Should be do it.

[sitifan]

What does the expression "should be do it" mean at 0:52 in the video?

 

[Tarheel]

It seems to me that "Should we do it?" *was intended. Why they captioned it that way I don't know. However, "Should we do it?" is perfectly good English.

 

[teechar]

Some comments:
1- As Tarheel has pointed out above, it was mistranscribed. He says "Should we do it?".
2- "Should we do it?" is wrong there. I suspect he wanted to use "shall" instead of "should". I think he was intending "Let's do it".
Note that "should we do it" is possible, but it is a genuine question rather than a suggestion/invitation to do something.

 

[PeterCW]

It seems to me that "Should we do it?" *was intended. Why they captioned it that way I don't know. However, "Should we do it?" is perfectly good English.

Subtitles are usually created automatically using voice recognition software. Mistranscription is common.

 

[Barque]

Yes, he says "Should we do it?" and he meant "Shall we do it?"

In south and south-east Asia, this use of "Should" is common. I believe it's common in AmE.

 

[sitifan]

In south and south-east Asia, this use of "Should" is common. I believe it's common in AmE.

The YouTuber immigrated to Canada at the age of three, so he speaks Canadian English.

 

[Barque]

Canadian English is likely to be similar to AmE in these respects.

The YouTuber emigrated immigrated to Canada

 

[Tarheel]

Subtitles are usually created automatically using voice recognition software. Mistranscription is common.

Is the captioning out of the hands of the video maker?

 

[sitifan]

Is the captioning out of the hands of the video maker?

I don't know.

 

[Skrej]

"Should we do it?" is acceptable in AmE. 'Shall' is practically non-existent in AmE outside of legalese or overtly formal language. I can't speak to Canadian English, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's similar to AmE in this aspect, as it is in so many other cases.

While I can't say who generated the subtitles, I can say they weren't auto-generated by YouTube. There's no option to turn them on/off, so they were built in to the original video before it was uploaded.

2- "Should we do it?" is wrong there. I suspect he wanted to use "shall" instead of "should". I think he was intending "Let's do it".
Note that "should we do it" is possible, but it is a genuine question rather than a suggestion/invitation to do something.

While that may be true in BrE, as Tarheel and I have pointed out, 'Should' works in AmE (and by extension, presumably Canadian English). In this context, 'should' does indeed carry the meaning of the blued words in AmE.

 

[5jj]

"Should we do it?" is acceptable in AmE.

I would not say it's wrong in BrE.

 

[sitifan]

I can't speak to Canadian English, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's similar to AmE in this aspect, as it is in so many other cases.

Is the preposition "to" a typo?

 

[5jj]

No.

 

[sitifan]

What does the expression "speak to Canadian English" mean?

 

[Skrej]

See definition #2.

I can't talk about what Canadian English may or may not do here, because it's not the variant I speak.