Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One) | WIRED

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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:
www.americandialect.org/
Dictionary of American Regional English and Field Recordings:
search.library.wisc.edu/digit...
Indigenous North American accents:
www.yesmagazine.org/democracy...
www.babbel.com/en/magazine/na...
indigenousaccents.info.yorku....
African American Language:
oraal.uoregon.edu/
New York Latino English:
qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~mnewman/S...
Appalachian English
artsandsciences.sc.edu/appala...
North Carolina accent and dialect variation:
talkintarheel.com/
Learning the tools and skills needed to be good at teaching or doing accents:
ktspeechwork.org
Language variation and education:
charityhudleymallinson.com/re...
Language discrimination and racism:
www.linguisticsociety.org/con...
Other sources for accents:
www.dialectsarchive.com/
/ _created
dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/landingpag...
storycorps.org/
accent.gmu.edu/
visualaccentdialectarchive.com//
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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@jiamingjin1433 3 года назад

this dude is carrying wired.

@claymccoy 3 года назад

Facts.

@saffrons12 3 года назад

👌😂

@JakeTheBear1 3 года назад

Legit

@sirleebutler 3 года назад

only reason i subscribed.

@rogalhokk981 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pq-Qs-n6Vek.html :)

@VinEllis 3 года назад

Everyone in America: “I don’t have an accent.”

@VinEllis 3 года назад

@KingAlex21 - every single person who speaks, ever, has an accent.

@chickenmcgriffin3494 3 года назад

hahahahahahahha America Stupid hahahahahahahahhahah

@ShawnMcClearn-Yinzer-At-Heart 3 года назад

I grew up in western PA. I'm well aware of the Yinzer accent.

@xxMissHyperxx 3 года назад

I had my coworker who speaks russian tell me she didn't think she had one And I was like honey literally EVERYBODY has an accent. I have a PNW/Idaho accent. You have a slight russian/pnw accent.

@KalEL224 3 года назад

You don’t hear your accent cause everyone around you speaks like you.

@nicholkid Год назад

I didn't expect this vid to be so impressive. This guy is an accent wizard.

@jtgd Год назад

He’s a wot?

@Mizrob10 Год назад

@@jtgd a wizard, J

@HalifaxHercules Год назад

I was hoping that he would talk about Canadian accents, including Standard Canadian and Atlantic Canadian. "Standard Canadian" subgroups include Pacific Northwest, Aboriginal Canadian, Inland (Prairie), Ontarian, and Quebecois (though it sounds similar to Parisian). "Atlantic Canadian" subgroups include Lunenburg, Maritimer, and Newfoundland. Newfoundland English is the most difficult to understand as the speech rate is usually fast and its vocabulary is much different than the rest of Canada due to its Irish, Southwest English, and Bristol influences.

@ko0974 10 месяцев назад

Newfound land is absolutely identical to Irish speaking

@pubgjesus8855 7 месяцев назад

I could do that too, i just don’t want to.

@chastitydillard5126 Год назад

I've never seen an accent video that takes ethnicity, race, cultural and regional differences into consideration. Thank you for that!

@officaldungeons Год назад

@@Rob-iy2rt kind of sus, what are you? A l1btard?

@theHalstedJones Год назад

100% agree. Never seen it considered either. They always focus on the white version.

@jmakinson Год назад

I started growing up in eastern NC nearly 40 years ago and we saw the difference then. Us white folks talked different than the black folks and it wasn't just "urban influence" like was pointed out to us. It was two similar but distinct accents born of similar but distinct (at least in the 80's in my rural area) experiences.

@emc477 Год назад

iirc ethnicity, race, cultural differences map on to regions.

@ReelNinja1 Год назад

@@Rob-iy2rt if you think black and white New Yorkers spoke the same in the 90’s, do I have news for you….

@rowen42069 3 года назад

when Wired is running low on views Wired: *honey where's my Eric Singer*

@rogalhokk981 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pq-Qs-n6Vek.html :)

@edgardomartin8299 3 года назад

I think you mean "where's Accents Daddy".

@jerriandfriends 3 года назад

and they'll get me every time

@averyshaw2142 3 года назад

And we are fine with that 😂

@Asidders 3 года назад

@@edgardomartin8299 Dialect Daddy (for the alliteration)

@diamondprincxss 3 года назад

I find it SOOOO trippy how he just shifts accents like it’s nothing

@NickC_222 3 года назад

So true. It's almost jarring sometimes because it's something we all think of as being so personal, and yet he's just so totally convincing with every single one of them. It's the small details and mannerisms and little nuances he nails that really sell an accent.

@diamondprincxss 3 года назад

@@NickC_222 right! I aspire to be like that! I really wanna nail accents in different languages that I speak but it’s taking a lot of practice 😅😅

@Tonatheos 3 года назад

It's not hard once you practice enough lmao

@sentientdumpstersludge 2 года назад

It's mesmerizing! I love how he refers to actors as "living through an accent" because they "naturally" have that accent in them vs an actor "putting on"/"wearing" an accent. I've always been good at mimicking accents so this guy fascinates me

@diamondprincxss 2 года назад

@@btewb yeah to me it is

@nikkinikkinikki98 Год назад

Can you do a series like this but for decades as well? Like how accents have sort of changed over the years. Even the 80s and 90s, which weren’t super long ago, have such different accents

@christophernayar6543 Год назад

@@guyincognito8440 not sure if you are serious. But the language expert in this video even confirmed that accents have changed over time. He even starts the video explaining that time since the introduction of English to a region effects accents. I’m 5 minutes into the video and he already gave example twice. 2:30 3:53

@neilworms2 Год назад

@@guyincognito8440 New York City Accents of people in their 60s and up are way different than people under 40. That's the most obvious one I can think of.

@neilworms2 Год назад

Ok dude live in your own reality.

@neilworms2 Год назад

@@guyincognito8440 Bang!

@Copperkaiju Год назад

I want to agree to an extent but I suspect that films and TV may play a role in how we perceive accents over the decades.

@testuhclees Год назад

He hit that Appalachian accent nail on the head.

@NC-1861 Год назад

No he did not lmao. He butchered it.

@testuhclees Год назад

@@NC-1861 maybe for the accent in your specific locale, there are hundreds of miles of Appalachian mountains, and accidents can change in as little as a hundred. In my area, he got the accent nail on the head

@NC-1861 Год назад

@kennethlewis6473 No he didn't.

@testuhclees Год назад

@@NC-1861 your conversational wit astounds me.

@NC-1861 Год назад

@@testuhclees Your lack of hearing astounds me.

@holidaytrout5174 3 года назад

Dudes like "I'm not about to imitate black people, allow my black friends do it"

@JesusChrist2000BC 3 года назад

@@o0TheKillerFish0o Transatlantic slave trade is false now? I suppose my history degree is worthless.

@devilpupbear09 3 года назад

Smart dude

@nvwest 3 года назад

@@o0TheKillerFish0o everything she says is related to what caused these dialects

@artificialavocado9652 3 года назад

It’s classy and smart. His black and Latino colleagues are more accurate than he would likely be.

@prprinceset987 3 года назад

@@o0TheKillerFish0o You cannot be this dense.. smh

@chengkuowolf 3 года назад

I feel like I attended an expensive and professional class for free.

@CT--tw2jl 3 года назад

We all do

@DrNukeShow 3 года назад

Got to watch. Can't miss good deal. Bang for my buck. What a bargain. Satisfied customer.

@davidshi451 3 года назад

"My name is Erik Singer, and this is my MasterClass"

@fantellerhur 3 года назад

yeah, this is a+ content

@zimnizzle 3 года назад

Honestly this is Quality Content. I feel RU-vid is worth it just for video like these. AND THERE IS A PART 2! Yaaaas.

@jamieblanche3963 Год назад

As a Scot, I was particularly taken with the Okracoke Accent. The western isles accents here have some real twists in them too; a delight to listen to. It was lovely to hear that connection in the Okracoke speech. Like meeting distant family.

@rexmyers991 Год назад

HOLY COW! As a military brat growing up all across America and then as an airline pilot listening to people all across America I am SO IMPRESSED with your linguistic skills. Many times, I have had to ‘translate’ dialog in a movie featuring regional accents to friends and family who ask how can I understand. I can’t wait for Part Two.

@GaneyMilSim 3 года назад

His ability to switch accents in the middle of a sentence truly is a testament to his talent. Unbelievable.

@danieltaber4924 3 года назад

It's also super distracting - I need to rewatch a few times because I keep getting blown away by his presentation.

@mistaTVD3199 3 года назад

Right! I imagine once you are a true expert on speech, you understand what is occurring in your mouth that makes the accent sound the way it does. Its amazing he knows all these different types of accents so well, down to small regions

@rogalhokk981 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pq-Qs-n6Vek.html :)

@cut-- 3 года назад

still not sure why THOUGHTY2 sounds like FORTY2 ! :):)

@i_marcus_quintus 3 года назад

Wait until you find out that some people can flat out switch languages mid-sentences!

@ashlady9 3 года назад

I bet homie has forgotten what his own voice actually sounds like.

@joethecounselor 3 года назад

Bruh, as a speaker of different languages, student of many dialects, I wonder often what my own is. This is the continuous melding of language and the human experience.

@krisostomoyabarrera2255 3 года назад

@@joethecounselor I speak 4 languages pretty regularly. I have different tone and "persona" in each one. It gets freaky when people point out my mood change when I'm speaking to people.

@joethecounselor 3 года назад

@@krisostomoyabarrera2255 Yes! I see this time and again. Our language seems to emote our personality. Languages add meaning beyond our initial thoughts interpreted by others based on their own experiences. We assign meanings to words we place between languages that we might not have said that are implicit in the second. My wife and I decided a core concept to our marriage in English, "The nicer we are, the nicer we'll be." To my Spanish speaking clients, "Lo mas simpatico estemos, lo mas simpatico seremos"(add accents), means so much more. It really defines what I meant to say in the first place. Languages have meanings that go beyond our simple intentions.

@cinnamon5675 3 года назад

@@krisostomoyabarrera2255 I’m fluent in spanish and english, in english I’m more proper but when I speak spanish things kinda just flow out of my mouth

@legohexman2858 3 года назад

Standard American, or he lives in Certain parts of Florida

@vladbol Год назад

It was incredibly interesting. I need to rewatch the video many times because as non-english speaker it's really hard to understand the differences between accents.

@bennri Год назад

He's telling you where. R, L, diphthongs, cot/caught,

@artemis2520 Год назад

I'm American, born and raised, and even I have trouble differentiating between accents! Don't feel bad.

@vladbol Год назад

@@bennri I understand it, but I can't hear it, some sounds seem the same to me. For example, in my native language there are no diphthongs, no interdental sounds, consonants are pronounced harder. I had to learn to distinguish and pronounce them.

@MarianaHidden Год назад

Same, a lot sounds the same for me lol

@Jenskieez Год назад

as an Australian, I can definitely hear the difference with the New England and southern accents, but everything else sounds extremely similar. doesn't help that most young American people and content creators I hear on the internet all seem to speak with the same general American accent to my ears

@dylandolisi6724 5 месяцев назад

Watching him switch between accents so smoothly is like watching a magic trick...

@nonofyabidness 3 года назад

when everyone in the group project does their part

@360.Tapestry 3 года назад

_r a r e_

@Sk2PPer 3 года назад

😂💯

@franceslock1662 3 года назад

Without leaving their contribution to the eleventh hour.

@davidshi451 3 года назад

We love to see it!

@elainekan4209 3 года назад

THIS is the best comment LOOOOL

@HKasian 3 года назад

It's so impressive how he immediately jumps between accents

@downwithtrudeau 3 года назад

Try watching this high

@eduardochavacano 3 года назад

I was an American accent trainer. I never been to America. I can teach Chinese people to sound American in a period 2 to 3 months. My Chinese students are the best

@timmyt603 3 года назад

I agree....I LOVED this video but at times (only 2 or 3) the jumping between confused me when he continued talking about the same area.

@cccatyh 3 года назад

the way it is so seamless just blows my mind

@maverick9300 3 года назад

You're missing all the video cuts. He's very good. It's just the appearance of perfection.

@aspiringrootwoman24 Год назад

I really love the time taken to bring in ethnolinguists to identify differences among non-white English speakers

@ReelNinja1 Год назад

@@Rob-iy2rt honest question, how many white New Yorkers do you hear talking like black New Yorkers such as Jay-Z, 50 Cent, or Nas?

@pingasblobfish97 Год назад

@@ReelNinja1 significant amount , especially in low income neighborhoods I also see blacks talking like Caucasians I am born and live In New York.

@zerosoma33 Год назад

Yawn 🥱

@SoTomi87 Месяц назад

Talking like a Caucasian? You mean speaking properly.

@kathy571 Месяц назад

@@pingasblobfish97 Are there any White people left in New York City? When I was born in Queens in 1959 New York City was 90% White, now I'd say its no more than 20% White. I left 30 years ago, when I've been back its like being in a different country. The NewYork accent is gone

@therealdeal9600 Год назад

Excellent, you guys are really talented. I never knew America has so many accents Mind blown!!

@Tyonicle Год назад

Americans do

@ChorizoFungis Год назад

Will you never know our culture because y’all are too busy hating on us thinking y’all are better

@Tyonicle Год назад

@@ChorizoFungis frfr

@joylowther5068 Год назад

Oh yeah, different areas,ie south, north east, texas, midwest all have different accents.

@kimberlyevans7378 Год назад

Oh yeah!!

@riv8005 2 года назад

I am continously forgetting how his voice originally sounds

@staceyklump6495 2 года назад

Same! He had me rofl when that deep east coast accent said 'lots of lemon lollipops... I like to lick them" 😂😂😂 I can just see the stereotypical construction worker saying I like to lick them!

@clvsq 2 года назад

He probably does too 😂

@chysimonee 2 года назад

yes lmaooo 🤣

@marvelouss719 2 года назад

Because he is so handsome.

@josh0g 2 года назад

He changes so fluidly.

@kr9807 3 года назад

The way he effortlessly shifts his accent to whatever accent he is discussing is making my brain jumpy.

@davidshi451 3 года назад

At this point he's just flexing on us, and I love it

@RibusPQR 3 года назад

This guy is a wizard - he's studied this heavily for a long time, and now he can perform magic.

@jackconnolly5308 3 года назад

to be fair his accent impressions aren't very good. Especially his Boston accent

@tinydancer7426 3 года назад

@@jackconnolly5308 And he did a lousy job with his "Balmorese". It's "....go downy Ocean ...." not down to the ocean. And actually, there is a large contingent who would actually say that they are "..... going down a shore ....", the ocean wouldn't even be alluded to. But that is more a vocabulary thing than accent.

@tropicaldepression8202 3 года назад

It got me messed up 😂

@laurenisilluminated Год назад

His southern Georgia accent is incredible

@NC-1861 Год назад

He made so many mistakes lmao. It was awful.

@ParadiseDB7 Год назад

@@NC-1861 okay bob

@Brandiadams85 Год назад

Agreed! As a South Georgia native, I thought he nailed it (and was glad that he didn’t teach that we all sound like Scarlett and Rhett). 🤣

@Neptune87897 9 месяцев назад

@@NC-1861lmao I’ve seen you in a ton of replies. You sound like a moron

@JarrekAsF Год назад

This was sick! Not only super fun and interesting to hear someone so in tune with linguistics all across North America, but the history of how some of these accents came to be was fascinating

@user-tm7dq1pj8c 3 года назад

give this man his own netflix show or something id literally watch hours of his content

@Grinnar 3 года назад

Please.

@Pistachios36 3 года назад

Yesss a show where he travels around the world and talks to people would be amazing

@chunk47524 3 года назад

Yes! Too many cooking shows. Need something different.

@shhs1227 3 года назад

I'd prefer we just get hours of his content here. We get it for free and he gets payed through the channel

@nanihernandez95 3 года назад

Id watch him do anything

@teshurahpunter3635 3 года назад

Erik: Hi my name is Erik Singer Everyone: We know Erik. That is the only reason why we're here.

@sonorasgirl 3 года назад

😂 I think he knows it too, he’s just too humble to admit it. I don’t know how else to explain the tongue thing 😂

@gracehaven5459 3 года назад

we are team Erik lol

@user-vv5ju3fj1p 3 года назад

Me who just found this video in my recommendations:

@kealabeam 3 года назад

Here for Erik Singer.

@somebody7070 3 года назад

@@kealabeam who is he?

@RasielSuarez Год назад

One small noteworthy comment about New England accent is that while the R's are dropped when inside a word they're typically appended in words enging in A such that "idea" sounds like "idear"

@tomfields3682 Год назад

Only when it's followed by a word that begins with a vowel, eg, "I have an idea" vs "The best ideaR is to play it safe."

@pedazodetorpedo Год назад

@@tomfields3682 exactly, an intrusive R which is also a feature of non-rhotic British English

@catherinezoller4451 Год назад

Ha! You are so right! It always sounds so strange to my Midwestern ears!

@zdmacstudios Год назад

It sounds like an English person trying to do an American accent and slipping

@veronicalin4483 Год назад

love how intricately and in-depth this video was produced. thanks for all the expert references. love it.

@Mute_Nostril_Agony 3 года назад

As a Brit my blood ran cold around the 2 minute mark when he does three perfect British regional accents in the same sentence. Uncanny skills....

@nimue325 3 года назад

Let’s say that’s why Americans keep doing those bad British accents...for y’all’s comfort. 😉

@iggystardust9236 3 года назад

@@nimue325 I think it brings them anything but comfort lol. Most Brits I’ve seen hate when Americans attempt (and fail) an English accent. Hahah it’s all in good fun though!

@gracegaskell8068 3 года назад

That island accent though!! Tell me what wasn't a weird mix of Irish and west country/norfolk!

@waylandcorp5003 3 года назад

MDR ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@sfbloodsister 3 года назад

He sounds Western European in general

@Agos226 3 года назад

This is actually the first one of these “accent tour” videos that acknowledges the different black dialects instead of just treating them as a monolithic “AAVE”. Huge props

@Ninkira 3 года назад

LOVE it!!!! I need so much more of them!

@hannahep5148 3 года назад

I bet he could do black and latino accents himself but it might be like sonic black face?

@surveyorsairinc2166 3 года назад

@@hannahep5148 It's definitely not but to avoid people thinking that, that's what he did.

@bec7080 3 года назад

He did not hit my NC accent so that's great. I've got that "take all the NCs and try to mellow them out but then accidentally make them too country on words like For"

@rocimo124 3 года назад

I was like “WOOOOOW”

@heeyyyy1662 Год назад

A hand to the editors of this video, they did an incredible job 👏👏

@Hooli31 Год назад

This video is an absolute delight! The accent expert does a fantastic job of showcasing the diversity of American accents and provides a fascinating insight into the various linguistic and cultural influences that shape them. I learned so much about the different regions of the United States and the unique characteristics of their accents. It's clear that a lot of research and effort went into making this video, and it really paid off. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in linguistics or just curious about the rich tapestry of American speech =)

@RyanGeorge 3 года назад

These are my "drop what you're doing and watch immediately" videos

@mojovr5003 3 года назад

I agree. Exams can wait, when I see Erik, I click.

@Belioyt 3 года назад

You got a playlist of such videos?

@emiakzemiak 3 года назад

Sooo muuuch!

@quintas66 3 года назад

Doing that now.

@TMJonsson 3 года назад

Erik Singer: the Ryan George of Wired RU-vid.

@NickVennlig 3 года назад

Not even kidding, get me a podcast or a monthly special on WIRED of Erik and his fellow linguists discussing accents and speech trends.

@cileft011 3 года назад

check out lingthusiasm! one of the experts here also featured on an ep of that podcast. they discuss all kinds of linguistics topics, not just accents, in an approachable way

@BEERBOMB113 3 года назад

Great idea

@professorr.5427 3 года назад

Better than Amy Walker?? 🤣🤣🤣

@sadmermaid 3 года назад

There are a lot out there!

@mel_issa__ 3 года назад

Yessssss yes yes a weekly podcast please. There is so much to learn!

@roundmidnight2929 Год назад

This is the coolest video I’ve seen in a long time. Would love other countries if Erik is up for it!

@dillonrose3428 Год назад

I definitely knew accent knowledge was a thing…but you all brought the interest in it full fledged 100%. Thank you!

@CurlyQueue_ 3 года назад

This dude is literally at the point of understanding accents where he can just mix and match inflections like a smoothie

@willritter4076 3 года назад

he certainly does a great impression of the generic suburban US white-guy accent... the accent that nobody wants to talk about.

@janus2059 3 года назад

@@willritter4076 lol I think that's his native accent

@olgaa2836 3 года назад

i’m literally obsessed with this mans ability to just pull out any accent he wants

@izzybizzy3030 3 года назад

I felt like his Southern accents were all a bit bland and hard to differentiate between certain areas.

@colinkamoda9502 3 года назад

By the time I recognize that the accent changed he's on to another.

@olgaa2836 3 года назад

@JonMwan G you are talking about the bunny right? 😳

@meganc2993 3 года назад

Oh yeah well I'm so bad at accents that I can accidentally speak about 6 at once, so there, Erik!

@JoshWright396 3 года назад

@JonMwan G This is not an appropriate place to make unsolicited comments about someone appearance.

@artoflifefilmsuk 8 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed watching this - Erik Singer is a truly talented individual with his spooky ability to change accent in mid-speech! Thank you!

@marsian909 8 месяцев назад

I would absolutely LOVE if Erik made a video breaking down the accent performances of all the TF2 mercs! They're such a varied and iconic cast with iconic voices and it would be fun to see someone picking the performances apart!

@itsnobodyy 3 года назад

Can’t even remember what his normal voice sounds like now

@user-xx7pg3vw9k 3 года назад

Nor does he

@robertfennis6088 3 года назад

@@user-xx7pg3vw9k its what I wanted to say. Dude sounds like he struggels to hold his own accent:P

@Cowatude 3 года назад

ik im confussed, I dont know if he is using a accent or not

@SSSS-wq4vn 3 года назад

@@Cowatude lol

@ClayCompton 3 года назад

Now, you need to get recordings of people with all of these accents saying "I don't have an accent."

@martind.wininger4680 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@resourceress7 3 года назад

Ha!

@alistairt7544 3 года назад

Hahahaha 🤣

@user-zj1st8tp4n 3 года назад

Reminds me of this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2qKBRnyWleU.html

@haleyfranklin5588 3 года назад

I live in sc and have a really strong accent, even for sc, so ppl always tell me my accent is strong but that is always my reply 🤣

@LostJedi26 Год назад

This is so fascinating. There's a lot more to North Carolina, too. Piedmont/central part of the state, and the coastal region. They each have their own accents. It's true that in bigger cities they tend to be less pronounced. I'm in Georgia right now, in the Low Country, and I really want to hear more accents around here, now. I love hearing all this history of locations and people! It's so much fun.

@DannyRodriguez-ji5np Год назад

This guy is just incredible!

@MediumDSpeaks Год назад

When he briefly does an Italian styler New York accent, he uses his hands more than in any other accent

@JM_HUh Год назад

U 🫲🏾 can’t 🫱🏾 help 🤌🏾 it 😂😂😂

@Bazroshan Год назад

See the Offensive Translator video.

@chrisrussell63 Год назад

I believe that if you go to Italy and speak with an Italian accent, and talk with your hands, they will understand you. >;^D

@abbynormal3068 Год назад

@@chrisrussell63 😄

@ArtemisMoon12 Год назад

@Lina S ya, my family moved up to be northerners so they don't use their hands at all.

@mojococoa 2 года назад

That mindfvck moment when you realise he's subtly changing his narrating accent to match the content, lmfao. HE IS GOOOOOOD. But now I'm confused. How does this guy ACTUALLY sound?!

@toychristopher 2 года назад

I wonder if even he has trouble

@abubaseet 2 года назад

He does slip back into what I *think* is his normal accent, which is very generic.

@aftersexhighfives 2 года назад

Generic. And it probably switches based on who he's talking to.

@atrailofblood 2 года назад

however he wants to, apparently

@matthewlawton9721 2 года назад

@Paul Stejskal Kansas is so flat that it's affected the accent

@bobafett8768 Год назад

As someone with a hard boston accent, he doesn't come close, but be comes way closer than anyone I've seen in TV/film

@jaynine454 Год назад

Coming here to say that too-the Boston accent is difficult because everyone thinks you just drop the R and call it day. There’s an “AH” sound in a lot of the words where one wouldn’t think. One example is job being pronounced as “jawb”. Hard to explain to non-native New Englanders lol.

@KillerQueenDopamine Год назад

I love the Boston accent!

@emperater Год назад

Do you ever park the car in Harvard Yard?

@emperater Год назад

@@KillerQueenDopamine Same, I love Boston set movies like the Departed and the Town

@bobafett8768 Год назад

@El John I would but that's illegal

@growing_paynes Год назад

I LOVE how densely detailed this video is. It’s everything I want to know.

@SwitchSilver 3 года назад

Respectfully; this man is getting positively jacked. Respectfully.

@ajpbrunet 3 года назад

At least someone is using lockdown season to make some gains

@Inazumavickun 3 года назад

it was the "Respectfully" for me lol

@exaviere 3 года назад

I wish you hadn't pointed out. But I see it. Respectfully ;)

@callboy79 3 года назад

He looks like a great seat, if I'm allowed to be respectfully disrespectful.

@jp8649 3 года назад

@shmoney vibes Major projecting. This kind of outlook isn't going to solve your self-esteem issues and fear of being the cringy one, Bud.

@costa1788 3 года назад

When the world needed him most *He returned with friends*

@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195 3 года назад

yasss

@Bronwyn031 3 года назад

“He does have my respect. When I’m done, half of humanity will still be alive. I hope they remember him.” -Thanos

@dekstarking 3 года назад

Accenters, Assemble!

@s.z.6200 Год назад

I love how he just rolls into a new accent and speaks it so well.

@bluninjadragon Год назад

i love how we have side explanations for the other race/ethnicity accents! it's been said asian american accents are an emerging study!

@MiloCantTalk 3 года назад

The way Erik can change his accent on command is actually terrifying

@oliviachavez6896 3 года назад

if by terrifying you mean attractive then yes, consider me frightened.

@jryde421 3 года назад

He could rob a bank in each dialect location and confuse the country.

@brennap3310 3 года назад

@@oliviachavez6896 😂👏🏻

@uglyburrito_ 3 года назад

spy status

@johnsalchichon5169 3 года назад

Terrifying? Lol

@suddendeath2000 3 года назад

He spoke with accents so often I forget what he actually sounds like.

@jodenX555 3 года назад

He probably forgot too

@gibbontakeit9098 3 года назад

When he speaks without an accent, your in Ohio.

@zacharydavis4398 Год назад

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

@haroldwing3960 8 месяцев назад

Such an incredibly informative and well-put-together video

@ReidHenderson 2 года назад

I feel like this guy could play Matthew McConaughey in a movie

@bbwingzai 2 года назад

I also heard a little Matthew McConaughey in this guy...i was hoping i wasn't wrong until i found your comment.

@marig.1536 2 года назад

i was just about to comment this! his voice during some of his southern accents sounds EXACTLY like matthew mccounaughey if you closed your eyes.

@wesley_tavares 2 года назад

Alright alright

@bigtitjim 2 года назад

10:20

@Acord718 2 года назад

Lol I thought the same thing

@dean7301 3 года назад

"Hi, I'm Erik Singer and today, I'm going to make aspiring actors cry."

@Kakamg26 Год назад

I'm a foreigner studying the English language as a second language for years because I always loved the sound of it. I like all English accents but the American English accent is favorite. I love listening to my American friends speaking it 😊

@MotlTheChasid Год назад

Best clear description of accents

@meganhamlin8807 3 года назад

"Hi, I'm Erik Singer, and everyone watches this channel because of me" That's what he should have said in the intro lol

@Chyja 3 года назад

Couldn't agree more!

@sharonmcmurrick3853 3 года назад

Yup!!! I’m here for it... 😍

@Bufekana 3 года назад

Yeah, that would be realy good intro😊👍

@ellymaym6824 3 года назад

@@Chyja that chapter

@beesechurger7799 3 года назад

Man y’all are desperate

@tasnimanimanimaa 3 года назад

Isn't Eric tired of carrying wired on his back all these years?

@lefleurdulmal 3 года назад

All that weight has clearly made him swole

@benrosenberg3489 3 года назад

These are the only wired videos I watch

@TheTommy9898 3 года назад

Well, it’s his channel now haha

@TrubluFul 3 года назад

EriK

@sanderappel4499 3 года назад

@@lefleurdulmal I was about to say, good thing his shoulders are broad enough to carry all that wait

@4nn13h7 Год назад

Love me some Sunn M’Cheaux ❤ This video was fabulous-the level of research and awareness of different U.S. people’s experiences is really admirable. What great quality of content.

@missOhdrey Год назад

Every time I listen to him switching accents every few seconds I just stare with my mouth open. Fascinating and impressive lol

@davidshi451 3 года назад

"My name is Erik Singer, and this is my MasterClass"

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад

I feel lucky to get this content for free.

@tpasco1995 3 года назад

I would pay for this.

@jonathanaldecoa1099 3 года назад

Yeah for sure. Eric is awesome

@scottfreehoff304 3 года назад

"Why did he stop doing an accent?" -when he gets to where you live.

@jebadia4518 3 года назад

He got to Philly and i sat there thinking "wtf kind of accent is that??"

@dynawesome 3 года назад

Aye, whereupon he got to the Pilgrims I was all in confusion

@703eman 3 года назад

When he got to Virginia confusion hit me

@dvafosho 3 года назад

I guess O-How (Ohio to ya'll) and the Midwest isn't much to talk about 'eh?

@kevinorro9874 3 года назад

As a native North Carolinian, his NC accent was actually spot on. That was as good as the accent gets for a typical North Carolinian. Obviously, the more country you get in NC the thicker the accent but his accent was a perfect representation of the majority of NC.

@califsherry Год назад

This is a massive undertaking; kudos to all involved.

@TheRealAudioDidact 11 месяцев назад

I think this guy has a native southern accent because he keeps going back into it even as he's explaining a different accent.

@tmikeb28 3 года назад

I wonder if Erik even remembers how his natural accent sounded.

@erikomalley818 3 года назад

Erik

@tmikeb28 3 года назад

@@erikomalley818 Thank you.

@HolyFrax 3 года назад

Erik

@RaindropsBleeding 3 года назад

He probably does. Though I imagine he's had to rehearse it a few times. I play around with mine so much it morphs mid conversation.

@davidlattanzi6672 3 года назад

Erik

@raoulmontefiore4803 3 года назад

Is this guy single handedly responsible for the decline of comically bad accents in movies?

@rebeccalynn3980 3 года назад

personally i was impressed & intrigued in his ability to do the different accents.

@antoniodavalos288 3 года назад

Literally some of the most accurately portrayed accents I've heard...

@isaacster5027 3 года назад

Dude said screw Tony Montana

@skyskynomnom4674 3 года назад

Ehh. His Boston is just okay

@RiggidyNick 3 года назад

Idk, but I do know he’s, in all seriousness, responsible for Wired’s technique critique series and the dozen copycat series other RU-vid channels rushed into production to capitalize off his popularity.

@nikipapageorgiou7350 Год назад

This was super informative, really talented people.

@felixhulkb Год назад

This was fascinating and I appreciated the in depth nature of it

@Blank12456 3 года назад

9 minutes in and I literally can't tell if he's speaking with a base American accent or if he's still in Plymouth mode

@anastasia4001 3 года назад

same lmao

@barbnoren 3 года назад

he is bouncing alllllll over the place, changing between phrases and words

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад

I think he can't decide either.

@sisforsurfing 3 года назад

He’s speaking in whichever accent he’s talking about...

@Blank12456 3 года назад

@@sisforsurfing shockingly enough I understand the concept of the video

@Vasharan 3 года назад

He shifts accents so fluidly, like turning a dial on an FM radio.

@estellem.fulton9095 29 дней назад

This is the best thing I've seen on RU-vid in a while - so incredibly interesting! Thank you Wired.

@barbaradoye1989 Год назад

Really enjoyed this video! Thank you for sharing! Take care!

@bluehomeboi 3 года назад

don't even know what his "real" accent is anymore

@AndreiBerezin 3 года назад

He does not either

@beautifulbeaner 3 года назад

He doesn’t really have an accent

@isabelkloberdanz6329 3 года назад

@@beautifulbeaner wtf does that even mean

@johnjohntv1195 3 года назад

@@beautifulbeaner That's literally not possible

@jonnamakkonen 3 года назад

I would like but I'm gonna let it stay at 666

@JonnyJayKhan 3 года назад

I just want to talk to this man and have him dissect my accent

@elijahlawson4365 3 года назад

@@deechonada that actually sounds pretty cool

@HJ-fb8uu 3 года назад

@@deechonada you better delete this comment and call someone important... That's a million dollar idea right there.

@deechonada 3 года назад

@@HJ-fb8uu HAHA I'll take your advice

@HJ-fb8uu 3 года назад

@@deechonada I'm serious! lol

@brionnedavis7660 3 года назад

Yes!!!😭😭

@StephanLeming Год назад

Very informative! Great content. Thank you for sharing.

@aniresnevil8246 6 месяцев назад

I’m a non native english speaker i cant usually tell the accents apart, but this is really helping me!

@JesseCase 2 года назад

This guy is one of the most diverse and accurate linguist I've ever heard when it comes to replicating accents. He is pretty much dead on and can switch between them almost instantly. Very highly skilled at his profession!

@7roach 2 года назад

Add on to that his willingness to defer to colleagues and native speakers when he does not have the expertise.

@vetobandito2635 2 года назад

@Trickeration lol so he's native to New York, Boston, Rhode Island, North Carolina, etc? No he's just white so he's allowed to do those, but God forbid he observe and attempt to replicate how anyone with melanin in their skin talks. A bunch of clowns

@catherinehenry6762 Год назад

I was just thinking that. too. Talented .

@janetboyle3432 Год назад

He even gets New Orleans right!

@RickFleischman 2 года назад

I did phone (tech) support for a few years and I could start to identify people's locations by their accents. I love linguistics and this is an amazing thing to watch.

@alysononoahu8702 Год назад

I do too

@scootabean Год назад

YES!!!!

@xino_z Год назад

You should have done this video man!!

@silentracer911 Год назад

And this guy is very talented to get them right and be able to do it on command like that.

@henrybrowne7248 Год назад

I know, it's fun. For some reason NY accents make me laugh, I'm so used to so many saracastic sounding comedians with that accent. I have a bad habit of mimicking foreign accents, makes me sound slightly racist . .

@hypnotic72 8 месяцев назад

This video opened my mind, what great information. Yall have amazing tallent

@miche1df 5 месяцев назад

One interesting thing I picked up is that the only time I could really tell he wasn't speaking an accent natively was when he was doing the "piney woods" accent that I grew up speaking (we just called it general southern when I studied linguistics in college). I'm curious if it was the same way for speakers of the other dialects where you might be able to tell someone is doing it (very well) as an affectation.

@blondiebear42 3 года назад

This would have gone absolutely crazy as a “one guy 100 accents” video 10 years ago

@autumn0-032 2 года назад

oh my gosh yes

@rinnieunchanged 2 года назад

Male Amy Walker lol

@kitsish 3 года назад

I wrote "accent daddy" and this was the third video. Not disappointed.

@ANTSEMUT1 3 года назад

2nd video for me.

@johnavelar5032 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@waterlemon9838 3 года назад

Accurate

@Ebiru2387 3 года назад

And what were you intending to search for...might i ask? :P

@kitsish 3 года назад

@@Ebiru2387 EXACTLY THIS a friend told me "accent daddy made a new video" so hey

@elyranch1902 Год назад

I really, really loved the deeper dive into different AAVE. I'm not sure if that's the proper term, but I wasn't expecting it, and I found it so interesting, and I'm so glad to have learned more about it.

@Panetutti Год назад

Smart talented and well-read. Totally enjoyed watching this, my friend. Bravo!

@TheAlps36 3 года назад

How do we know he's not actually British and just really good at his job?

@lpburrows 3 года назад

WE. DON'T.

@coryman125 3 года назад

That's the problem with dialect coaches. You never know D:

@aksb2482 3 года назад

Plot twist: he's South African

@lesflynn4455 3 года назад

Kiwi for sure.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад

For all we know he could be Japanese.

@Setana815 2 года назад

Listening to him switch accents is like seeing a gymnast on uneven bars. So impressive.

@meghansullivan6812 2 года назад

omg that's such a great way to put it. sick visual!!!

@JM_HUh Год назад

I am in awe, its flawless & effortless. Very impressive!!!!

@jonahgolden1696 9 месяцев назад

Born and raised in southeastern coastal north carolina never realized how diverse the states accents were!! What a great video

@morganseppy5180 7 месяцев назад

I come back to this video over and over. So goooood.

@grindstone4910 3 года назад

*Me after watching the video*: "I've forgotten how to speak my own accent"

@megyeager7125 3 года назад

When he got to North Carolina, he straight up just sounded like Rhett and Link. Not even just the accent but the intonation and everything.

@brookenjonas 3 года назад

Omg yes

@jordansmith5947 3 года назад

I was thinking the same

@isaiah3872 3 года назад

YES...I heard Rhett clear as day

@tcphll 3 года назад

I had to go back and listen to it again. You're right! Especially Rhett.

@MagentaLooks 3 года назад

LOL I'm Canadian and I always sort of thought they were putting on an accent! This has been very enlightening.

@sasentaiko Год назад

Oh my gosh, this series is vital.

@vadacris4095 Год назад

Yinz did a great job with this video! Thanks for sharing!

@StephanieHarlow 3 года назад

Fun fact- Saying the phrase "Pahk ya cah in Havahd yahd" is also the fastest way to annoy any Bostonian.

@sachemofboston3649 3 года назад

I can't stand it when tourists say this shite to me, it's wicked annoying

@paulquirk3783 3 года назад

Another: there is no parking in Harvard Yard.

@StephanieHarlow 3 года назад

@@paulquirk3783 Very true

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад

@@paulquirk3783 Not with that attitude there isn't.

@ssr0778 3 года назад

I can attest

@jmacitalian101 3 года назад

The fact that he mentioned Rhode Island is great. It’s like NY and Boston had a child.

@bobskinny361 3 года назад

My family has a gravely Boston accent.

@daniellacardente5755 3 года назад

It's a very cursed accent lol

@tonijelecevic9238 3 года назад

Hey petaaa Hey Louis

@monicagutierrez3371 3 года назад

@songchoongbangdaeng 3 года назад

Agreed lol

@j2a2y2 7 месяцев назад

ok wait this is amazing!!! perfect for my brain that learns best with factual visuals and auditory examples ❤❤❤❤

@NS-bu2oq 9 месяцев назад

Fascinating video! Interesting to see how some traces of regional British accents remain to this day.