You say that this would have had to be 10 times longer in order to be thorough. I say go ahead and make that video.

@Doug_Hannon

3 жыл бұрын

I second that motion

@anroy_amar3530

3 жыл бұрын

I'll sign the petition

@AttnDefDis_

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@brookenjonas

3 жыл бұрын

Right?!

@lindsaypell

3 жыл бұрын

100%

Erik: “These need to be 10x longer” Everyone watching: “Better get started, then.”

@uhohhotdog

2 жыл бұрын

Right?

@valep24

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously. We need 10 more videos at least.

@stuffylamb3420

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously lol. I just found these videos, they're mesmerizing.

@trenae77

2 жыл бұрын

Crowdfund? :-D Where do I sign up!

@ball_soup

2 жыл бұрын

Bedder ge’ starded den

Immensely entertaining. I am in awe of his ability to speak in all those accents. He needs to be a tv star.

@JohnGramer06

Жыл бұрын

Ig that's what happens when ur a dialect coach, u master all dialects

@erinkinsella91

Жыл бұрын

He trained as an actor

@skydancer15

Жыл бұрын

He probably TRAINS actors!

@valeriesimonson9811

Жыл бұрын

Why be a movie star when you can be a master linguist??? 😎

@AndJusTIceForRob

11 ай бұрын

I’m willing to bet that the supporting staff industry for movies is huge. Getting well compensated to play a supporting role in your specialty without as much pressure with personal performance and deadlines is probably nice.

his newfie accent is pretty good, actually! one thing that's pretty particular to atlantic canadian accents is they're kind of "mumbled", for lack of a better word. we tend to keep our mouths somewhat closed and a lot of us talk VERY fast.

@richarddevine3642

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing! Newfies get so overexcited I can't understand a word they say!

@monikaash5781

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, but as a Canadian, I have to totally disagree. Right off the bat, he failed to pronounce "Newfoundl - AND -d" correctly and he made everything else sound completely Irish, which is not the case even in Southern N, where the hard Ts are in fact dropped at the end of words ("Roight"). He nailed the Cajun accent, though, making it sound even more Acadien.

@monikaash5781

Жыл бұрын

Also, we don't call ourselves "newfies" anymore, as it is considered derogatory; the correct term is "NewfoundlANDers",please.

@dougdimmadome9241

Жыл бұрын

@@monikaash5781 strong reaction for "pretty good". also note the use of the word "we"... one of the best things about atlantic canada in general be it N+L, NB or PEI is that the dialects and accents are so varied and all rather different.

@dougdimmadome9241

Жыл бұрын

@@monikaash5781 if i wasn't clear enough, we don't all consider newfie a derogatory term. some of us (i'm talking about me, here) have been called actual slurs.

The way he can slip into accents at will is unnerving.

@G_F1

3 жыл бұрын

Unnerving? I think it’s super cool and impressive

@johnbeamon

3 жыл бұрын

I am not convinced that Erik Singer isn't an android.

@davidhoopsfan

3 жыл бұрын

ikr? when he started doing the stereotypical surfer bro accent i realized woah i kinda do sound like that

@agentkerins

3 жыл бұрын

Editing

@nathanielmitchell6383

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbeamon if he is we should all be nice to him so he doesn't murder us when the singularity happens

"this video would have to be about ten times longer..." *All the comments* YES, PLEASE

@daniellemacgregor6848

3 жыл бұрын

we want more.

@jkeister

3 жыл бұрын

Yes more more more!

@bruh-cv7ec

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please

@renevallejo3235

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please

@maximilianocarrion1599

3 жыл бұрын

Dude I'd watch a full blown multi part documentary series about this, it's amazing!

I was in small Newfoundland town about a decade ago, sitting in a cafe and listening to the locals chat. I couldn’t understand a thing and I really tried. The moment you would talk to them though they would change. But when they were just talking with each other it was like another language. Truly incredible!

@NeverendingTori

Жыл бұрын

This is quite common! Newfoundlanders will often consciously (or unconsciously) make their accent less intense for the benefit of non-Newfoundlanders to understand. My friend and I (both Newfoundlanders) once visited Toronto to meet up with an American friend of hers and he said he had no trouble understanding us when we were speaking to him directly, but at times when we were speaking with each other in a conversation amongst ourselves, he had no idea what we were saying.

crazy how he can maintain and shift the pronunciation so well without getting mixed up!! mad skills!!

“Hi, I’m Erik Singer-“ Me, 0:01 into the video: Fantastic, amazing, incredible. *immediately likes video*

@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195

3 жыл бұрын

LITERALLY!

@JesusFriedChrist

3 жыл бұрын

Erik Singer: **states name** Me, an intellectual: *i m p r e s s i v e* 🤔

@ADballa28

3 жыл бұрын

See the dialect daddy in the thumbnail? Instant like before watching the video.

@chibuo4733

3 жыл бұрын

Once again, truly _fascinating!_ You need to do a feature length one that covers the whole North America. Do you do other countries too? If this were my field of study, I’d love to do something similar, but an historical etymology of England and it’s present day accents/colloquialisms. Well done and get cracking on the full version - _pleeease..._ 🙂

@monoymono9

Жыл бұрын

@@JesusFriedChrist omg your name... the best.

This is Erik's world and we are just living in it...

@jasonvargas7564

3 жыл бұрын

I’d love for him to be living inside me 😏

@gammergames3322

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonvargas7564 sus

@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonvargas7564 Finally someone said it 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Smokey94462

3 жыл бұрын

Got you up to 666 likes. Hail Satan bro. Peace out man.

@jamespyle777

3 жыл бұрын

He said Latinex. triggered and I'm not even Latino

I loved this whole series, although I was disappointed at how quickly he glossed over the Northwestern states, including Northern California. Although it's subtler than differences in, say, the South, there is still so much accent variety in this area. It would be really cool to see a more in-depth video on it.

@rosebonnie7444

Жыл бұрын

He pretty much just skipped over Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Having travelled through all those areas the variety of English dialect is so different. Not too mention the Native tribes have a very distinctive tone and pattern for their English language once you get on the Res.

@theangrykitten

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Where’s the love for us Oregonians and Washingtonians? Sad trombone.

@Chiplinked

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree! Born and raised in eastern Washington and was very much looking forward to hearing an analysis on our accent. My whole life I feel like us in the northwest don’t have accents compared to everyone else in the country. I was hoping to be proven wrong lol

@angelsteadman5688

Жыл бұрын

@@Chiplinked Gotta say Fred Armisen actually does a pretty good representation of the PNW accents!

@Notturnoir

3 ай бұрын

@@theangrykittensad trombone made me chuckle!

The bit on Canadian raising just broke my brain, I do it but I'd never realized it was happening!

His only problem with the Newfie accent is that you could actually still understand what he was saying, and he wasn’t speaking unbelievably fast

@ImranZakhaev9

3 жыл бұрын

I can't even understand my grandfather half the time.

@h.angusmacdonald2119

3 жыл бұрын

he also didnt touch on the maritimes we are not as hard to understand for upper Canadians but we can translate the difference between newfoundlanders and the rest of the country

@aaronvivier8393

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Alberta and i swear there's so many Newfies here. It's easy to understand a Newfie one on one but when they start telling stories or talking with another Newfie the speed of there speech goes 2x with there own unique accent lol so it can be real hard to understand them sometimes

@chrisdugas1226

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZ6LldSMipm1ptY.html

Eric: "This whole region does the cot-caught merger." Me, A Bay Area Person: "Hey, wait a--" Eric: "Except riiight here." Me: "Oh, okay."

@MarStacey

3 жыл бұрын

YUP

@nuno-miguelraposo5014

3 жыл бұрын

Strange, I had the completely opposite reaction. Bay Area native here and am completely cot-caught merged. The only evidence online I have found saying SF hasn't merged references the "Old San Francisco" accent back when the Mission district of SF was predominantly Irish Catholic.

@toomanyopinions8353

3 жыл бұрын

@@nuno-miguelraposo5014 same here. Been living on the Peninsula down near San Jose my entire life. I definitely have it merged.

@m.f.hopkins8728

3 жыл бұрын

@@fremontresident6377 Agreed! LOL

@Suntoria236

3 жыл бұрын

Mhm!

I'm surprised that he missed California's Valley accent. I think that's affected a good portion of California's accent as a whole compared to the surfer accent.

Born and raised in Oregon and there is definitely a “country” sounding Oregon and a Willamette Valley/Portland/Salem/Eugene accent. Some country Oregonians will say Warshington. They add the r sound. There is a Dutch dairy farmer and a German settlement in the Willamette valley and also a large Russian orthodox settlement here in the valley. People can sound completely different just between the small towns here.

@mori6434

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think the PNW and the Midwest both would have been great places to discuss rural/urban divides. He kinda did for the Midwest, but I'm disappointed he skipped over the PNW with only a mention of the cot-caught merger. Can't win 'em all I guess

@joshjones6072

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Born and raised in California, noticed the same thing. There's a country accent here too that sounds a little southern. Not jest bein awnry, s'just truw. Then there's city people speak, and a few others. I've lived on ranches, homesteads, in small towns and cities in California.

@robinyodathelilacbunny7419

11 ай бұрын

Same in Washington. You have the sounder accent, the pinsula accent, the river accent. You could spend whole episodes just on regional accents in WA and OR

Um, I'm sorry but we're going to need at least 10 more parts to this series.

"This video would have had to been ten times longer..." Don't threaten us with a good time!

@reneecoons5057

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, we want more!

That was a lot of fun! I watched all three in a row and really was riveted. Thanks!

even in british columbia there are different accents. there’s the city accent, island accent, gulf island accent, okanagan, kootenay, interior, the PG accent, and that’s the tip of the iceberg. the diversity in vancouver is amazing and there are international accents specific to vancouver, as well as many indigenous accents, dialects, and terminologies throughout the province. it’s all so fascinating to me

@Maxmulham

11 ай бұрын

dude, it's all the same accent, get a grip. Sincerely, a dude who lived all over BC.

Netflix should give these folks a whole documentary series. Interesting, informative, and they all have great screen presence. Also, as a Canadian I loved the quick detour to the Great White North.

@jaimedavis122

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a full series on Netflix. Including more areas, more history and more native speakers. Great idea!

@ghensold

2 жыл бұрын

A little too quick though in my opinion! Rural accents in the prairies and BC are SO much stronger and more interesting than what was represented here.

@thepoopman7876

2 жыл бұрын

@@ghensold oh yeah for sure bud

Newfoundland accent was surprisingly not bad at all! St John's (townie, lol) accent very much revolves around the Slit T, if you put the video on 2x speed then that's about right! But one more thing, it's Newfen-land, not Newfen-lind :)

@Tomato700

3 жыл бұрын

I immediately thought of you when I heard the Newfoundland accent. It was a little different than yours, but still very recognizable

@soph6064

3 жыл бұрын

found my favorite newfoundland KZreadr nerding out about accents in a comment section. it’s a good day

@StarMonkies

3 жыл бұрын

It's so bizarre because as I was watching it I was thinking its not a bad attempt at an Irish accent. They really sound very similar

@peronium

3 жыл бұрын

My Newfie fiance agrees it's not bad for a townie accent that the younger people would speak. It's the old folk that lay it on thick and are basically incomprehensible

@chucktetro1

3 жыл бұрын

NewfoundLAND, underSTAND?

This series was mind blowing. I hope you do the 10x longer version!

I've always had a fascination for languages, variations & accents, particularly those of North America. This series of videos provided such great insight into the subject and was also heaps enjoyable to watch! Thanks ❤️

I would’ve honestly loved to hear them talk about Asian American accents in Southern California.

@yoonmikim5663

3 жыл бұрын

I'd honestly like to see that too. Saying I wouldn't mind another video especially for that.

@lucthin6245

3 жыл бұрын

Not just southern California, but I would love to hear about how native English speaker with Asian heritage sound like compare to other white Americans or other ethnic group. May like to hear the variation between a South Asian vs East Asian vs South East Asian and Middle Easterner accent. Would be interested hearing about the hawaiian English speaker as well.

@gregorygladkov5109

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah pretty disappointed that they didn’t discuss Asian American accents. There are definitely differences in certain elderly Japanese American populations as a consequence of internment.

@drrockkso8882

3 жыл бұрын

This video would have you believe that "Surfer", "East LA Chicano", and "LA Black" are the three accents in California, which is hilarious.

@pyrovania

3 жыл бұрын

Or the Farsi intonation that slips into some SoCal English including non-Iranian people.

I’m Koyukon Athabascan (Indigenous to Alaska) and it made me so proud to see our language revitalization efforts in this video. ❤️

@Imbored558

3 жыл бұрын

I was happy to see that too. I live in the Mat Su valley though, and nobody sounds like Palin here...thank goodness! lol

Love these. I think videos such as these should be shown to all school children several times throughout their schooling experience. I know that sterotypes can be so cruel just based upon how differently someone sounds in their dialect. No one is stupid because of the way they sound or speak, they're just different. Thank you for putting tese together and sharing them with all of us.

as an aussie whose always been fascinated by the vast range of american accents, my most favourite being the classic (and also kinda stereotypical) southern accent.... accidentally stumbling on this series back to back right now in early 2024 has been amazing. hearing the presenter seamlessly go between the accents is super cool, too. accents and linguistics are so interesting!

I’d like to see a video where he guesses people’s regional accents!

@mervkeyes8804

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Like in the film 'My Fair Lady', where Rex Harrison's character bet his friend that he could tell even what neighborhood various people of London lived just by their accents.

@icdogg2361

2 жыл бұрын

Years ago there was a guy who would do that on various TV daytime talk shows

@anyascelticcreations

2 жыл бұрын

@@mervkeyes8804 That's exactly what I was thinking!!! 👍

@808melz

2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see him talk about pidgin English in Hawaii

@TPNsBiggestFan

Жыл бұрын

yes yes yessss!!!!!!!!

**rubs hands furiously together* THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR BABYYYYYY

@gremlinwithstickyhands3704

3 жыл бұрын

WOOOoo!!

@LAGallerina

3 жыл бұрын

This was absolutely my reaction 🤣

@Cangussu97

3 жыл бұрын

ngl i did that too

@multiple_oranges

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha, this was my exact reaction too 😂😂😂

@theoriginaledi

3 жыл бұрын

Right?! I have NEVER checked KZread as obsessively for the next video in a series like I did for this one!

This series of videos has just become my favourite videos of all time! Thank you, we need more of it!!!

honestly, if you put a part 4,5,6,7,8,9 i'd watch all of 'em! i loved this series and have shared with my friends, i hope this gets revisited :-)

This guy is absolutely carrying wired

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3 жыл бұрын

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Me a Southern Californian: They never get our subtle accents right. They always just talk about surfers *Talks about Chicano Accent* 👁️👄👁️

@ultimategreentiger2782

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. That subtle accent was perfect.

@gaywizard2000

3 жыл бұрын

I was also hoping for more on California accents!

@fad23

3 жыл бұрын

@@gaywizard2000 there is so much going on accent-wise in Southern California. I felt like it could have been a whole chapter to itself.

@high_surv

3 жыл бұрын

surprised they didn't bring up valley-girl accent I also notice the th-fronting in some black accents in Calfornia ("both" -> "bof"), although idk if it's specific to California.

@icarusgotooclose

3 жыл бұрын

@@gaywizard2000 at least you got something! A lot actually! Colorado got nothing at all!

I love this series, but small side note: as a Latino mostly we just say "Latino". A lot of Latinos wouldn't even know what Latinx means.

@alexavierherbert2481

9 ай бұрын

There's a push to make it gender-neutral instead of just using a masculine indication.

@HiThere-ig5iz

9 ай бұрын

I heard that and I was like 😬

@Theo-oh3jk

8 ай бұрын

@@alexavierherbert2481 I don't care. Stop colonizing my language, gringo.

@logan4005

8 ай бұрын

It’s politically correct apparently. Even though most Latin people don’t give a crap. I think it’s white people who want to butt in and be offended on their behalf which is stupid. 🙄

@cujo4397

8 ай бұрын

@@alexavierherbert2481lots of people have started using latine instead! the e rather than x makes it more usable for the rest of spanish as a language for gender inclusivity. : )

VERY VERY entertaining and VERY enlightening. I have lived in every corner of the contiguous states at one time or another (I’m 80 now) listening to the accents of the native speakers. And, your skills as a linguist are incredible. Thanks you for the tour - tur - tor.

I can’t get enough of this guy

@jasonvargas7564

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine how talented he is with his tongue in other ways 🤤

@aguafria9565

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonvargas7564 Crude.

@jasonvargas7564

3 жыл бұрын

@@aguafria9565 your mind is in the gutters

@WishMount

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonvargas7564 nah bro you're on crud

@accordiongordon

3 жыл бұрын

Enough of what?

We need like 50 more videos on this and we need a whole series on African American accents, native accents, and Latino accents! This is the coolest series you guys have ever made!

@serenapenner3581

2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree! I'd watch a few 'seasons' of this type of content!

@MajorHenryL.

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I hope they dont use the term “latinx” though. NO MAINSTREAM hispanics use that ridiculous term.

@SlickSkuddy

2 жыл бұрын

I really wanted to see if there was any connection between the black Michigan and the south central LA accents

@JustWriter

2 жыл бұрын

You could totally do something like this through KVIE/PBS. They do lots of informational fun content.

@haveyouflossedtoday

2 жыл бұрын

And while we’re at it, let’s have a whole series on Germanic, Celtic, Slavic, Scandinavian, and European as well, since each are unique.

And I thought (and still do think) Irish accents were complex! After nearly 80 years of considering English my native tongue, and after studying nearly a dozen other languages, I continue to be amazed at the variety of “American” accents. Thank you so much for this amazing and enlightening mini-series.

I did not wake up this morning thinking I would be this fascinated by American accents, even my own. Now I'm wishing I took this class in college.

Of all of Erik's WIRED videos, I think this series has been my favorite. He and his co-hosts painted an intriguing, beautiful vocal picture for me. Thank you Erik, Nicole , Megan , Sunn & Kalina.

@gremlinwithstickyhands3704

3 жыл бұрын

I second this!! Erik is fantastic but so are all these other lovely language nerds!

@meganfigueroa

3 жыл бұрын

thank you for watching and your kind words! :)

“Let’s wrap this up.” Please, no. I could watch this ALL DAY.

Absolutely fascinating! Thank you for sharing this. Keep more of this coming.

This series is pretty amazing.

I was born and raised in Hawaii and the pidgin spoken there is very different and distinct. It would have been nice to have that included as it’s the only part of America not mentioned fully.

@l.w.1697

2 жыл бұрын

Same. I know he specifies several times that this isn't comprehensive, and that this is about North America (which we definitely AREN'T part of), but Hawai'i accents are very complex and warrant analysis. Especially when anyone attempting to mimic it fails. Looking at you, 50 First Dates movie!!

@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059

2 жыл бұрын

And PA Dutch accent

@KingfisherTalkingPictures

Жыл бұрын

Hawaiian Pidgin is similar in many ways to other pacific pidgins in Polynesia and Melanesia. I’d love to hear it explored in depth.

@skidudette1969

Жыл бұрын

Yes. My grandfathet spoke Pa Dutch. I'm from.a little west of the Pa Dutch

@St0ckwell

Жыл бұрын

@@l.w.1697 Actually Hawaii is part of North America. The islands are on the North American plate. Even though it has no land connection to the mainland of North America, it is still on the same tectonic plate, and is as much a part of North America as is Cuba or Manhattan.

And the consensus is: You skipped My area. You must now finish the series...

@gaylec146

2 жыл бұрын

Colorado please….Wyoming, Montana,

@ephemeralumbra

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaylec146 all i'm saying is that i grew up in denver not pronouncing "t's" like utah does

@RutabegaNG

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaylec146 he touched on Colorado in part 2

@kylerittenhousesar-1558

2 жыл бұрын

Colorado was in pt 2 Kansas and Nebraska? Nowhere to be found

@jnome89

2 жыл бұрын

@@ephemeralumbra I live in Southern California and i dont pronounce my t’s either

LOVED this series! Thank you so much for the education! 👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you for making this series! It was so informative and entertaining.

Alright, time for Erik to do the rest of the English speaking world. I wanna hear his Irish accents.

@anthonypayne2526

3 жыл бұрын

He has a lot more videos analyzing various english, aussie, and kiwi accents.

@desd111

3 жыл бұрын

When he started talking about the Irish Slit T (around 8:22), all he had to do was add a minute-long "Ehhhhhhhhhhhh" every once in a while then slow down the last 3 words of each sentence, and you'd have a spot on Dara Ó Briain impression.

@luke-alex

3 жыл бұрын

He's done Belfast, but I'd like to see if he can do some other Northern Irish accents

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

3 жыл бұрын

He needs to get every single accent.

@jamescanjuggle

3 жыл бұрын

@@luke-alex id love to see Donegal 😂

So disappointed they skipped over the bilingual parts of Canada like New Brunswick, Ottawa, and Quebec! Such interesting English accents there.

@jeandanielodonnncada

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I live in the very bilingual West Island of Montreal, and jokingly have said the "West Island" accent is a phenomenon here where people are lifelong fluent French-English bilingual, but speak both with an accent as if it is their second language, at least to the ears of unilingual speakers of either.

@karinzatterberg3845

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even think about that! I would've loved to hear how French accented English would be discussed in this context.

@jeandanielodonnncada

3 жыл бұрын

There are also regions of Canada out of Québec, and a few towns in Northern Maine, where the "French" accent is still strong even in generations who don't always know French like their parents or grandparents had. Maybe parallel to Hispanic Americans who may speak with a Spanish influenced English regardless of how well they know Spanish.

@karinzatterberg3845

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeandanielodonnncada New Brunswick is the only legitimately bilingual province, so it would make sense to talk about accents there

@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeandanielodonnncada Comment ça se fait que tu parle avec un accent dans les deux langues? C'était qui ton prof, Jean Chrétien?!

A fascinating journey! Your change of dialect for each new area really brought it all to life! Well done!

All of you were fantastic!!! I could have listened to all of you for days!! Thank you so much for the intros with the three videos. Please do more.

No Hawaiian accents? That would still be very interesting. I consider it just as interesting as Creole, and Native American accents. Could have squeezed it into this video considering the other parts where more than 20 mins lol.

@mistersato411

3 жыл бұрын

What she said.

@NostalgiCrazy

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm confused why this vid was short and rushed while the east/south of the U.S. had plenty of showtime 🙁

@WoWGirl6

3 жыл бұрын

@@NostalgiCrazy lol yeah it did seem rushed and short. I dunno. Someone in production is probably kicking themselves right now for not including it lol

@RaymondHng

3 жыл бұрын

The title is North American accents.

@rustilldown7

3 жыл бұрын

@@RaymondHng Sooooo where is Mexico?

thank you for giving me the words to describe what makes a Canadian accent because I tried to make a video about it a while ago and I STILL got Canadians mad in the comments saying they don’t have accents 😂

@emmasmom60

3 жыл бұрын

We do, we just don't like to admit it.

@rochelle178

3 жыл бұрын

YOU have the accent. Not us ;)

@noahv7528

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone has an accent. The only way to not have an accent is to never speak.

@fmusopp

3 жыл бұрын

everybody has an accent

@chorbles

3 жыл бұрын

everybody has an accent... the idea that some people don't have accents is horribly american centric

this is amazing and fun to watch.... Erik is a very talented man. Thank you for doing this!

I started Part 1 thinking I'd watch a little bit, and now I've finished them all and really really want more. Learned a few things about my own accent too! :D

It’d be cool to see what accent features Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have

@Ren_1312

3 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this haha

@MrGksarathy

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. We need more visibility.

@MtnNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously they should have done that since Chinese have been here since the Gold Rush and there's even some differences between east and west coast.

@vanessachulapatrcheevin6615

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! Came to leave this exact comment. Thanks 👍🏻

@truthbetold6578

3 жыл бұрын

Asians aren't pacific islanders btw

I'm disappointed that the Pacific Northwest got 40 seconds of showtime and half of it was a side-note about San Francisco. Otherwise, it's been a great series.

@pacmanc8103

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I agree! San Francisco isn’t part of the PNW anyway. Very short shrift.

@G_F1

3 жыл бұрын

I was very surprised that they included any of California at all as ‘PNW’

@milobalcziunas8321

3 жыл бұрын

@@G_F1 similar beards I guess

@vliciouss

3 жыл бұрын

@@G_F1 I think cause of the redwood areas. Is that region not pnw ?

@gremlinwithstickyhands3704

3 жыл бұрын

Feel the same way about Northeast NE. We got culture up here dammit!

Absolutely fascinating! Thank you. Watched 3. Look forward to more. Will check out all the linguists involved. Thanks!

Fascinating explanation! Thanks!

I didn’t even realize how weird it is that I pronounce the “s” at the end of pluralized words as a “z”. My mind is blown!

@oliviaaaaaah1002

3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: most phonologists think that /z/ is actually the "underlying" sound in English plural -s, as in, it's the form which our mind internally uses. In certain environments when we produce the sounds, our minds modify the /z/ sound (like clothes) to either be /əz/ (fishes) or /s/ (cloths).

@melodyfussell829

3 жыл бұрын

It usually just depends on whether the sound before it was voiced or unvoiced. That's why cats is /kæts/ but dogs is /dagz/

@oliviaaaaaah1002

3 жыл бұрын

​@@melodyfussell829 I actually can't think of any examples of voicing assimilation not being expected in GenAm plurals, did you have any in mind?

@AlanlaCelestina

3 жыл бұрын

@@melodyfussell829 “cats” is not pronounce with a z sound, the t is unvoiced so it ends with an S sound

@jabara83

3 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was weird ;)

I run a Dungeons and Dragons campaign where I've struggled to decide how different parts of my continents speak English. I don't want the accents to be distinguished as different parts of OUR world. This series has been an enormous help in giving inspiration for which sounds can change where to make something unique. And, of course, this was highly educational. Thank you so much for a wonderful series.

What a great set of videos. Very informative.

This was one of the best done series I’ve seen in a very long time. I especially appreciated the native nations accents, so interesting.

Erik needs to start his own channel, I would watch hours of him talking about this kind of thing.

@theoriginaledi

3 жыл бұрын

I would subscribe so fast it would break the sound barrier.

@theoriginaledi

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, turns out he DOES have a channel, and I am now subscribed! It only has a few videos and they're old, but I don't care. If he ever decides to do more, I'm there for it. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to check sooner!

It’s a shame that there was so little time spent on the southwest. Given the native and Spanish influence on everyday language down this way it would have been really nice to see more on it.

@royalpain9939

2 жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts

@MFedericoMoreno

2 жыл бұрын

It's because it would be a video more about Spanish than English, and this video is all about English. English in nothing more than a Lingua franca in California where I love for example. Nearly everyone speaks English here yes, but that doesn't mean its their default language. like myself, I was born and educated in English but my default language is still Spanish I hardly ever actually use English, maybe once a day.

@mjjfilms4597

2 жыл бұрын

If they cared about Spanish influence they would pronounce Latino correctly.

@xivallora8834

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@MattD1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjjfilms4597 Latinks LOL

Erik's series of three videos on American accents is excellent, very well done.He needs to produce more videos. As an ex New Yawkah speaker of Queens-Longislandese, who moved fer sure to southern cali and now trying to speak local central North Carolina, Erik can start working on my accent!

The South Bay, and most notably, East Side San Jose, has it's own distinct accent. It would be great if you can make a video on that, let alone, California accents.

@mejia55

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree on this. California is a large state and there so many accents spoken here. After New York City alone, California is influenced by so many cultures.

@williamdiaz37

2 жыл бұрын

@@mejia55 East Bay (Oakland, Hayward, San Leandro) has one too.

@TheGhostOf2020

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that the map just lumps the entire northern half of the state in with "the pacific northwest", and just talked about 'surfer accents' as if that's how any significant segment of people talk in the state was a tad insulting.

@karenmahnke

Жыл бұрын

@@williamdiaz37 🌉🆗⁉️ TY. Oakland native and YES: The accents/dialects in this region differ…. hella much.

@taagolarts3787

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I've lived in both the east and south bay, and there's a noticeable difference. Wouldn't be surprised if the north bay sounds distinct too.

We need an entire Canadian episode. Event Toronto to Northern Ontario has different accents. This was still super fascinating though thank you.

@pex3

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention the Toronto "mandem" accent

We are all just simple folk. We see Erik, we click.

@jasonvargas7564

3 жыл бұрын

I see Erik, I “come” 🤤

@TheRedNaxelaYouTube

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonvargas7564 what is wrong with you? Why are you making these thirsty replies to so many comments?

@jasonvargas7564

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRedNaxelaKZread because I’m thirsty? If that wasn’t obvious

@cristinadecisneros3987

3 жыл бұрын

I simp for Erik

@willlavine1105

3 жыл бұрын

my brain shut down and I just clicked

This was SO INTERESTING!! Thanks for posting!!!

Wish they spent more time talking about PNW accents and more specifically how the accents change as we travel closer to the coast where there would (assumingely) be more diverse influences due to trading ports.

@Greyskymournings

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Or further north- I live in the Seattle metro area, but when I travel to other parts of the US to visit family, they regularly call me out on what the video called out the “Vancouver, BC” trapped vowel shift (bag, tag, flag). The number of times I’ve been told I’m saying “bagel” wrong. 🤣

"What's your superpower?" Erik: "I can change my accent on a whim"

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3 жыл бұрын

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Whatever they’re paying all of you, it is not enough. Fantastic series. I would love to see an explanation for how some Americans pronounce experiment (ex-SPEAR-ament) and culture (very throaty).

@gremlinwithstickyhands3704

3 жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly

@moodypanda127

3 жыл бұрын

i pronounce it like that lmao

@Lithoxene

3 жыл бұрын

Southern Michigan here. I tend to pronounce "culture" as "coal-ture".

@janaaj1an889

3 жыл бұрын

This together with the overwhelming influence of the media (pushing people toward the general accent) explains a lot about what we hear. Thanks.

@rw42000

3 жыл бұрын

Both /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ "ex-SPARE-iment" and /ɪkˈspɪɹ.ə.mənt/ "ex-SPEAR-iment" are common pronunciations found in North America. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/experiment I have no idea what you're referring to with "culture".

I found this series of videos really interesting and entertaining, i'm a huge fan of languages and their accents so thank you for sharing them with us. ❤❤

I don't think I've felt this nerdy in a long time. Loved this series!

I'd love for him to talk about Northern & Central Californian accents compared to Southern California. Also, how has the growth of California's very diverse population changed our accents & speech patterns.

@alexcoffman1439

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he just kinda yadda yaddad central california as well haha

@bychen5011

2 жыл бұрын

I live in the the Bay Area and we are so diverse there isn’t really a set accent. Like 20% are Indians who can’t pronounce “v” and say things like “wery good.” 20% are Asians, and most second generation Asians sound pretty standard American. 20% are Hispanics and they pronounce “y” like “ju”. 40% are white and sound like valley girls or surfer dudes.

@TalussAthner

2 жыл бұрын

@@bychen5011 And then the more inland you go things get slightly more midwestern/southern influenced.

@maria-melek

2 жыл бұрын

Right California is so diverse kinda. I’m Mexican but when I speak it kinda sounds a bit southern for some reason and sometimes it sounds Midwestern. If I speak to fast it will sound a bit more southern though 😂

@LowellMorgan

2 жыл бұрын

@@bychen5011 Mexicans in the South Bay will completely change their accent depending on what language they’re speaking or what company they’re in. They’ll sound like an Omaha news anchor one minute then effortlessly switch to full Mexican.

My husband is back to speak to me in different accents

@x.y.u9764

3 жыл бұрын

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@sydneyw4282

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@jasonvargas7564

3 жыл бұрын

He’s my husband and daddy. You better back off Johnny boy

@PACKERMAN2077

3 жыл бұрын

How about we just have him marry Megan and then they can both be parents I so sorely need

@jasonvargas7564

3 жыл бұрын

@@PACKERMAN2077 stop it. He’s married to ME. I do not share him with anyone else. He is mine and I am his.

Really enjoyed this series. Thank you!

Super interesting! Thank you so much for making this program! It was very cool!

I'm surprised you guys did not spend any time talking about the Hawaiian accent/ Hawaiian Pidgin. I understand it's not part of north America but It is one of the most unique and distinct accents in all of America. No where else sounds like it and it's hard for anyone that didint grow up in Hawaii to understand it let alone do the accent correctly

@SGDrummer7

3 жыл бұрын

I mean Hawaii is a US state, so it’s North America in that regard. And yes, as someone who grew up in Hawaii, I’d love to hear his attempt at Pidgin.

@BenEnlet29

3 жыл бұрын

@@SGDrummer7 same here . Would love for see one hole do some real Pidgin

@shadowmon31

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@inessabella

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! I wonder why. Let's order those 10 more parts.

@Insane-OGarbageYT

3 жыл бұрын

@@SGDrummer7 ho brah dis is one big funny state dat they should cover no yeah?

We wanted the videos to be longer. The first was like 21 minutes, and the last two were kind of rushed. I think the Midwest on towards the West coast could have had more detail, and I would have loved to have heard about accents in Hawaii, but I enjoyed the videos. Hopefully in the future they will do this again as a "part 2" for the places they didn't do.

@Henry-ey9tt

2 жыл бұрын

I agree -- I guess they left out Hawaii because it's not North America. I moved to Honolulu a year ago and I am fascinated by the local accents here, they are like nothing I have heard anywhere else.

@katesclabassi3857

2 жыл бұрын

I've lived in Hawaii my whole life and I'm also disappointed we weren't included.

ugh i would LOVE a long deep dive into it all!! especially with the others!!!! 😭🙏🏼

This was an excellent set of videos, thanks so much for sharing this ✌️

The whole Pacific Northwest and Northern California right now: 😔

@jamescoulson7729

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know about the USA but British Columbia is one of the most accent diverse places on the continent. The north has a very strong Celtic accent that might be confused with rural Irish or Scottish accents, many people on Vancouver island have a soft English accent, with the upper classes of Vancouver island having proper English accents. Areas in the interior can have sorta more usa sounding accents with a bit of a twang, not to mention he countless First Nations accent.

@BubblegumLightsaber

3 жыл бұрын

I know! I live in Oregon and was like "... wait, that's it?"

@unholynexus

3 жыл бұрын

San Diego native here...same. Most of us don’t sound like surfers or Bill and Ted.

@meritxell88888

3 жыл бұрын

I know right? We don't even get 30 seconds :(

@ChrisJohannsen

3 жыл бұрын

Vancouver is in the Pacific Northwest and we got like five whole seconds (that I didn't think was very good).

I vote for a longer series! The Chicago regional area has at least a dozen dialects based on differences in national origin, ethnicity, social class and neighborhood and as the area becomes increasingly diverse, the dialects seem to be expanding logarithmically. I was born with a very sensitive ear and hear them all. That meant that this series was like a symphony. Deep thanks to all who participated.

@uxnosidda

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in the Chicago area and live here - had no idea. Would love to see a video on this.

@TPNsBiggestFan

Жыл бұрын

@@uxnosidda i second both of these!!!

@aceace9848

Жыл бұрын

South sider, i agree

This was amazing, loved it, thank you!

This is THE BEST informational video I have EVER seen! Bravo. Truly. You get an Oscar in my boom

I'd love to see a video specifically on Canadian accents, because they can be SO varied because of the history. This video touched on it a bit, but there are some really interesting accents that didn't get mentioned. As a Torontonian, we have dozens of accents just in our one city. And this video didn't even get into the prairie accents or other maritime accents!

@kayflip2233

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree that there are dozens of accents in Toronto. Maybe 3 max - 1. neutral 2. Canadian hockey player 3. urban / wasteman accent

@nolimitjs7917

2 жыл бұрын

@@kayflip2233 He has to do the hoodman accent 😭😂

@olbluelips

2 жыл бұрын

Decent amount of variation within the prairies too :)

@lylegayder

2 жыл бұрын

Toronto mans coming through

@danman7903

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in York Region and my friends were all 2nd gen Italian-Canadians, and we don’t sound anything at all like stereotypical Canadians. If anything we sound more like Connecticut mixed with the Western US or something of that sort

I would've loved to hear your take on the Pennsylvania Dutch. I live in Amish country so I get to hear that distinct accent daily.

@christhompson3750

2 жыл бұрын

I live in southern Iowa and we have a lot of Amish. They definitely have accent. A number of German speaking folks.

@babipunkstar

Жыл бұрын

live in rural pa and i was also thinking about this!

@skidudette1969

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather spoke fluent Pa Dutch as his first language. But he never spoke it in his later years so I never got to hear him speak it. He died when I was only 17.

I loved this series. I often catch myself wandering off into different accents-and this provided so much context for what my mouth is actually doing to make those sounds. So cool. Thankyou!

This was a fantastic video series, well done!

Part 3 is the shortest part. I'm a little disappointed we didn't see a lot more about California. It needed a whole part dedicated to itself.

@Eeppydeepy

3 жыл бұрын

bruh right! i was so excited for him to do california and he just breezed right through it

I’ve been waiting for his bit on Canadian accents! Though disappointed he skipped the prairies. Maybe we just sound American lol. And tbh I was hoping to see more about the nuances of Indigenous Canadian English.

@mattboy9993

3 жыл бұрын

As a prairie boy myself, we’re somewhere between the Toronto and Minnesota accent for the most part. Depending on which prairie province and which economic class. Blue collar workers, in my experience, have a lot more of the “stereotypical” Canadian accent.

@GoldwingGamer

3 жыл бұрын

He skipped the American Great Plains as well ;-;

@fearingmusic

3 жыл бұрын

afaik Prairie accents are a lil more like Northern Midwest (Minnesota) etc accents with the much more rounded vowels. Have heard that this has to do with large settlements of Germans & Eastern Europeans in both regions around the same time.

@mattboy9993

3 жыл бұрын

@@fearingmusic depends a lot on social class tbh. More middle to upper class will have closer to Toronto accent. Blue collar is similar to Minnesota combined with “classic Canadian” accent. There’s also indigenous accents, which are different as well.

@fearingmusic

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sad about the missed opportunity to talk about Multicultural Toronto English!

Fascinating segments!!!

Thoroughly enjoyed this! Please do more!

I audibly said, "No wait, WAIT!" when he moved so quickly between regions. I'm sad that this wasn't more in-depth. Completely skipped over the Southern/Oklahoma influence in most of the lower part of the California central valley that happened because of the Dust Bowl migration.

Would love to see more Canadian breakdowns. The dialects have really diversified here. Regardless these are always must watch videos.

@reaganharder1480

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Would love to hear some prairie farmer accents, and haven't heard anything that sounds very rez to me either. Though, the Pacific Northwestern accent is pretty common around here too.

@nix1218

3 жыл бұрын

Ya I wish they’d just made this the 3rd part of the US series and then made a separate video for Canada. I feel like Americans always just chuck us in with them as an afterthought when we’re a huge country with our own history.

This was fabulous. Thank you for sharing!

Absolutely loved watching this! I gained valuable insight into how different people speak based on geography. Thank you, and thank all of your colleagues for bringing in the cultural aspects of speech. Well done, bravo!