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.
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.
@@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).
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.
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.
@@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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
@@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 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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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".
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
@@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
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
You shouldn't need a RUclips 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?
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.
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?
@@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.
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.
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.
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 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
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!
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.
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.
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.
@@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... 😂
When the world needed him most, he did tongue twisters and language pet peeves. This year, it’s going up to a whole different level. The people at Wired know what we want, and we want Erik Singer content.
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!
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 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
Residential schools were such a horrible disaster with on going effects. One of the cruelest forms of eurocentrism....attempted, and sometimes successful culturecide. Horrendous.
*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...*
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)
@@rxa177 there's a whole bunch of people saying that they're here just because of Erick. I'm here because of the info. Erick being easy on the eyes is just a bonus.
So what accent do you imagine him wooing you in? Asking for a friend.
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This was a great video, really enjoyed this part. Thank you for sharing! I've long enjoyed Wired's accent videos with Erik. He's phenomenal and the rest of the team is as well.
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 😂
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
Yes, that glottal stop is super common in the Denver metro area. I say mountain, button, fountain all the same way. Also....I'm noticing that I'll skip that T sound at the same time I use "een". So....counting becomes "couneen"
I'm a native coloradan and say that. I don't know anyone who ends verbs with 'een' though. *Maybe* 'in' as in, just dropping the 'g' sound, but not a hard 'e' sound.
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.
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.
As a man in Wisconsin, I feel moderately left out. But it's fair to give Minnesota and Chicago their own sections and acknowledge that what we do is just on the sliding scale between the two. Also: of course we have a dialect where our mouth stays still. And yes, it gets worse when it's cold outside. For the same reason.
As a Chicagoan, even though he gave us our own section, it was woefully inadequate lol there's WAY WAY WAY more to our different Chicago accents than what he said.
My Wisconsin friends have more of a Chicago accent, until we get to the lake or go hunting and then for some reason everybody switches to Minnesota lol
@@haikat4 I’m right on the border of Illinois and Wisconsin and it’s funny how clear the Illinois accent, and the upper Wisconsin accent are whenever I here them.
Don't feel bad. As a southern Illinoisan, the entire southern half of the state is always left out of everything. Surprised they haven't built a giant wall across the middle.
@@haikat4 Chicago is urban. Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes and all that wildlife....just switching over to what is more natural ....it would be weird if you went Minnesota accent while in a city. 😝
Ok, as someone born and raised in the heart of Cajun country in Lafayette, La., this was really a perfect accent of how we talk. Not offensive or caricature at all. Fantastic!
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
I wish he would've spoken a bit more about the Midwestern accent or the "no accent" accent. People say we do have some sort of an accent, but I don't hear it. Maybe he'll cover it in part 3
He, like most people, literally just skipped over and completely ignored Nebraska. Which is somewhat reasonable, but it would've been interesting to see it broken down.
He's doing the really obvious ones. I mean, he fully mentioned Minnesota, but many Minnesotans didn't have their accent touched on. Those of us with the extreme accent in MN received most of the attention. Pretty typical.
the southern accents part was pretty interesting, i do wish he had touched on tennessee/kentucky type accents bc they have a pretty distinct sound compared to the surrounding southern accents
Yeah as a Kentuckian myself I was really hoping for that. There's some interesting non-appalacian accents here and Louisville itself is the most interesting since it's like a convergence of the south, the east coast and the Midwest all in one city.
Pretty good Cajun accent. Definitely went mild in the accent as to not confuse anyone because my dad has a thick Cajun accent and even people around here can’t understand it, and I live in the heart of Cajun country. Obviously he has to move quickly but there’s so much to the Cajun accent. You could make a whole video just about different Cajun phrases. *wink wink*
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.
Same! I’m like 8th generation born & raised in the Ozarks, and even I don’t fully understand why I or the people around me speak in such a vast variety of accents. Erik’s brief attempt at an “Ozark accent” in this video was decent, but it sounded a lot more Texan that what I’m accustomed to hearing around here.
@@OpposingPony Yeah, many of my relatives here in the Ozarks (who have been here for generations) have thick accents, but they sound far more Appalachian than Texan.
@@reeganchinella6121 guess he finds it to have the dullest accent. It would be nice of he had gotten in depth to point out the subtleties. Even southern Ohio can sound a lot different than the north.
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!
Yes! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I’m a native south Floridian and no one ever talks about the unique accent Miami natives have! You can even hear it in those who grew up in Miami but don’t speak any Spanish... it’s very interesting.
I wish they also would've talked for a second about how Haitian Creole affects the African American accents in south Florida, because I feel like it's pretty unique
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!
Yeah, he hit a little UP with the Minnesota stuff but it’s not quite the same. And maybe I just don’t hear it but the Chicago accent doesn’t sound like how we talk in Western Michigan - maybe he covers it in part 3?
I've always thought of the West of having almost no identifiable accent, but when he started talking about Utah I actually realized he was doing a Utah/West accent. It's subtle, but I definitely noticed it. It's cool how he gets even those little points.
I'm learning that the West has "accents" made out of having no accents which is funny yet interesting. I'm "neutral" yet people everywhere think it's an accent. It's quite fascinating.
@@NoOneReallySpecial Eh, I'm not sure I agree with that. First of all there's no such thing as not having an accent, and there are even certain things that are specific to the West such as the pronunciation of "mountain" as like "mou-in" by some speakers, among other things.
I'd love to see more detail on the Chicago accent evolution, especially the vowel shifting, and how the northern,southern, western, and city areas differ
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 .
“And so with the strong Minnesota accent the jaw stays pretty still, almost stuck.” Me with my head wrapped up trying to scrape the ice off my car in -30(F) degree cold: “Yeah I wonder what that is there, bud.”
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.
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 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. ruclips.net/video/feg6ICTaOGo/видео.html
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.
These videos put in me in a calm and curious mindset, which given my predisposition towards cynicism and anxiety, is a very welcome relief; a pool of tranquillity in an ocean of uncertainty.
@@JenSell1626 not really challenging. I'm taking the same approach to it like I did with learning Spanish. Our written language was recorded by missionaries so it's pretty easy to understand with spelling rules similar to English at times
it never ceases to amaze me how quickly he can change his accent
That’s why he’s the dialect daddy.
@@ADballa28 💀💀
well, he is a professional. No more amazing than watching Lang Lang manhandle Liszt.
But yeah, Erik is the best.
Erik Singer changes his accent faster than I change my emotional state.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 I don't support your rapid emotional changes, but I understand you
I want a series where Erik guesses strangers' accents!!
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.
I'm curious about what he would think of my accent.
I would love to see him guess my accent!
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.
I’ve only ever lived in Arkansas and Texas and no one ever guesses that.
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.
😂😂😂
Highly unlikely.
I was thinking that, too. I would think that by now he pretty much chooses how to speak.
He does NOT look Russian!
@@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).
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.
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I was wondering how many of them he was gonna go through! Glad he touched on at least a few.
I see Erik Singer, I click. This guy’s videos are so interesting.
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YES
Agreed!!
People just love these videos, they’re mesmerizing
The sewing machine magnate?
I feel like he's singlehandedly keeping this channel going
He really is the only reason I watch it. They should just rebrand themselves around this guy and call it a day
While I personally would agree with you, the "autocomplete interview" videos draw just as many viewers.
if erik decides to produce content on his own channel this channel will take a significant hit
@@vince1000 they definitely have him under contract. It makes 0 sense to be perfectly honest
He needs a Netflix show
"Erik Singer again"
LIKE IT'S AN ISSUE ERIK.
it is an issue, apparently
For me it's a blessing. We get Erik Singer again! Lets go!
GAWHD. ERIK.
He's too humble.
I want more to this issue
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.
Dialect Daddy is back
Lol
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Lmao yes 🤣
Perfect lol
Outta pocket😭🤣🤣
Why doesn’t this guy have his own channel, like it would be so successful
he actually does, but there aren't many videos there. i don't think he has posted anything in years
@@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
@@aksb2482 I had no idea, makes sense for him doing these videos, much broader audience.
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
@@jennypai3763 having watched the videos on his channel, you realize just *how tall* he really is.
“Let’s watch Erik’s channel”
“What’s it called?”
“Weird or Wired or something but it’s Erik’s channel”
He goes in and out of these accents so effortlessly. Its amazing
He sounds exactly like Matthew Mcconaughey when he does the Texas accent. It's flawless.
I thought the same thing, it through me off so bad lol
Was waiting for him to say "Alright, alright, alright"
And George Bush.
@@dianeturner8375 Bush is a bit less... Intelligible.
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.
There 100% has to be an outtake video of him getting the accents wrong 😅
Would love to see that
Dammit Irish again!
he did lose his cajun accent for a few words there
I think he'd probably be able to point out more of his own goofs than the interwebz would
His nickname is 1 take Tony...
I wouldn't be surprised if he accidentally slips into an accent when he's trying to talk in his normal voice.
"Can we talk about Minnesota for a minute?"
Why, yes, you absolutely can. In fact, take as many minutes as you need
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
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
Oh, shore!
He did pronounce Nor’ Duhkoda incorrectly though.
@@HeadCannon19 We get forgot about. Northern MN may as well just be a little Canada but without the good healthcare
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 😍
Ikr I'm bursting with excitement already.
PS cool channel
Language papí simping for dialect daddy is everything I need
He will actually go through ALL North American accents including some parts of Canada. I think this series is a 4 parter
Yesssss this could be a never ending series and I’d watch every episode
DAMON!
the most anticipated sequel in recent history
And ANOTHER anticipated sequel🥰
They know exactly what they're doing by making this a three-parter.
I don't know what I find more impressive, the full explanations or Erik's ability to seamlessly transition between each accent.
Same!!!
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.
@@beenaplumber8379 it’s not wrong to be impressed by someone’s profession. Should we not be impressed by professional musicians?
@@beenaplumber8379it’s very impressive because you couldn’t do what he does.
@@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 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!
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
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.
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.
God Bless TEXAS!!!
@@butterychicken5255 The latest "Austin Accent" is Californian.
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.
As a southerner, this makes me happy 🥺
And then there's barnsley, that half the UK can't understand either lol
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.
I find southern accents rather charming.
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.
“Erik Singer. Again.” Like we’re not all here for Erik.
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
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.
I don't think he got the Yat accent right.
@@spoodlew He actually sounded very southern lol
Watch the movie Killer Joe' for a perfect example with Mathew M.
He's got the tongue whistle going just like matthew!
So amazing to see Native American culture in a video.
Erik Singer: inspiration to linguistics undergrads everywhere
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.
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.
I'm very happy for your mans
*"The human brain is the most complex structure in the whole entire universe"*
_-Human Brain_
Ahhhhhh.
I see what you did there. I'm going to use this concept xD
To be fair, the universe managed to develop intelligent life so in some way we are the universe contemplating itself.
The brain named itself
*insert obama giving obama an award meme here*
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".
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
Please :)
YES
Yeah I can't wait for the qc, the canadian valley and newfie accents
Heck yeah!
PEI accent: The inhaling "yah"
eric singer: talking about the different vowels in don and dawn
me: "they're the same picture"
Haha yep same. Cot/caught merger life!
Does anyone have the merger sometimes but not all the time? Does that even make sense lol
@@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
@@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
Yup!
I was really impatient for this to come out and wasn’t disappointed. Eagerly awaiting part 3.
the wait is keeping me going
I was waiting for part three to come out before this one was half over.
I respect how he had other ethnicities cover their own accents.
I respect that he could do them himself
Class vibes
He darn well had to nowadays.
@@brianbrinkman7964 shut up
@@brianbrinkman7964 pc ftw💩
LOL his imitation of Cajun accent is really mild so people would understand what he's saying
That's what I thought lol
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.
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.
We don’t tend to call it a Cajun accent either. We call it talkin’ flat.
I find it sounded more like our great grandparents Cajun accent. The Cajuns that spoke French more than English in their homes.
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.
There’s a strong everything in Chicago my friend.
Yes, it is.
He over does it but yes.
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.
Lotta Prussian Germans, particularly in Wisconsin.
The west coasters patiently waiting like:
🧍♀️
I want this dude to do Britain so bad
@@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
@@xaph5575 The British Isles would probably have more parts than this 😂
Canada be like☠️
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.
Need Erik to have his own channel. I keep coming back to this video wanting more accent breakdowns!
No one’s ever allowed to call me out for saying moun’n instead of mountain again. Erik Singer said it was valid.
I never noticed I say that
Ciel Ledoux Welcome to the no-hard consonants gang my friend. Glad to have you.
@@Nolamps6005 You should see my Rs and As. It's all an "ah sound"
You shouldn't need a RUclips 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?
@@jakehr3 because there are countless occasions where people are encouraged or forced to change their native accents for a more "professional" one.
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
I KNOW IM SO EXCITED
im also hype for the analysis of how mexican spanish affects our language, bc its EVERYWHERE lol
I’m a bit nervous about it tbh, but I hope they do another version for Spanish speakers in the US🥰
He saved the best for last haha
I WANNA SEE HOW HE DRAGS MY VALLEY ACCENT 🥵
literally me
Erik is carrying this channel all by himself, I know that he's the only reason why I watch this channel now.
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'd also love to see a tour of Amish, Orthodox Jewish and Asian American accents in a video!
Tantz, tantz, tantz, chabibi
It'd be cool to schvetz about the Dutch once
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.
Yup, terribly underrated for half the cities in NY, PA, OH, etc being Dutch names.
Pennsylvania has many accents between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, which he doesn't mention. Amish (Lancaster county) is one.
I want a whole video on the midwest phase "Ope, sorry, just gonna squeeze by you real quick."
midwesterners canadians
🤝
“lemme just squeeze right past ya”
@@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
Not if it starts with that “Ope!”
That’s all we say 😂😂
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?
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
I am forever amazed at how much you folks sound like Nova Scotians.
@@Wimikk we really do sound the same until we start apologizing!
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.
@@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.
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.
As a southern Louisianian, i love his respect for the variety here. Thank you.
"hello it's me again, a hot male professional"
okay yes continue
Heeeey dialect daddy is back 🎉🎉🎉
Edit:
He sounds like Matthew McConaughey and Brad Pitt at the same time.
Honestly, he's really hot.
@@brettlarch8050 5:14
He sounds nothing like Matthew McConaughey. MM has a Texan accent, but Erik doesn't because he's an inferior human being.
"people don't tend to think of Iowa as having a lot of variety"
Yeah
we got an entire 30 seconds about us. and we're representing the general midwest area
@@meggzkeitel5802 I like Iowa, severely underrated imo
@@fernschiffer9471 oh, i was agreeing that iowa doesn't have a lot of variety
@@meggzkeitel5802 lmao yeah, it's perfect if you like corn fields and wind farms
Skipped right over Nebraska
I love the representation of the different cultures, but let’s just admit that Erik can do all the accents.
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.
I was fascinated with the accent that a few of my coworkers had when I lived in UT
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.
That glottal stop is not just in UT and CA we also have it in CO.
@@ianboersma1259 Incredibly strong in NM too, native, spanish or anglo...
@@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
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!
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.
He's like the Mystique of accents, it just kills me.
I got that reference… that was good!!
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.
they should stop being snowflakes and get over it lol
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.
I'm Latina and this is not true. We find the term Latinx cringe, not "incredibly insulting"
@@tofuscramble6842 who is we. i'm latina and i dont find it cringe so now what
@@number1analprincess sure, you first refer to Latinos as "they" and now you're claiming to be "Latina" yourself? No me chingues 😂
If y’all made Erik Singer merch shirts, I would definitely buy one.
Dialect daddy shirt
It's gotta say something about dipthongs. Lol I love that word now
Didn't you mean: "I'd defenly bi wun."
The shirt would have fronted vowels in the front and recessed vowels in the back
YES!!!!
He's back!! Also I'm like 90% sure Erik Singer has taken the Wired crew hostage at this point 😆
i don't see a problem with this.
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.
@@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... 😂
or the other way round 😂
But is that really a bad thing?
When the world needed him most, he did tongue twisters and language pet peeves.
This year, it’s going up to a whole different level. The people at Wired know what we want, and we want Erik Singer content.
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!
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”
Eh! That’s nord’ern Minnesotans to ya.
It’s not that our accent doesn’t exist, it just isn’t done correctly
@@evandavid9087 Yes.
@@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
@@gethaunted Yep, exactly.
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.
Same.
You could see the emotion in her eyes when she began talking about the boarding schools, that's what got me crying! 😭😭
i knew i wasn’t imagining things... i could really feel the pain in her voice.. it hurt :’(
It’s horrible how much the settlers tried (and still do try) to stamp out every bit of their rich and vast culture
Residential schools were such a horrible disaster with on going effects. One of the cruelest forms of eurocentrism....attempted, and sometimes successful culturecide. Horrendous.
*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...*
Probably because those accents will be in the next video lol
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
*Why are you writing in bold?*
I mean, they are kinda right...
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)
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
Me: "Oh boy, part two."
*Still doesn't get to my accent*
Me: "Oh...part three it is then."
For sure all of us in the west got slept on
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
@@JcKramer1991 fr we have no flavor to our speech and that's one of the best things about it
@@JcKramer1991 nebraska and kansas missing our representation :(
...Said every Canadian watching this video on North American accents
as an ESL speaker I find this highly informative and the eye candy doesn't hurt either
What’s your first language?
stop objectifying
@@luvneojen Spanish
@@rxa177 there's a whole bunch of people saying that they're here just because of Erick. I'm here because of the info. Erick being easy on the eyes is just a bonus.
So what accent do you imagine him wooing you in? Asking for a friend.
This was a great video, really enjoyed this part. Thank you for sharing! I've long enjoyed Wired's accent videos with Erik. He's phenomenal and the rest of the team is as well.
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 😂
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
I agree I wanted to know why Chicago has such a specifically strong accent compared to the other cities
Cut needs to do ‘Guess my accent’ video with Erik plz
Heck yea. I live in MN but have been told I sound British it’d be cool to see why stuff like that happens
Living out of state as a Wisconsinite is just having everyone make you say “bag” repeatedly.
I feel like his normal accent is closest to what people in SE Wisconsin sound like.
It's a BAGEL not a BEGGLE!
"Bayeeg"
LOL this is the only time my Wisconsin accent comes out
When I went to Wisconsin it was so shocking and difficult to get used to, just like my Cali uptalk
The “mountain/button” thing is pretty general in the Rockies. Most people I know who also grew up in in Colorado do the same
Yes, that glottal stop is super common in the Denver metro area. I say mountain, button, fountain all the same way.
Also....I'm noticing that I'll skip that T sound at the same time I use "een".
So....counting becomes "couneen"
I'm one of those Californians he mentions, who does it.
Same here in BC. It will have glottal stop instead of a T sound unless someone is speaking slowly. ruclips.net/video/sqDlvTGnXGM/видео.html
I have heard it a lot here in Wyoming as well
I'm a native coloradan and say that. I don't know anyone who ends verbs with 'een' though. *Maybe* 'in' as in, just dropping the 'g' sound, but not a hard 'e' sound.
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.
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.
People are sometimes 100% Norwegian in this region. 100!
Yes! In the UP of Michigan, Finnish has had a huge influence in the accent!
@@OfficialMyxomatosis lot of Polish-Americans in Milwaukee and Chicago specifically.
Yes, and he completely skipped over the German influence on the Dakota accent. Think Lawrence Welk.
I don't hear much scandinavian influence
At this point, I see no difference between Eric’s own channel and Wired.
As a man in Wisconsin, I feel moderately left out. But it's fair to give Minnesota and Chicago their own sections and acknowledge that what we do is just on the sliding scale between the two.
Also: of course we have a dialect where our mouth stays still. And yes, it gets worse when it's cold outside. For the same reason.
As a Chicagoan, even though he gave us our own section, it was woefully inadequate lol there's WAY WAY WAY more to our different Chicago accents than what he said.
My Wisconsin friends have more of a Chicago accent, until we get to the lake or go hunting and then for some reason everybody switches to Minnesota lol
@@haikat4 I’m right on the border of Illinois and Wisconsin and it’s funny how clear the Illinois accent, and the upper Wisconsin accent are whenever I here them.
Don't feel bad. As a southern Illinoisan, the entire southern half of the state is always left out of everything. Surprised they haven't built a giant wall across the middle.
@@haikat4 Chicago is urban. Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes and all that wildlife....just switching over to what is more natural ....it would be weird if you went Minnesota accent while in a city. 😝
matthew mcconaughey has influenced so many accents
Ok, as someone born and raised in the heart of Cajun country in Lafayette, La., this was really a perfect accent of how we talk. Not offensive or caricature at all. Fantastic!
I love this series and I would love a spin off with Kalina just talking about First Nations languages ❤️
yeah! she’s great
Yes!
This is comment I was looking for. Totally agree.
Language is different than accent though, and it would difficult to summarize the hundreds of Native languages and variations
In a timely video I mean.
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
me too lol
I wish he would've spoken a bit more about the Midwestern accent or the "no accent" accent. People say we do have some sort of an accent, but I don't hear it. Maybe he'll cover it in part 3
He, like most people, literally just skipped over and completely ignored Nebraska. Which is somewhat reasonable, but it would've been interesting to see it broken down.
He's doing the really obvious ones. I mean, he fully mentioned Minnesota, but many Minnesotans didn't have their accent touched on. Those of us with the extreme accent in MN received most of the attention. Pretty typical.
Everyone has an accent. You don't hear it because you speak it and probably pretty much everyone you know speaks it.
@@lj.3589 Yes. He should have included words that stand out for certain areas like 'you betcha' lol
@@EKHawkman maybe he'll mention it in part 3? Or he's just generalizing the states in the area because this is a Wired video?
the southern accents part was pretty interesting, i do wish he had touched on tennessee/kentucky type accents bc they have a pretty distinct sound compared to the surrounding southern accents
They talk about it in part 1.
@@TheUltimateRage no they don't lmfao
@The Ultimate Rage
I didn't see anything on that in part 1 either. I was hoping he would review Ohio and Kentucky accents.
Me too
Yeah as a Kentuckian myself I was really hoping for that. There's some interesting non-appalacian accents here and Louisville itself is the most interesting since it's like a convergence of the south, the east coast and the Midwest all in one city.
Pretty good Cajun accent. Definitely went mild in the accent as to not confuse anyone because my dad has a thick Cajun accent and even people around here can’t understand it, and I live in the heart of Cajun country. Obviously he has to move quickly but there’s so much to the Cajun accent. You could make a whole video just about different Cajun phrases. *wink wink*
Cajun here--I second this!!
I love the sound of the Cajun accent. A video on it would be awesome!
It was hands down the sexiest accent in this video.
OH MAIS LA I SUPPORT THIS MESSAGE
As a francophone I was surprised to hear just how much it sounds like a francophone person speaking English
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.
Petition for Eric to make an accent tour of the British Isles!
Scotland in particular! I'm such a sucker for a Glaswegian accent 🤤
That would be a fifty part series!
@@robinpinnock2678 i would watch every single one.
@@robinpinnock2678 yeah and.... I see no problem with that
I’m down! We’d have content forever!
Wired needs to find someone to do this for the UK, the accent changes about every 10 miles
There are plenty of vids on RUclips already about accents of British isles. Like hundreds of them. Even Erik has done more than one.
@@jam-trousers True but nothing this comprehensive and detailed
On the other hand, the Australia video would only be four minutes long. Five if they add New Zealand.
I know! I read somewhere Great Britain has like 17 accents and you're smaller than the state of California. Impressive. 😀
ruclips.net/video/FyyT2jmVPAk/видео.html
I want three hours on Midwest accents.
Same! I’m like 8th generation born & raised in the Ozarks, and even I don’t fully understand why I or the people around me speak in such a vast variety of accents. Erik’s brief attempt at an “Ozark accent” in this video was decent, but it sounded a lot more Texan that what I’m accustomed to hearing around here.
Agreed. I feel like he completely skipped The tri state Illinois/ohio/Michigan accent!
Madison, exactly what I thought. Too thick and southern. Sure some sound like that, but not anywhere near the majority.
@@OpposingPony Yeah, many of my relatives here in the Ozarks (who have been here for generations) have thick accents, but they sound far more Appalachian than Texan.
@@reeganchinella6121 guess he finds it to have the dullest accent. It would be nice of he had gotten in depth to point out the subtleties. Even southern Ohio can sound a lot different than the north.
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!
Yes! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I’m a native south Floridian and no one ever talks about the unique accent Miami natives have! You can even hear it in those who grew up in Miami but don’t speak any Spanish... it’s very interesting.
I wish they also would've talked for a second about how Haitian Creole affects the African American accents in south Florida, because I feel like it's pretty unique
@@blue-eyesblackdragon3138 yess this bruh!
@@blue-eyesblackdragon3138 Completely agree!
@@blue-eyesblackdragon3138 LMFAO! Whom? Black people in Miami speak African American English, not Haitian Creole. OMFG! Just stop it!
@@eve3363actually… they don’t. Some areas in Miami/Ft Lauderdale actually have a Hispanic/Haitian Drawl compared to Central & North Florida.
the part on the northern city vowel shift just made me realize why everyone tells me i have an accent when i truly never thought i did😦
Your comment is me when I took a linguistics class in college. I'm glad he mentioned it here.
All our vowels are seriously confused 🥴
Cajun: "Hand me the rent there"
Also Cajun 10 sec later: ... looks slightly bewildered at his new reindeer ...
Um, can someone report this to Santa Claus?
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Also Cajun 20 sec later: ...wonders if reindeer works in a gumbo...
Took me a second and now I'm still laughing 😂
Bro.
@@Unotch A Cajun wouldn't ask a question of whether they could use it in a gumbo. The answer to that is always "yes."
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!
I’d love Erik to breakdown Michigan accents. Tri-county vs Detroit (southern influence) vs downstate vs Upper Peninsula (Yooper)
Yeah, he hit a little UP with the Minnesota stuff but it’s not quite the same. And maybe I just don’t hear it but the Chicago accent doesn’t sound like how we talk in Western Michigan - maybe he covers it in part 3?
Yeah Detroit need more and Cleveland vs Columbus Ohio
And sing it Oh i O !!!
When I went to southern Michigan I felt like I was being mocked at times (southerner)
@@HoldYourBreat4 I’m so sorry this happened.
Even adults have a hard time shedding their “childlike cruelty”.😔
Oh ya I love da yooper accent ya know.
I've always thought of the West of having almost no identifiable accent, but when he started talking about Utah I actually realized he was doing a Utah/West accent. It's subtle, but I definitely noticed it. It's cool how he gets even those little points.
I'm learning that the West has "accents" made out of having no accents which is funny yet interesting. I'm "neutral" yet people everywhere think it's an accent. It's quite fascinating.
@@NoOneReallySpecial Eh, I'm not sure I agree with that. First of all there's no such thing as not having an accent, and there are even certain things that are specific to the West such as the pronunciation of "mountain" as like "mou-in" by some speakers, among other things.
I'd love to see more detail on the Chicago accent evolution, especially the vowel shifting, and how the northern,southern, western, and city areas differ
I'm SEVERELY disappointed that he didn't go through black accents in Chicago. Extremely, overpoweringly disappointed. I hope they fix this.
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 .
This video needs to be at least 5 times longer.
They can make more money by splitting the series into several parts. Also, people generally can’t watch more than 10 minutes.
“And so with the strong Minnesota accent the jaw stays pretty still, almost stuck.”
Me with my head wrapped up trying to scrape the ice off my car in -30(F) degree cold: “Yeah I wonder what that is there, bud.”
This man could read the dictionary and I’ll still watch enthusiastically
Because he could read it in dozens of different American accents.
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.
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.
Is that the one where they pronounce "bag" as "bay-g"?
@@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. ruclips.net/video/feg6ICTaOGo/видео.html
@@shmunkyman33 no that's Minnesota
maybe it'll be a detour of the Canadian accents video once he gets to the Maritimes
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.
These videos put in me in a calm and curious mindset, which given my predisposition towards cynicism and anxiety, is a very welcome relief; a pool of tranquillity in an ocean of uncertainty.
I love the positive perspective on the rez accent. I never really thought about it as a stand-in identity for lost language
The moun’in and bu’in was the first time I learned I had an accent as a CO native.
I’ve been learning my tribes language. I don’t want that to die out.
@@JenSell1626 not really challenging. I'm taking the same approach to it like I did with learning Spanish. Our written language was recorded by missionaries so it's pretty easy to understand with spelling rules similar to English at times
STUDY ON I think that aspect of native culture should be studied