Accent Expert Gives a Tour of North American Accents - (Part 3) | WIRED

For a third time, dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik, along with a host of other linguists and language experts, takes a look at some of the most interesting and distinct accents around the United States, Mexico and Canada. Host: Erik Singer Director: Alice Roth Producer: Alyssa Marino & Erik Singer Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Production Manager: Morgan Winters Editor: Justin Sloan Post Production Manager: Nick Ascanio Head of Programming for WIRED: Chris Conti Linguists: Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, & Kalina Newmark Dialect demonstrations: Amani Dorn Language Nest Revitalization Efforts in Hawaii footage courtesy of ʻŌiwiTV and ʻAha Pūnana Le A huge special thanks to: Pamela Vanderway Eliza Simpson James N. Stanford Nacole Walker Justin McBride Zachary Cooper Reg Charging International Dialects of English Archive The Language & Life Project Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina Dr. Walt Wolfram ʻŌiwiTV and ʻAha Pūnana Le For more reading and resources check out: The American Dialect Society: Dictionary of American Regional English and Field Recordings: Indigenous North American accents: African American Language: New York Latino English: ~mnewman/Site/ Appalachian English North Carolina accent and dialect variation: Learning the tools and skills needed to be good at teaching or doing accents: Language variation and education: Language discrimination and racism: Lots of accents: Harvard Dialect Survey Podcast Resources: Lingthusiasm podcast The Black Language podcast Because Language podcast The Vocal Fries podcast 00:00 - Intro 00:16 - Southern California  01:07 - Surfer Accent  01:30 - Chicano English  02:51 - Navajo English 03:23 - African American English in California  03:55 - Pacific Northwest 04:13 - San Francisco cot-caught merger 04:30 - Vancouver, Canada  04:44 - Matanuska-Susitna Valley 05:29 - Northwest Territories, Canada 06:16 - Toronto  07:27 - Newfoundland 08:44 - Northeastern New England  09:58 - Conclusion 10:57 - Resources Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► Follow WIRED: Instagram ►► Twitter ►► Facebook ►► Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.