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Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part 2) | WIRED
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Dialect coach Erik Singer tours a range of accents across North America with linguists in Part 2 of WIRED's accent series. It covers regional distinctions such as Southern Mississippi, Miami and Utah English.
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HN commenters recommend it as an enjoyable, accessible tour of US accents and cite it in threads on vowel shifts and dialects.
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If folks find accents interesting, I loved this video which does a tour of US accents. Part 1: [LINK] (Okracoke Island is at 13:40) Part 2: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Really good article. For those interested in this sort of thing, wired did a pretty good series on accents in the US recently on youtube: [LINK] [VIDEO] [LINK]
Read original comment ↗In the US there is a Northern Cities Vowel shift going on right now, that this linguist claims is the biggest vowel shift since “The Great Vowel Shift.” See this video starting at 7:10 [VIDEO] Maybe related to what’s happening in Canadian English?
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