Dialect Daddy is back

@elijahsmall5873

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@debanjan7883

3 жыл бұрын

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@sweetbitter2

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao yes 🤣

@wordtoyaz

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect lol

@xylophonenthusiast965

3 жыл бұрын

Outta pocket😭🤣🤣

The scary thing is that we'll never know Erik's real accent. Even when he introduces himself, he could just be putting that on as the "generic American" accent and meanwhile he could have grown up with a Russian accent.

@upholstery1995

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@ryacus

2 жыл бұрын

Highly unlikely.

@anyascelticcreations

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that, too. I would think that by now he pretty much chooses how to speak.

@elizabethbarajas8614

2 жыл бұрын

He does NOT look Russian!

@bp968

2 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethbarajas8614 if i had to guess id say California or Canada born, but most likely living in California now because i bet he works in the film industry (though now it could be Georgia).

There is actually a very strong Polish influence in the Chicago and Ohio accents. The Midwest had a lot of Eastern European influence in their accents because of settlement patterns.

@chadwickwright3022

Жыл бұрын

There’s a strong everything in Chicago my friend.

@kyshac81

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is.

@johannakeefe3114

Жыл бұрын

He over does it but yes.

@cynthiabedka4361

Жыл бұрын

That's the most stereotypical Chicago accent I've ever heard. Only people over 60 in Bridgeport and other southside neighborhoods actually sound like that anymore. We definitely have features of it but it's not as dramatic as he's doing it.

@CrystalBrightz

Жыл бұрын

Lotta Prussian Germans, particularly in Wisconsin.

So amazing to see Native American culture in a video.

"Erik Singer again" LIKE IT'S AN ISSUE ERIK.

@A_A_K_123

3 жыл бұрын

it is an issue, apparently

@headcanon6408

3 жыл бұрын

For me it's a blessing. We get Erik Singer again! Lets go!

@theartofshwa

3 жыл бұрын

GAWHD. ERIK.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

3 жыл бұрын

He's too humble.

@geophy9160

3 жыл бұрын

I want more to this issue

I want a series where Erik guesses strangers' accents!!

@MinqApoc

3 жыл бұрын

I want him to guess mine. I'm not a native english speaker and am told by many people that my english mixes like 6 different accents...except the one that is commonly associated with my native language.

@someonerandom256

3 жыл бұрын

I'm curious about what he would think of my accent.

@lilflo36

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see him guess my accent!

@samhiatt

3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. I moved around a lot growing up and I've often wondered what features I picked up along the way.

@TheCupcake1029

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve only ever lived in Arkansas and Texas and no one ever guesses that.

Louisiana may be one of the few states than can have a full segment by itself. The difference in dialect between many of our parishes is college course worth of material.🤣Love these videos. Such a well rounded, inclusive study of accents. I could watch these all day.

@ItalianCountryball11

5 ай бұрын

Fr

I respect how he had other ethnicities cover their own accents.

@rohanking12able

Жыл бұрын

I respect that he could do them himself

@CoolForSale

Жыл бұрын

Class vibes

@brianbrinkman7964

Жыл бұрын

He darn well had to nowadays.

@ayden_james

Жыл бұрын

@@brianbrinkman7964 shut up

@ryosukeyagami6334

Жыл бұрын

@@brianbrinkman7964 pc ftw💩

This guy really needs to stop giving all these views to WIRED. He needs his own channel.

@ikemeitz5287

3 жыл бұрын

He's probably locked into a contract. But you're right. He's got enough content to make a channel of his own.

@killerliquid

3 жыл бұрын

@@ikemeitz5287 Remember that the video editing is not his, it's all Wired's guys

@pbrite

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt he would have time to manage his own channel while still being a dialect coach. By doing this he gets paid and doesn't have to worry about editing the videos or managing the channel.

@miadenae8629

3 жыл бұрын

he’s minding the business that pays him.

@yateswebb

3 жыл бұрын

Wired has some really talented editors and that’s a big reason why you watch these videos, whether you know it or not. Sure, he could hire good editors.... but why? If the relationship is good, why change it?

“Let’s watch Erik’s channel” “What’s it called?” “Weird or Wired or something but it’s Erik’s channel”

I really love this series. But I have to be “that” person and complain that such short time was given to Texas, which is so huge. East vs north vs west vs south is drastically different. Also the Mexican influence wasn’t even touched on which I consider one of the most unique dialect I’ve come across in all my travels. But whatevs. Thanks for the videos!

@butterychicken5255

Жыл бұрын

I agree! The eastern texas accent tends to have more of the "southern drawl", whereas areas like the Rio Grande usually have more "general American" with underlying mexican influence! Despite being as southern as you can get, they don't sound like a stereotypical "southerner" or "texas accent". I've seen some interesting maps of texas dialects online. Texas has a very vast variety of accents, due to both the sheer size of the state, and the very different settlement patterns and socioethnic groups. Also I was hoping they'd mention stuff like northern and western accents, since they'd touched on the austin accent

@domosrage5434

Жыл бұрын

I want to see his breakdown of California. Being local to the south, and frequently traveling up and down the state, I've gotten a taste for a whole bunch of different Cali dialects. Very interesting stuff.

@MacNerfer

Жыл бұрын

Everybody wants more time for their area (see other comments), and I'm sure Eric could spend a lot more time talking about each area. But he probably had to keep to a strict timeline.

@artiglesias9317

Жыл бұрын

God Bless TEXAS!!!

@artiglesias9317

Жыл бұрын

@@butterychicken5255 The latest "Austin Accent" is Californian.

As a Utah resident, you got that dead on! I didn’t realize how smoothed out our accent was until you started talking. I will say though, there’s two different main accents in Utah, the general one that you gave, and the rural “crik” accent, with blurring between.

DID HE SAY PART THREE 😍

@aksb2482

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr I'm bursting with excitement already. PS cool channel

@Adri_Unsung

3 жыл бұрын

Language papí simping for dialect daddy is everything I need

@rafaelfermin4619

3 жыл бұрын

He will actually go through ALL North American accents including some parts of Canada. I think this series is a 4 parter

@bballerryday

3 жыл бұрын

Yesssss this could be a never ending series and I’d watch every episode

@expectedturbulence8475

3 жыл бұрын

DAMON!

I feel like he's singlehandedly keeping this channel going

@Blackmuseops

3 жыл бұрын

He really is the only reason I watch it. They should just rebrand themselves around this guy and call it a day

@stevecooper1824

3 жыл бұрын

While I personally would agree with you, the "autocomplete interview" videos draw just as many viewers.

@vince1000

3 жыл бұрын

if erik decides to produce content on his own channel this channel will take a significant hit

@Blackmuseops

3 жыл бұрын

@@vince1000 they definitely have him under contract. It makes 0 sense to be perfectly honest

@Rose_Nebula

3 жыл бұрын

He needs a Netflix show

This is sooo impressive. I love to see someone that has studied their passion/profession so deeply and thoroughly. I am in awe of the brilliance. I wonder how long this took to master.

This series is so interesting! My grandma has the most unique accent- raised in a very remote mountain town in West Virginia, and then raised her family in Minnesota (and worked in a rural town for most of her adult life). She drawls and has the tempo of Appalachia, but then has really strong vowels and the typical Minnesota "o".

I see Erik Singer, I click. This guy’s videos are so interesting.

@debanjan7883

3 жыл бұрын

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@Panna.P.

3 жыл бұрын

YES

@angeliquehumcke3050

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

@Palidor19

3 жыл бұрын

People just love these videos, they’re mesmerizing

@Tony_Cardoza

2 жыл бұрын

The sewing machine magnate?

it never ceases to amaze me how quickly he can change his accent

@ADballa28

3 жыл бұрын

That’s why he’s the dialect daddy.

@meowolf4750

3 жыл бұрын

@@ADballa28 💀💀

@dabeamer42

3 жыл бұрын

well, he is a professional. No more amazing than watching Lang Lang manhandle Liszt. But yeah, Erik is the best.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

3 жыл бұрын

Erik Singer changes his accent faster than I change my emotional state.

@GeorgisTrying

3 жыл бұрын

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 I don't support your rapid emotional changes, but I understand you

He goes in and out of these accents so effortlessly. Its amazing

Need Erik to have his own channel. I keep coming back to this video wanting more accent breakdowns!

"Can we talk about Minnesota for a minute?" Why, yes, you absolutely can. In fact, take as many minutes as you need

@duskfallmusic

3 жыл бұрын

He stops in Iowa and all i can do is go "AHWA" because as a kid we're taught in MN that Iowa is only cornfields XD despite there being 3 major cities in there LMAO

@headcanon6408

3 жыл бұрын

I kinda wish he talked about Minnesota for longer but at least he talked about us, which he didn't do for some other states

@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, shore!

@user-ru5er5nf3t

3 жыл бұрын

He did pronounce Nor’ Duhkoda incorrectly though.

@balancemantis4381

3 жыл бұрын

@@headcanon6408 We get forgot about. Northern MN may as well just be a little Canada but without the good healthcare

*"The human brain is the most complex structure in the whole entire universe"* _-Human Brain_

@Sir.Craze-

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhhh. I see what you did there. I'm going to use this concept xD

@Tinil0

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the universe managed to develop intelligent life so in some way we are the universe contemplating itself.

@SamuelGalvan_

3 жыл бұрын

The brain named itself

@dmglolmasterplays3353

3 жыл бұрын

*insert obama giving obama an award meme here*

I have watched every single one of his videos because it's just amazing to me that he can confidently pull off so many accents. It blows my mind! I have also watched the New Orleans and especially Cajun part so many times because it is just so good! Seriously got me thinking of Gambit but this is even better! 😍 You're amazing Erik!

It took me probably 2 hours to watch the first part in this series because I kept rewinding it and listening very very carefully... Over and over... To specific sections. This one has been no different. I honestly don't think that it's ever taken me so long to watch one 15-20 minute video. Lol I love these!

Why doesn’t this guy have his own channel, like it would be so successful

@jennypai3763

3 жыл бұрын

he actually does, but there aren't many videos there. i don't think he has posted anything in years

@aksb2482

3 жыл бұрын

@@jennypai3763 yeah I think it's easier for him to do it with Wired cos they have a bigger budget than just him. The videos on his own channel are still cool though

@kush6846

3 жыл бұрын

@@aksb2482 I had no idea, makes sense for him doing these videos, much broader audience.

@mari98_

3 жыл бұрын

Probably production and stuff, I doubt he’d be the type set up his own camera or edit videos, especially anything near the quality of these videos. Editing and graphics are a big part of why these are entertaining on wired and not on a streamed linguistics lecture or something

@kaitazer

3 жыл бұрын

@@jennypai3763 having watched the videos on his channel, you realize just *how tall* he really is.

“Erik Singer. Again.” Like we’re not all here for Erik.

Genius! Well done. I wish I had seen this sooner, as a linguistic anthropologist in-training. Your amazing switches in narrative accent give a contextual way of being there. Lovely!

These videos are super informative thanks for making them!

He sounds exactly like Matthew Mcconaughey when he does the Texas accent. It's flawless.

@NatalieJ22

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing, it through me off so bad lol

@KingOfKingz819

2 жыл бұрын

Was waiting for him to say "Alright, alright, alright"

@dianeturner8375

2 жыл бұрын

And George Bush.

@maxhydekyle2425

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianeturner8375 Bush is a bit less... Intelligible.

@HB-rx1le

2 жыл бұрын

He sounded exaggerated, just like McConaughey sounds. But that is a south, western Texas accent and nothing like north or east Texas. I was actually disappointed in how poorly he covered Texas accents, especially the Cajuns of southeast Texas and the Spanglish of the Valley.

My mans got so dang excited to talk about the Northern Cities Dialect Shift. Look at his eyes, he's giddy as a child. So wholesome.

@emr1d341

3 жыл бұрын

Lol didn't catch that, but you're right. I can imagine that as a linguistic nerd that grew up in the US, that'd be one of the most fascinating topics ever.

@9to5Drone

3 жыл бұрын

I'm very happy for your mans

wow, it was brief, but i was so excited to hear erik talk about cajun accents! as a louisiana native, i can say that his accent is VERY accurate lol

I am so tickled you included some of the things we do in Utah! I have lived in Utah for my entire 51 years but my mother is Australian and I also spent a lot of time with her parents growing up as well so I have a jumble of things I do with my own accent. I didn't realize I have a unique accent until my husband and I started traveling all over the US to run Spartan races. East coasters and southerners really pick up on it for some reason.

the most anticipated sequel in recent history

@brookenjonas

3 жыл бұрын

And ANOTHER anticipated sequel🥰

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

3 жыл бұрын

They know exactly what they're doing by making this a three-parter.

There 100% has to be an outtake video of him getting the accents wrong 😅 Would love to see that

@ianobrien3248

3 жыл бұрын

Dammit Irish again!

@borednow

3 жыл бұрын

he did lose his cajun accent for a few words there

@dabeamer42

3 жыл бұрын

I think he'd probably be able to point out more of his own goofs than the interwebz would

@ivarb629

3 жыл бұрын

His nickname is 1 take Tony...

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if he accidentally slips into an accent when he's trying to talk in his normal voice.

Amazing! Thank you for posting this information

The west coasters patiently waiting like: 🧍‍♀️

@xaph5575

3 жыл бұрын

I want this dude to do Britain so bad

@boyesmc

3 жыл бұрын

@@xaph5575 I waited like 3 weeks or something for a part 2 and my states not even in here lfpskslwslld a Britain one would be fun to see though

@Tom-oi2tm

3 жыл бұрын

@@xaph5575 The British Isles would probably have more parts than this 😂

@starwrs3468

3 жыл бұрын

Canada be like☠️

@Annie_Annie__

3 жыл бұрын

So is the southwest, unless we’re supposed to just accept having either a partial Texas accent or a general western US accent? I’d argue that anywhere near the border has its own accent.

eric singer: talking about the different vowels in don and dawn me: "they're the same picture"

@bibliophilecb

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yep same. Cot/caught merger life!

@brookenjonas

3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have the merger sometimes but not all the time? Does that even make sense lol

@bibliophilecb

3 жыл бұрын

@@brookenjonas well, my husband doesn’t have the merger so sometimes I catch myself accidentally copying his idiolect a bit. But in general I know the feeling of swapping the ways you say things sometimes. I flip back and forth between “carmull” and “caramell” for caramel, for instance

@brookenjonas

3 жыл бұрын

@@bibliophilecb gotcha. See in Pittsburgh (I’m a native) I hear people merge them to sound like the vowel in caught when it isn’t merged with cot. No one seems to merge them both to the vowel in cot like in the Midwest. So I just kind of say both and I don’t usually know what’s gonna happen lol

@veeree1746

3 жыл бұрын

Yup!

As a certified cajun myself, his accent is incredible! Id love a video on that because theres so much influence on that one accent its crazy

This is just absolutely awesome. Well made video!

Is no one going to talk about how much he sounded like Matthew McCoungahey with his Texas accent. And I’m actually pretty impressed with his Cajun Accent, being a Louisiana Creole, I wish he would’ve tried our accent out a little more. But this guy is amazing and I love him! A legend

@wilbertlemuel1124

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. And I was ready for him to get into the Louisiana Creole, but he did good with the Cajun bit.

@spoodlew

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think he got the Yat accent right.

@WhateverLex

2 жыл бұрын

@@spoodlew He actually sounded very southern lol

@mikepastor.k6233

2 жыл бұрын

Watch the movie Killer Joe' for a perfect example with Mathew M.

@cfnuss5249

2 жыл бұрын

He's got the tongue whistle going just like matthew!

As an non-native english speaker, I’ve got to admit that southern accents in general are one of the most fun of all english accents to listen to. I also love a whole lot of British english accents, like cockney or various scottish accents but sometimes you’ve got to make an effort to understand what they are saying wheras american southern accents are easier to understand and fun at the same time.

@Hannah-dh4bs

3 жыл бұрын

As a southerner, this makes me happy 🥺

@priestesslucy3299

3 жыл бұрын

And then there's barnsley, that half the UK can't understand either lol

@kittyhouse1028

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe what helps people understand the southern accents is that most southerners speak with that slow southern drawl. I find English speaking foreigners need to slow down. It improves their English greatly. Anyone with an accent is easeri to understand if they slow down. It even helps hearing impaired people to understand others better if the speaker slows down.

@resegoletlhogile7912

2 жыл бұрын

I find southern accents rather charming.

@fourharefelting

2 жыл бұрын

Spoken by someone who's never really heard a rural southern accent 😅 some of my neighbors sound like boomhauer no joke. I was born and raised here so I can understand sometimes. A lot of the accents on television are commercialized to be more understandable.

You do such an amazing job with all the accents.

I wish he would explore the Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse accents more! It kind of got lumped in with Chicago, which is pretty similar, but they are actually some distinct and interesting differences. It’s such a small regional accent that when I visit different parts of the country people are horrified at how I pronounced certain words 😂

@katharine1229

8 ай бұрын

Yea I was thinking hey that’s not our accent (rochester here) not enough different words sound the same, we have moved all our vowels to make room yet lol

Erik: Join us for part three where we'll pick up in sunny, Southern California. Me, a person born and raised in LA: DRAG ME ERIK

@crstph

3 жыл бұрын

I KNOW IM SO EXCITED im also hype for the analysis of how mexican spanish affects our language, bc its EVERYWHERE lol

@Mojabi_ghost

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a bit nervous about it tbh, but I hope they do another version for Spanish speakers in the US🥰

@vanessa0111

3 жыл бұрын

He saved the best for last haha

@isabellagarcia3703

3 жыл бұрын

I WANNA SEE HOW HE DRAGS MY VALLEY ACCENT 🥵

@sh0shkabob

3 жыл бұрын

literally me

I want a whole video on the midwest phase "Ope, sorry, just gonna squeeze by you real quick."

@kaitlynoddie9649

2 жыл бұрын

midwesterners canadians 🤝 “lemme just squeeze right past ya”

@whiteface513abandonedchann8

2 жыл бұрын

​@@kaitlynoddie9649 as a Canadian, I'm here to ask You mean to tell me that's not a phrase everywhere in the west? I thought it was standard

@emilysmith2965

2 жыл бұрын

Not if it starts with that “Ope!”

@markteague49

2 жыл бұрын

That’s all we say 😂😂

@monkiram

2 жыл бұрын

That's so interesting. I'm Canadian (Toronto area) and I say "ope" a LOT, I didn't realize it was associated with any particular region haha. I did live in Detroit for a few months but I doubt that was it, I feel like I hear it here too? Can any Canadians here provide some input on this?

I live in South Texas and I was hoping you would divide Texas up a lot more than you did. I Know people in San Antonio, Dallas and Amarillo all have very different accents and I think El Paso may have a totally different accent as well. That being said, I absolutely love you for making these videos!!!

This is super excellent!! Thank you!!!

I don't know what I find more impressive, the full explanations or Erik's ability to seamlessly transition between each accent.

@anyascelticcreations

2 жыл бұрын

Same!!!

@beenaplumber8379

Жыл бұрын

He is a dialect professional. Are you also impressed when an auto mechanic can change your spark plugs and then do a brake job? They teach this stuff in universities. It's not like a magic trick. He's trying to teach us about linguistics.

@sunrise5710

Жыл бұрын

@@beenaplumber8379 it’s not wrong to be impressed by someone’s profession. Should we not be impressed by professional musicians?

@teamlining7685

Жыл бұрын

@@beenaplumber8379it’s very impressive because you couldn’t do what he does.

@beenaplumber8379

Жыл бұрын

@@teamlining7685 I can't do something, therefore it's impressive that he can? There are an awful lot of things I can't do. Does that make them all impressive when someone else does them? Why should my inability make someone else's ability an impressive feat? I can't speak Russian. Is it impressive that millions of Russians can speak Russian? They just speak Russian. It's what they do. This guy does accents. It's his chosen profession. Again, what impresses me is his ability to teach these accents to others, not his ability to speak in the accents. A modern farmer can operate a modern tractor. I can't, but it's a basic skill among modern farmers. I don't think it's very impressive among farmers to have that skill simply because I don't, and that's my whole point here. Among dialect professionals, fluency in the various dialects is a basic skill. For a farmer, the real skill is nurturing a crop to an optimal harvest. For a dialect professional, the real skill is interpreting, explaining, and teaching the dialects to others. Einstein wrote four groundbreaking papers in 1905, each of which established a new foundation in physics, but no one is impressed because he was a good writer, right? He is remembered for his advanced theories, not for his basic skill as an author. This guy is very talented, and I am impressed by his skill, but I am impressed by his more advanced skills, not by his facility with the most basic aspect of his profession. I think we should be impressed by what he's really good at, not his professional adequacies.

I'd also love to see a tour of Amish, Orthodox Jewish and Asian American accents in a video!

@columbus8myhw

3 жыл бұрын

Tantz, tantz, tantz, chabibi

@abgeordnete

3 жыл бұрын

It'd be cool to schvetz about the Dutch once

@naterlandsw2963

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I just wrote a comment and realized...the Asian and Arabic populations here in Upstate, NY also perfect pick up on that ‘shift’ that he was talking about.

@naterlandsw2963

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, terribly underrated for half the cities in NY, PA, OH, etc being Dutch names.

@saintmichael1779

3 жыл бұрын

Pennsylvania has many accents between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, which he doesn't mention. Amish (Lancaster county) is one.

Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content awareness 🤙🏾

I miss you Eric and your online accent escapades, where ya at, it's been a while, I'd love to see you talk about more accent stuff :)

LOL his imitation of Cajun accent is really mild so people would understand what he's saying

@akhmedthemerchant4741

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought lol

@motarded4214

2 жыл бұрын

I was wonderin who the couyon was that told him he was sounding cajun. He might need to spend some time out in the bayou listening to some real cajuns talk.

@emilysmith2965

2 жыл бұрын

He probably just didn’t want to sound overly stereotypical. He’s been really careful with accents that tend to cross racial lines. Would’ve been cool to see a Black Cajun linguist talk on that for a bit. As is, the video’s linguistic representation is already outstanding.

@whatever3912

2 жыл бұрын

We don’t tend to call it a Cajun accent either. We call it talkin’ flat.

@CajunA79

2 жыл бұрын

I find it sounded more like our great grandparents Cajun accent. The Cajuns that spoke French more than English in their homes.

He's like the Mystique of accents, it just kills me.

@tantig5923

2 жыл бұрын

I got that reference… that was good!!

I love the representation of the different cultures, but let’s just admit that Erik can do all the accents.

As a southern Louisianian, i love his respect for the variety here. Thank you.

No one’s ever allowed to call me out for saying moun’n instead of mountain again. Erik Singer said it was valid.

@cielledoux3805

3 жыл бұрын

I never noticed I say that

@Nolamps6005

3 жыл бұрын

Ciel Ledoux Welcome to the no-hard consonants gang my friend. Glad to have you.

@cielledoux3805

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nolamps6005 You should see my Rs and As. It's all an "ah sound"

@jakehr3

3 жыл бұрын

You shouldn't need a KZread video to have your speech considered valid. All language varieties are valid forms of speaking. Really, if your accent is varied enough, you are just adding to the richness that is human language, which how can that ever be invalid?

@daniedco10

3 жыл бұрын

@@jakehr3 because there are countless occasions where people are encouraged or forced to change their native accents for a more "professional" one.

Erik Singer: inspiration to linguistics undergrads everywhere

This series is so so so good

At 8:15 the subtitles read "They uphold" even as the speaker says "They abhor". Really awesome video. I'm using it to restore my American accent, which I partially lost after watching too much British TV, so thanks a bunch!

@teletek1776

Жыл бұрын

💀

"hello it's me again, a hot male professional" okay yes continue

Living out of state as a Wisconsinite is just having everyone make you say “bag” repeatedly.

@JcKramer1991

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like his normal accent is closest to what people in SE Wisconsin sound like.

@autumnatic

3 жыл бұрын

It's a BAGEL not a BEGGLE!

@peterste8652

3 жыл бұрын

My mother in-law says she lives in "Witz-can-zin" and yet the radio people on wpr say "Wiss, CONsinn"

@kindasorta123

3 жыл бұрын

"Bayeeg"

@Sullsfx

3 жыл бұрын

LOL this is the only time my Wisconsin accent comes out

I was born in Milwaukee, moved to the Chicago suburbs in 1986, and have lived in Chicago for 25 years. I have never once heard anyone speaking in the way represented by the "Northern Cities Vowel Shift." 7:02

I love accent diversity, they really create their own subcultures. Erik is so on point with his dialects.

as a minnesotan i appreciate that Erik pointed out that many of us don't have exaggerated accents-- we get touchy when people bring up Fargo lmao

@Wimikk

3 жыл бұрын

I am forever amazed at how much you folks sound like Nova Scotians.

@ArtsyFreak467

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wimikk we really do sound the same until we start apologizing!

@BM-si2ei

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who grew up in Fargo, I worked hard to drop the accent when I went out West. It comes back with a vengeance when I return to visit family.

@ALLSTAR284

3 жыл бұрын

@@BM-si2ei My Wisconsin accent comes out in full force when I'm around a bunch of family or start drinking. Even in normal conversations I have to admit it's pretty strong lol.

@cutapacka4

3 жыл бұрын

I wish he'd point that out for Chicago too. Don't get me wrong, plenty of people who sound like his impersonation, but it tends to be based on where in the city you grew up. There are some neighborhoods and surrounding metro area that produce accents that sound flat/unidentifiable. Though there's always a bit of nasal to the "As" regardless of where you live.

You could hear how emotional Kalina got when talking about how many native languages have been lost over the years. Over 100... I teared up.

@HalJordanParks

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@judybaltazar4967

3 жыл бұрын

You could see the emotion in her eyes when she began talking about the boarding schools, that's what got me crying! 😭😭

@XingAoShen

3 жыл бұрын

i knew i wasn’t imagining things... i could really feel the pain in her voice.. it hurt :’(

@luvmeday

3 жыл бұрын

It’s horrible how much the settlers tried (and still do try) to stamp out every bit of their rich and vast culture

@killgore_trout626

3 жыл бұрын

Residential schools were such a horrible disaster with on going effects. One of the cruelest forms of eurocentrism....attempted, and sometimes successful culturecide. Horrendous.

The end of the segment featured prounciation of "mountain" and "button" in Utah. The glottal stop, dropped "t" accent is becoming more common nationwide, and you can hear it frequently among young people, coast to coast. When TV newscasters start using it (as many are now), you know it's growing.

Love watching these videos. I can parrot just about any accent if I hear it a bit, and people will ask me how to do them...and I've no idea. THIS guy, he KNOWS. He knows the mechanics of language, and hearing him and all of these other people talk about how these accents came to be is really interesting. So much going on.

Most of the accent transitions are SO smooth, but then Ozarks to Chicago was JARRING lmfao

@tonyjoseph707

3 жыл бұрын

TBF I think they based their research on SNL skits and never bothered to actually talk to someone who lives in Chicago

@queerboy8370

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyjoseph707 Erik Singer has been a dialect coach for movies/tv and a master teacher for well over a decade. For years, he was the editor for the linguistics/dialect section of the Voice and Speech review, which is the peer reviewed journal of the field. He's an extremely qualified expert, as are the other people in the video.

@TheDancerMacabre

3 жыл бұрын

@@queerboy8370 Hmm, People who live in Chicago, do not sound that nasally and exaggerated. I was born and raised in Chicago, and when I went to Boot camp, no one could pinpoint my "accent" outside general midwest. But it's definitely more about idioms, slang, and hand movement that you don't see in other parts of the Midwest. Gym shoes is a big giveaway, we say Soda instead of Pop unlike other Midwest, we say Stevenson, Kennedy instead of the highway, and we say expressway over highway. (I've noticed west coast say the the number, show it would the 90 or 55) I also noticed we say "Foo" and "Joe" a lot, the latter almost being a stand in for "Yo" but is also this incredibly generic acknowledgement of a person.

@laurahamilton8868

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyjoseph707 When he started doing "chicago" I immediately thought he was trying to do middle of wisconsin or something.

@josephinehowell5280

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheDancerMacabre Bro, this is a 14 minute video, in a series covering as many American accents as possible. I'm so sorry that 5 minutes weren't spent on Chicago alone.

*I feel like they deadass broke down the accent of every single city in the southern states, then said "these 11 states all have the same exact accent bye" lol...*

@liftingskies8970

3 жыл бұрын

Probably because those accents will be in the next video lol

@PumpkinMelon

3 жыл бұрын

maybe because the first video was largely based on the east, this one was based on the south and midwest, and the next video will be based on the west

@Targivod

3 жыл бұрын

*Why are you writing in bold?*

@isaaclarson4050

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, they are kinda right...

@sharonthornton8803

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair though the Utah accent specifics he talked about were shockingly similar to my Oregon accent (especially the glottal stops in mountain and button)

this is absolutely fantastic

So concise and also really detailed, awesome job

It's fair to point out that the vast majority of Latino people find the term Latinx incredibly insulting, though it continues to be forced on them by a small group (many of them non-hispanic white). Other than that, this is an amazing series.

@number1analprincess

Жыл бұрын

they should stop being snowflakes and get over it lol

@heyitslizzybee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for pointing this out. This is why I won't say latinx and refuse to let white people try to guilt me into saying it either.

@tofuscramble6842

Жыл бұрын

I'm Latina and this is not true. We find the term Latinx cringe, not "incredibly insulting"

@number1analprincess

Жыл бұрын

@@tofuscramble6842 who is we. i'm latina and i dont find it cringe so now what

@tofuscramble6842

Жыл бұрын

@@number1analprincess sure, you first refer to Latinos as "they" and now you're claiming to be "Latina" yourself? No me chingues 😂

"people don't tend to think of Iowa as having a lot of variety" Yeah

@meggzkeitel5802

3 жыл бұрын

we got an entire 30 seconds about us. and we're representing the general midwest area

@fernschiffer9471

3 жыл бұрын

@@meggzkeitel5802 I like Iowa, severely underrated imo

@meggzkeitel5802

3 жыл бұрын

@@fernschiffer9471 oh, i was agreeing that iowa doesn't have a lot of variety

@fernschiffer9471

3 жыл бұрын

@@meggzkeitel5802 lmao yeah, it's perfect if you like corn fields and wind farms

@PerfectlyNormalBeast

3 жыл бұрын

Skipped right over Nebraska

Can’t wait to hear you cover SoCal, San Francisco, the Pacific Northwest, the Northern Rockies, Prairie Canada, Ontario, the Ottawa Valley, Québec, the Maritimes, and Newfoundland

@thisuniquechica

3 жыл бұрын

Please :)

@nicholamarshall9927

3 жыл бұрын

YES

@javla15

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I can't wait for the qc, the canadian valley and newfie accents

@Piper_____

3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah!

@AdamBowman83

3 жыл бұрын

PEI accent: The inhaling "yah"

And I freaking love listening to accents and linguistics. Cannot get enough

The "Cherokee" accent is very much the unique Okie accent. I've heard a lot of older people both native and not that have that sound. JJ Cale turned that accent into the "Tulsa sound". So happy our little state got featured!

Erik is carrying this channel all by himself, I know that he's the only reason why I watch this channel now.

I was really impatient for this to come out and wasn’t disappointed. Eagerly awaiting part 3.

@puddlemini

3 жыл бұрын

the wait is keeping me going

@stinkbug4321

3 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for part three to come out before this one was half over.

You nailed Utah. Also, "Sal Lake" v Salt Lake, and where I grew up it was "crick" versus "creek". There's more, but the accent there is basically flat and apparently most related to the Midwest. This is northern Utah - the southern part has a different accent. I was once told that when speaking German my accent was "flat". Not a native, but hard to define. Love this channel!

Thanks for the info!

Heeeey dialect daddy is back 🎉🎉🎉 Edit: He sounds like Matthew McConaughey and Brad Pitt at the same time.

@brettlarch8050

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, he's really hot.

@xavierrowe8282

3 жыл бұрын

@@brettlarch8050 5:14

@jonahs92

3 жыл бұрын

He sounds nothing like Matthew McConaughey. MM has a Texan accent, but Erik doesn't because he's an inferior human being.

If y’all made Erik Singer merch shirts, I would definitely buy one.

@rafaelgarcia5797

3 жыл бұрын

Dialect daddy shirt

@maddieb.8514

3 жыл бұрын

It's gotta say something about dipthongs. Lol I love that word now

@stinkbug4321

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't you mean: "I'd defenly bi wun."

@danielvergara4358

3 жыл бұрын

The shirt would have fronted vowels in the front and recessed vowels in the back

@evalillian4840

3 жыл бұрын

YES!!!!

The glottal stop in Mountain is common in Colorado as well. Also a general aversion to hard Ts in the middle of words. ie. Water and Theater are often "Wader and Theader."

As a military brat I find this series fascinating. I was born in NH, lived in France and Germany all my growing up years. Yet I can adopt just about any accent in just a few minutes .

Eric Singer: “The over-broad, stereotypical Minnesotan accent just goes too far” Minnesotans: “Ohhhhh well ooor accents aren’t all theet different donchaknow?!? Wuur just normal people like all-the-rest-of-ya!!!! Now let’s go oot on the leeeke and catch us some wolllies ohhh ya youbetchaaaa”

@evalillian4840

3 жыл бұрын

Eh! That’s nord’ern Minnesotans to ya.

@evandavid9087

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not that our accent doesn’t exist, it just isn’t done correctly

@evalillian4840

3 жыл бұрын

@@evandavid9087 Yes.

@gethaunted

3 жыл бұрын

@@evalillian4840 Yeah like I have lots of family in rural Minnesota and people do have strong, noticeable accents. But in pop culture it almost always focuses on those two vowel sounds Erik identifies and actors just play that up to an absurd degree

@evalillian4840

3 жыл бұрын

@@gethaunted Yep, exactly.

I used to get embarrassed by my Utah accent and have been trying to pronounce my T’s more but now I’m actually proud of it after learning all of the different US accents.

@kayduff5676

2 жыл бұрын

I was fascinated with the accent that a few of my coworkers had when I lived in UT

@JELazarus

2 жыл бұрын

For what it's worth, that "mountain / button" thing is pretty common in the mid Atlantic also. I mostly heard it when I lived in Delaware, but it's also pretty common in the Philly area and south Jersey.

@ianboersma1259

2 жыл бұрын

That glottal stop is not just in UT and CA we also have it in CO.

@migotohoseki

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianboersma1259 Incredibly strong in NM too, native, spanish or anglo...

@aprilflowers3268

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianboersma1259 Ahh that makes sense.. I didn't realize I did that until watching this! Grew up by Chicago but moved to Colorado 15 years ago and I know my accent has changed.. but I can't really "hear" it lol

As a Colorado native, I definitely say and hear the glottal stop in mountain and button a lot in my State. I'm also not sure if it is wholly unique to my area, but I also say and hear words like "Pillow" and "Milk" said more like "Pellow" and "Melk".

@cindyh303

Жыл бұрын

We do all that in Washington as well!

He's back!! Also I'm like 90% sure Erik Singer has taken the Wired crew hostage at this point 😆

@BenjiSun

3 жыл бұрын

i don't see a problem with this.

@BM-si2ei

3 жыл бұрын

My concern is that it's the other way around. Wired knows he's their star, so I'm not entirely positive he isn't locked in a basement somewhere with access to food, shower and basic attire.

@BenjiSun

3 жыл бұрын

@@BM-si2ei well, i don't see him tapping morse code for "help help, i'm being repressed." and there's no "watery tart" anywhere distributing swords... 😂

@MakeyJu

3 жыл бұрын

or the other way round 😂

@brookenjonas

3 жыл бұрын

But is that really a bad thing?

I am an RN on a Stroke Unit in Colorado. I just had a patient with new slurred speech - but his thick New Orleans accent was making some people think his stroke symptoms were much worse than they were. I am hoping this video will help avoid this confusion (or at least catch the issue) in the future. Thank you!

@Tony_Cardoza

2 жыл бұрын

lol That's hilarious!! Not the stroke part (I truly hope the gentleman OK and everything turned out well for him) but the fact that his strong, New Orleans Yat was so pronounced that it confused your colleagues. I was in Alabama at a doctor's office one time, and it was very full, about 20 people in the room. I was speaking with a young lady sitting next to me and the entire office full of patients were closely listening to every word I said. They were fascinated by the way I spoke. They literally hung on every word. It was amusing but cool at the same time. I naturally obliged and kept speaking even more to humor them. I assume that, due to it being such a foreign sounding accent to them, they were essentially enthralled when they heard me speak with that weird sounding accent. It's an unmistakably American accent but it's so unusual that it is conducive to curiosity.

Erik I love your videos and I love this concept and how you incorporate the different scholars to explain the linguistic dialects for the different ethnicities and races all over the countries! I found that so fascinating! However, I did find it interesting that the Latinx scholar did not have a segment regarding the Latino/a/x/e people of Texas especially when Eric was breaking down the Eastern Texan accent as Houston in part of East Texas and has one the largest population of Latinos in the state which encompasses many different nationalities, additionally, the Rio Grand Valley also has a significant Latino population with their own “valley accent” that surly impacted the linguistic patterns of the region and the state. I would’ve loved to have heard the scholars analysis of the different dialects spoken by the Latino community here in Texas but perhaps not much research has been conducted on the subject or maybe it’s addressed in the third video I am watching this series many years after it’s initial publishing 😂 so perhaps there has been research on this now, hopefully there has!

As a Utah speaker, I TOTALLY do the mouh'n(mountain) buh'n (button) glottal stop thing! This is a really fun series

As they move west, I'm a bit worried they won't discuss the extremely distinct Maine accent, often called the "Down East accent." It's unique by American and even New England standards, and to me it has always sounded like a mix between "Sean Connery" and Boston in its pronunciation. I'd recommend if anybody in this series is going to cover it, look up Maine comedian Tim Sample. He does a lot of stand-up bits with a very intentionally intense Down East accent and it's pretty great.

@shmunkyman33

3 жыл бұрын

Is that the one where they pronounce "bag" as "bay-g"?

@thinkfact

3 жыл бұрын

@@shmunkyman33 I mean, that sounds about right. Here's an example of Tim Sample speaking at one of his stand-up shows back in the day. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJmbmKt8hMS1d9I.html

@Krista2882

3 жыл бұрын

@@shmunkyman33 no that's Minnesota

@wienersandbutts

3 жыл бұрын

maybe it'll be a detour of the Canadian accents video once he gets to the Maritimes

@JKatniss

3 жыл бұрын

Omg as a Mainer it made me SO happy to see that someone had already commented this. Maine has a couple different variations of accents but the Down East one is probably the most distinctive.

At this point, I see no difference between Eric’s own channel and Wired.

I was sad watching the first video not to see Louisiana until I realized there was a part two. There were at least 4 or 5 clearly different accents just in my hometown and then my older relatives had several more in different parts of the state.

The Utah one was spot on, I moved there 2 years ago and couldn’t understand why everyone kept saying mao-ann and melk 😂

Me: "Oh boy, part two." *Still doesn't get to my accent* Me: "Oh...part three it is then."

@randymason9215

3 жыл бұрын

For sure all of us in the west got slept on

@JcKramer1991

3 жыл бұрын

Where’s the plain Midwest accent damnit. The Chicago one is like they watched the super fans SNL skit and made all their observations based on that

@CypressDeer

3 жыл бұрын

@@JcKramer1991 fr we have no flavor to our speech and that's one of the best things about it

@paytonlott5183

3 жыл бұрын

@@JcKramer1991 nebraska and kansas missing our representation :(

@iunderscoream

3 жыл бұрын

...Said every Canadian watching this video on North American accents

i thought i had the general american accent, and then he started talking about the change shift in the great lakes, and i started saying cat and bought and it BLEW MY MIND

@autumn0-032

2 жыл бұрын

me too lol

I have often wondered about the accents of those like me who have moved around often, never having lived on one area for over ten years. Yet, to the best of my recollection, I'd once been told by someone that my accent is Upper Plains or Montana, places I've never lived in. Fascinating stuff.

These two parts are THE best linguistic explanation for a non-native speaker like me how "American English" arose. I didn't understand the whole process until now.

I'm surprised he didn't mention the Scandinavian influence in the Minnesota accent. As an American living in Sweden, I've picked up on a lot of similar vowel sounds.

@erinkoster8654

3 жыл бұрын

People are sometimes 100% Norwegian in this region. 100!

@lesleyannenewsted7545

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! In the UP of Michigan, Finnish has had a huge influence in the accent!

@erinkoster8654

3 жыл бұрын

@@OfficialMyxomatosis lot of Polish-Americans in Milwaukee and Chicago specifically.

@richbulena8847

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and he completely skipped over the German influence on the Dakota accent. Think Lawrence Welk.

@greenmachine5600

3 жыл бұрын

I don't hear much scandinavian influence