By Sarah Currier on July 19, 2024
“This video made me realize that there are many accents in the world, and I don’t need to be ashamed of mine.”
English is ranked as the third most spoken language in the world. With over 332 million global speakers spread across all seven continents, this geographical variety has caused many accents and dialects to form among English speakers. In fact, the United Kingdom alone has the most local accents of any English speaking country, with almost 40 different dialects that sound completely different from one another. And in terms of accents, there are over 160 recognized English accents around the world.
Despite this wide range, it’s rare to be in a setting with more than a handful of accents, let alone 65. But a video uploaded by YouTuber Dan Vineberg of The New Travel is kind enough to treat viewers to nearly 14 minutes of people from all around the world speaking the English language in their unique accent. In the video, Vineberg interviews 65 people, asking them where they’re from and how many languages they speak.
No two sources featured in the video are the same. Vineberg includes native English speakers as well as people who picked it up as a second, third, or even fourth language. He also interviews people who are still learning the language and are excited for the opportunity to speak it more. The vlogger even manages to interview people from six out of seven continents, Antarctica being the exception.[…]
Source: Listen to How 65 Different Accents Capture the Beauty of English
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Users hold the work up to the sky, mark the corresponding hue, and share a thought or two before dropping it in the mail.
While exploring the Alpine region around Mont Blanc in 1789, the Swiss physicist and mountain climber Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799) conceived of a tool to measure the blueness of the sky. He developed a round instrument dubbed a cyanometer with 53 shades dyed from Prussian blue he could hold up and compare to the atmosphere above. Saussure correctly predicted that the color correlated with the amount of water present, handy information for someone intending to scale a mountain.
Artist Macarena Ruiz-Tagle created a new version of the 18th-century tool for the 13th Annual Architecture Venice Biennale. Whereas the original cyanometer was geared toward personal use, Ruiz-Tagle’s design is outfitted as a postcard. Users hold the work up to the sky, mark the corresponding hue, and share a thought or two before dropping it in the mail. […]
More: Share the Sky with Someone Far Away with These Cyanometer and Sunset Postcards — Colossal
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his is the idea of Tri-State City in Europe. A metropolis that stretches over three countries and would be home to up to 45 million people.
Today on MegaBuilds, we’re taking a look at a very early stage concept that could change western Europe forever.
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0:00 Tri-State Megacity
0:39 Vision
2:15 The Netherlands
4:24 Peter Savelberg
6:02 Benefits
7:02 Railway Network
9:00 Challenges
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