Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik and a host of other linguists and language experts (Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark), take a look at some of the most interesting and distinct accents around the country.
Host: Erik Singer
Director: Alice Roth
Producer: Alyssa Marino & Erik Singer
Director of Photography Charlie Jordan
Production Manager: Morgan Winters
Editor: Brady Jackson and Justin Sloan
Post Production Manager: Nick Ascanio
Head of Programming for WIRED: Chris Conti
Linguists & Language Experts: Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, & Kalina Newmark
Dialect demonstrations: Amani Dorn
NYC accent demonstration courtesy of La Tasha Stephens
Latinx Light L demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English Archive
DC accent demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English Archive
North Carolina accent demonstrations courtesy of The Language & Life Project
Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina
Special thanks to:
Reg Charging
Zachary Cooper
Justin McBride
Eliza Simpson
James N. Stanford
Pamela Vanderway
Nacole Walker
Dr. Walt Wolfram
International Dialects of English Archive
The Language & Life Project
Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina
The American Dialect Society:
https://www.americandialect.org/
Dictionary of American Regional English and Field Recordings:
https://search.library.wisc.edu/digit…
Indigenous North American accents:
https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy…
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/na…
https://indigenousaccents.info.yorku….
African American Language:
https://oraal.uoregon.edu/
New York Latino English:
http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~mnewman/S…
Appalachian English
https://artsandsciences.sc.edu/appala…
North Carolina accent and dialect variation:
https://talkintarheel.com/
Learning the tools and skills needed to be good at teaching or doing accents:
http://ktspeechwork.org
Language variation and education:
https://charityhudleymallinson.com/re…
Language discrimination and racism:
https://www.linguisticsociety.org/con…
Other sources for accents:
https://www.dialectsarchive.com/
https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/landingpag…
00:00 – Intro
02:10 – Pilgrims
02:45 – Boston
2:58 – Rhode Island
3:25 – New York City
4:31 – African American English Varieties
7:17 – New York Latino English
8:26 – The On Line
9:27 – DC
10:24 – Pittsburgh
10:55 – Virginia
11:27 – North Carolina
12:00 – Appalachia
13:40 – The Outer Banks
15:19 – Lumbee English
16:02 – “General American”
16:45 – Gullah / Geechee Language & Accent
19:20 – Piney Woods Belt
21:21 – Outro
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