Bias in General Accents | 21 Accents
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- Let's discuss the concept of a "General" or "Standard" Accent! Why the idea of one representative accent was created, and why it's inherently biased. All accents are created equal, and you have the power to choose how to express yourself in ways that feel right to you. Share your ideas below and if you'd like to join the conversation about your accent, make a #MyAccent Tag video! Answer these questions below and add #MyAccent to your title. Here's mine! • #MyAccent Tag - Join t...
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#MyAccent Tag Questions: Feel free to add anything you like!
1) Share your name and where you grew up.
2) Do you think you have an accent?
3) If so, how would you categorize it?
4) Do you ever change your accent or word choice depending on whom you talk to? If so, share.
5) Do you like your voice in general? Name one thing you like about it.
6) Have you ever felt judged for your accent or voice? If so, share your experience.
7) Have you ever tried to change your accent or voice?
8) Have you ever made assumptions about someone based on their accent or voice?
9) What would you like people to know about you that they might not be able to tell from your accent or voice?
10) Do you feel it’s important to help change the stigmas and assumptions associated with certain accents, while honoring their uniqueness? If so, what can you do to help?
I could never decipher which is your “natural” accent.
Also I absolutely love this message 🌹
Wonderful gift! Thanks Amy. I love your New Zealand vs Australia video. So incredible!
What a lovely video and message. I’ve always enjoyed your content, but this particular video really conveyed something profound.
You are right on, Amy. This is a mega important message! As one who teaches speech and dialects, I so appreciate the acknowledgement that though one may wish to be able to adopt a generalized sound for a specific purpose (broadcasting, as you note in your examples), we should not suggest that anyone's own, authentic sound or language is in any way less. Bravo to you.
Hi Amy! First of all great job on your Vanity Fair youtube appearances! I was like, "I know her!!"
Also, just wanna say thank you, because your videos have helped me so much, to the point that I got a job that no other person from my country has ever gotten, and I think maybe no other native speaker has either! I love learning through your videos and you're so funny and sweet! Thanks again :)
Thank you so much, Elizabeth! That made my day. 🥰Big hugs and vibes to you!
Hi, Amy!! Love your videos. I'm a Filipino and English is my first language. I'm working at American Express and I'm glad my accent is standard American.
More people needs to see this video
YOU ARE SO WHOLESOME!
You’re so incredibly sweet. LOVE LOVE LOVE this! 💕💕💕
Standards are useful because they are easier to understand for most people. All accents are equal, but not all accents are equally understandable. That’s a good reason to make an effort to controll your accent, depending on what your goals are with your speach. I like to speak with a regional accent because it expresses culture and fun, and if people don’t understand it’s a opportunity for them to learn.
They are useful! That's why we're still teaching them. Just talking about what the terms mean, and where they're limited, so we can continue to deepen our perspective and inclusivity. :-)
@@21Accents Have you heard of the Esperanto project? That’s neutral linguistic standards pushed to the extreem!
So I’m an African American raised in Georgia and the way you talk in this video is also the EXACT same way that I talk. A lot of people I hear when I travel also talk like this EXACT same way but I never hear the New York accent or the southern accent (unless I’m in the true country) or anything else that’s iconic. Always this accent that me and you are speaking. Is this the standard accent that is being taught in schools so everyone can sound the same??? Thanks for this amazing video by the way 🤩 new subscriber!!
Thanks for sharing, T! I'm so glad this resonates with you. Yes, anyone can sound this way, and I believe the intention was to create a standard that people understand most clearly, to "level the playing field", to be taught in schools, used in the news, films, etc. There are positives to that intention, and I like that there's an accent you can use/hear and not know where a person is from or what ethnicity they have, because we have subconscious associations with them. I like it when I notice my brain listening and wondering what a person looks like and then realize It Doesn't Matter! and get comfortable not knowing and listen more intently to the content. I also like it when I hear a difference of accent and catch myself making decisions based on my previous associations with others and practice Stopping that, because I don't actually know that person and none of my previous associations might apply. It's a journey, but I believe it's an honorable one that has helped me fall in love with the uniqueness of so many ways of speaking. Vibes to you!
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That makes sense yes! To have an accent everyone can understand! And of course it’s good to not figure out what an accent is but to enjoy it for what it comes! And vibes to you as well😃
I wanna hug you.You're so cute and beautiful.Such an adorable and polite lady.
go to school kid ,stop acting like a creep on the internet, your actions has consequences.
Good grief mate... That's super inappropriate. Not only that, you're projecting really badly onto a public person. For all you know, in private, she swears like 18th century sailor and kicks puppies - and that would be perfectly fine, private persona is private. If you want to compliment someone, compliment their message; instead of being thirsty. And last thing, don't infantalise women, it's gross.
Wow, guys. I didnt see anything rude or inappropriate about his comment. Why are yall goin off on him?
@@Abbsizzle it's edited , before instead of hugging he wanted to kiss her, and also you don't go around hugging random women on internet it's extremely cringy as a man, these betas would go around and do anything just to get themselves a pussy.
@@lucidnonsense942 good comment mate ,we need people like you.
She's stunning to look at and listen to :-)
Brave. Stunning and brave
hey there! I was wondering if the course from your site is still the same one as a few years ago?
Am I the only that notice she didn’t blink most of the time when she spoke?
Reminds me of Anthony Hopkins aka Hannibal Lector in The Silence of The Lambs.
I would have thought the Hollywood movie-accent would qualify for the general American accent.
I think that the problem with standard and general or whatever name one could call what you mean here is that, no matter the good intentions behind, there is always someone to read what they want into it. General American "oh my way of speaking is the general, the common, the normal way, other ways are abnormal". If one has set one's mind to insert one's superiority complex into something, they will. It is just how these delusions work, they reject reason and reality. But it is also entirely on them in this regard, imo not much of a point to change because of them.
I don’t think you could have picked a better time to post this. Good vibes love you ✌🏻💜
Thanks, Brooke! Vibes to you dear ~
Cette femme est très charismatique, voire même impressionnante parfois. Astrologiquement parlant, on l'imagine bien du signe du Lion ou Sagittaire.
Interesting; as someone with a very light Northern English accent, while I was always aware that people in the south of England have a prejudice against it, I was even more surprised now living in New Zealand how some Kiwis are prejudiced against it too and make fun of it relentlessly, especially pronunciation of u and a, which is ironic considering what they do to the letter e!
Totally beside the point of the video, but how in the world can I replicate that hairstyle? It’s so elegant but it looks like the braids would become undone in minutes..
I totally thought about how I’m gonna recreate the hair while I watched this😂
Also if you tease and hairspray the ends of the braids a little it’ll hold better😉
Brooke Jonas Thank you so much for the tip!!
Eline Poels welcome☺️
You had me up until "anyone...can...decide that their accent is a general American accent and use it". They can DECIDE to, but that doesn't make it true. Someone who speaks with an obvious British accent could "decide" it was American, and call it that, but it doesn't make it accurate. There is wonderful, beautiful, variety in American accents, it's true, but not ANY accent can be called general or basic American. I can "decide" the sky is green, and call it that honestly and passionately for the rest of my life...but it doesn't make it so.
Your observation about making snap decisions based on accent, is however, right on the mark! Love your videos.
In the field of linguistics (the scientific study of language), linguists look at how people use language in order to discuss the “rules” of language. There is no predetermined rulebook to what is and is not “standard.” In fact, most linguists would shy away from the term standard in most cases when describing language. If you were to ask a linguist, then I’m sure they would agree with the sentiment that any American English speaker has the right to define what standard English is to them, including counting their own accent in that standard, since there is no real official “standard.” I think your example of a British English speaker claiming their accent as American is pretty far fetched and misses the point.
I hear you, Steve. And yet that's exactly what the original linguists did. They chose their own accent based on their own criteria and got enough people to jump on board that it became the standard. ❤️If enough Brits in America decided that their own accent was the true American because it was the original colonists' accent, there's an argument for that. I'm not saying it would necessarily be adopted by the masses, but there's no reason why they couldn't find a basis of reasoning as the original linguists did.
This lady is beautiful on the inside.
Longest time to stare a lady in eyes, listening.
OHHHH OK!
Side note: bla bla bla OOO red head!
Interesting how you switched to a British accent in ‘limited’ at 4:17
She did not. Articulation isn't the same as British accent.
Very woke
I'm sorry. I've enjoyed many videos on your channel. But this is such typically empty, substanceless, leftist tripe. No meat, just stepping around carefully, walking on eggshells, making sure not to tread on anyone's oversensitivity - and avoiding the real subject of the video. Black people. You're talking about black people, whose use of the English language usually suggests lower socioeconomic status, less education, and an insulated life experience. And not wrongly. Why must you apologize for reality? Why must you ignore the likelihoods that your obviously intelligent mind has taught you about life in America? And why must those likelihoods be sidestepped anyway - as though they say anything about the value of the human lives in question? Are black people of less worth because they happen to be poorer and less educated on average?
Whatever. I'm not unsubscribing, of course. But these tired, but oh-so-correct and virtuous speeches from the Left are beyond sickening at this point.
Dear J, I do not believe that black people or any people are of less worth than anyone else. They certainly do not "happen" to be poorer, the system has been set up to make and keep them that way, from the origin of slavery through the present. The film "The 13th" is very illuminating on the subject. I did not apologize, I explained in depth something that we've been taking for granted that I wanted to examine. We create our own reality by choosing how we perceive, which we have the power to change. It's important to me to look at why things became the way they are; to sift through the chaff and choose what to carry forward and what let go of or transform into something more beneficial ~ and to my mind, True, because it's actually based on who/what is before us, rather than previous associations we grew up with or experienced in the past. To me, there is nothing more important than continuously examining how I perceive the world, so I can upgrade my interpretation to honor the inherent value in all. ❤️
Also, I used inclusive language because I was not only talking about one race or subset of people. Most of my characters have accent or grammar elements that have annoyed me, which is why I embody them. To remind myself that I do not know where anyone is coming from and if I judge them, I’m not truly seeing and hearing them with compassion for their wholeness. I create and live to practice compassion and understanding, which is the intention of this video.