Oh, I like that. Okay, scratch that. How many colors are in your flag?”
Sophia: “Two.”
Lauren, UK: “Is that two? Most of those over that side have at least three colors except for one country. Oh my God. Wait, no, because this flag is kind of similar to my flag, a little bit similar to the England flag. It’s a bit similar, no?”
Sophia: “Kiyyyyy.”
Lauren, UK: “Okay, I know, I know, I know, I know. Okay, Georgia, right? Because it’s similar to England’s flag.”
 

Ayliee, Person Four

Ayliee: “Hello.”
Lauren: “Oh, cute. Okay. The most famous thing from your country? Nothing? Person?”
Ayliee: “We have a lot of famous people that to make it harder for you, I would say, Maria Sklodowska-Curie.”
Lauren, UK: “Okay, that was not what I was expecting. I think you said the person I was thinking of. How many people did you just say?
Ayliee: “I did say only one person. But this person has more than one surname.”
Lauren, UK: “Did you tell them to be really mean to me today or is this by choice? This one’s a bit hard. Okay, can you count from one to five?
Ayliee: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5.”
Lauren: “Yeah. Okay, I know this one. Poland.”
 

Cajsa, Person Five

Cajsa: “Hello. Nice to meet you.”
Lauren, UK: “Hello. Hello!”
Cajsa: “Nice to meet you. My name is Cajsa, and today, I’m here filming with you.”
Lauren, UK: “Okay, can you count from one to five, please?
Cajsa: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5.”
Lauren, UK: “Okay, I think this is probably a Scandinavian country. Sorry, but can you say I love you?”
Cajsa: “I love you.”
Lauren: “Okay, can I ask the colors on the flag?”
Cajsa: “The color on our flag is blue and yellow.”
Lauren, UK: “Blot and glut? That sounds very much like blue and gold, possibly. So then that makes it kind of easy. Just lastly, tell me like the most famous brand or company from your country.”
Cajsa: “The most popular brand is . . . Ikea.”
Lauren: “Ikea. Okay, then it’s Sweden.”
 

Megan, Person Six

Megan: “Hello. How are you?”
Lauren, UK: “Hey, come on.”
Megan: “I wanted to do the English accent, but I fell from the start.”
Lauren: “That’s okay, anyways. Still, like, introduce your country to me.”
Megan: “Everything, starting with the Gallica . . .”
Lauren, UK: “She’s going far back.”
Megan: “Can you guess?”
Lauren, UK: “Yeah, I studied French for like 15 years, so.”
Megan: “If you understood, go ahead.”
Lauren, UK: “Then it’s our lovely neighbors.”
 

Svea, Person Seven

Lauren, UK: “And the hardest one is coming.”
Svea: “Hi, what’s good?”
Lauren, UK: “Sorry.”
Svea: “Hi. What should I say . . . I’m gonna talk really fast, use some slang to confuse you, you know?”
Lauren, UK: “Boy, okay, yeah, lovely. Hello. You’re so mean. Okay, nice to meet you.”
Svea: “I’m happy to meet you.”
Lauren, UK: “Is that how you usually say it?”
Svea: “No, not really.”

Lauren, UK: “Okay, can you please count from one to five?”
“She said, ‘No, I don’t want to count. She said no.
Svea: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5”.
Lauren, UK: “She’s so fast now. I know what it is because she’s trying to trick me.”
Svea: “Are you saying that we’re bad people, that we’re being mean?”
Lauren, UK: “Okay. Now I know because it has to be one that I probably would get easily, which means she thinks it’s something I studied, but I never studied this language actually.”
Svea: “No, I don’t think so. But my language is pretty easy to understand.”
Lauren, UK: “What’s the most famous thing from your country?”
Svea: “It’s a game that you play with your feet.”
Lauren: “Okay, I don’t understand this language. BUT is your country very famous for cars?
Svea: “Yeah, among other things.”
Lauren, UK: “Okay, so then it’s gonna be Germany. I guess German. I never studied it, so I genuinely had no idea.

Is it finished? Oh, well, that was a bit easy. No, I’m kidding.

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At least maybe five. I don’t think I got all of them. The first one was ridiculously difficult. No offense.

Oh, that is bright.

I was so close.

Saba: “Hi, I’m from Hungary.”
Lauren, UK: “Ooooo! I was so wrong.”
Saba: “Okay, no, but I was actually a douchebag. I really was a douchebag. For example, I couldn’t say the most famous thing. I just said something that I know surprisingly many people know, like famous food, because it would be goulash.
If I say goulash, she’s like goulash. Is that . . . I’m sorry. So I’m gonna say something that people don’t know very well.
Lauren: “No, not at all. It was tough. It was very difficult. You gave me a very difficult one to start with, but then . . .

Very difficult. Hello, cheeky cheeky. Yeah, very. I studied French for way too long. That was fine, but German threw me off at the start. I was like, what is this?”

How did you guess Georgia?

Lauren: “Because she said Azerbaijan.”
Sophia: “I was like, oh. I was getting nice though compared to other girls. I was trying to do some hints.

Lauren, UK: “Are you suggesting something?”

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Lauren, UK: “Okay so today I tried to guess these European languages.
Saba, Hungary: “If you like the video please like and subscribe. Bye”

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Questions

 

Armenia, Georgia. This video was an English language lesson. True or false?

Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia. Did everyone speak English to each other?

Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. Is Saba from Eastern Europe? Could Lauren guess Saba’s nationality?

Portugal, Spain. Lauren knew where Draga was from by her national dish. Is this right or wrong?

Greece, Italy. Is Sophia from Georgia in the United States? Is her country’s flag tri-colored?

Norway, Sweden, Finland. The most famous person from Ayliee’s country is a football star. Is this correct or incorrect?

Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg. What questions did Lauren often ask the participants?

Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia. Which nationality did Lauren know right off the bat? Why was she so sure?

Hungary, Romania. What is Svea’s nation well-known for?

Belarus, Ukraine, Russia. I could recognize all the languages. Yes or no? Did you find some easy, others trickier, and others unrecognizable?
 
 
 
Switzerland, Austria, Germany. Are you familiar will all the countries and languages in your continent or region?

France. Do you have stereotypes of neighboring countries?

Ireland, England, Scotland. What might happen in the future?

United Kingdom, Great Britain. What could or should people do?