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

[@kengillespie7797]

You say that this would have had to be 10 times longer in order to be thorough. I say go ahead and make that video.

[@Doug_Hannon]

I second that motion

[@anroy_amar3530]

I'll sign the petition

[@AttnDefDis_]

Absolutely!

[@brookenjonas]

Right?!

[@lindsaypell]

100%

[@GuyDemong]

Erik: “These need to be 10x longer” Everyone watching: “Better get started, then.”

[@uhohhotdog]

Right?

[@valep24]

Seriously. We need 10 more videos at least.

[@stuffylamb3420]

Seriously lol. I just found these videos, they're mesmerizing.

[@trenae77]

Crowdfund? :-D Where do I sign up!

[@ball_soup]

Bedder ge’ starded den

[@Markmaben17]

"this video would have to be about ten times longer..." *All the comments* YES, PLEASE

[@daniellemacgregor6848]

we want more.

[@jkeister]

Yes more more more!

[@bruh-cv7ec]

Yes please

[@renevallejo3235]

Yes please

[@maximilianocarrion1599]

Dude I'd watch a full blown multi part documentary series about this, it's amazing!

[@mrs.marken4609]

I was in small Newfoundland town about a decade ago, sitting in a cafe and listening to the locals chat. I couldn’t understand a thing and I really tried. The moment you would talk to them though they would change. But when they were just talking with each other it was like another language. Truly incredible!

[@NeverendingTori]

This is quite common! Newfoundlanders will often consciously (or unconsciously) make their accent less intense for the benefit of non-Newfoundlanders to understand. My friend and I (both Newfoundlanders) once visited Toronto to meet up with an American friend of hers and he said he had no trouble understanding us when we were speaking to him directly, but at times when we were speaking with each other in a conversation amongst ourselves, he had no idea what we were saying.

[@adamhutchings4023]

The way he can slip into accents at will is unnerving.

[@G_F1]

Unnerving? I think it’s super cool and impressive

[@johnbeamon]

I am not convinced that Erik Singer isn't an android.

[@davidhoopsfan]

ikr? when he started doing the stereotypical surfer bro accent i realized woah i kinda do sound like that

[@agentkerins]

Editing

[@nathanielmitchell6383]

@@johnbeamon if he is we should all be nice to him so he doesn't murder us when the singularity happens

[@claymccoy]

This is Erik's world and we are just living in it...

[@jasonvargas7564]

I’d love for him to be living inside me 😏

[@gammergames3322]

@@jasonvargas7564 sus

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

@@jasonvargas7564 Finally someone said it 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Smokey94462]

Got you up to 666 likes. Hail Satan bro. Peace out man.

[@jamespyle777]

He said Latinex. triggered and I'm not even Latino

[@ARGrace]

“Hi, I’m Erik Singer-“ Me, 0:01 into the video: Fantastic, amazing, incredible. *immediately likes video*

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

LITERALLY!

[@JesusFriedChrist]

Erik Singer: **states name** Me, an intellectual: *i m p r e s s i v e* 🤔

[@ADballa28]

See the dialect daddy in the thumbnail? Instant like before watching the video.

[@chibuo4733]

Once again, truly _fascinating!_ You need to do a feature length one that covers the whole North America. Do you do other countries too? If this were my field of study, I’d love to do something similar, but an historical etymology of England and it’s present day accents/colloquialisms. Well done and get cracking on the full version - _pleeease..._ 🙂

[@monoymono9]

@@JesusFriedChrist omg your name... the best.

[@janchilton]

Immensely entertaining. I am in awe of his ability to speak in all those accents. He needs to be a tv star.

[@JohnGramer06]

Ig that's what happens when ur a dialect coach, u master all dialects

[@erinkinsella91]

He trained as an actor

[@skydancer15]

He probably TRAINS actors!

[@valeriesimonson9811]

Why be a movie star when you can be a master linguist??? 😎

[@AndJusTIceForRob]

I’m willing to bet that the supporting staff industry for movies is huge. Getting well compensated to play a supporting role in your specialty without as much pressure with personal performance and deadlines is probably nice.

[@knightcrawler1999]

I can’t get enough of this guy

[@jasonvargas7564]

Imagine how talented he is with his tongue in other ways 🤤

[@aguafria9565]

@@jasonvargas7564 Crude.

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@aguafria9565 your mind is in the gutters

[@WishMount]

@@jasonvargas7564 nah bro you're on crud

[@accordiongordon]

Enough of what?

[@KimberlyGreen]

Of all of Erik's WIRED videos, I think this series has been my favorite. He and his co-hosts painted an intriguing, beautiful vocal picture for me. Thank you Erik, Nicole , Megan , Sunn & Kalina.

[@gremlinwithstickyhands3704]

I second this!! Erik is fantastic but so are all these other lovely language nerds!

[@meganfigueroa]

thank you for watching and your kind words! :)

[@ES-yx6fr]

I’d like to see a video where he guesses people’s regional accents!

[@mervkeyes8804]

Yes! Like in the film 'My Fair Lady', where Rex Harrison's character bet his friend that he could tell even what neighborhood various people of London lived just by their accents.

[@icdogg2361]

Years ago there was a guy who would do that on various TV daytime talk shows

[@anyascelticcreations]

@@mervkeyes8804 That's exactly what I was thinking!!! 👍

[@808melz]

I'd like to see him talk about pidgin English in Hawaii

[@TPNsBiggestFan]

yes yes yessss!!!!!!!!

[@starveartist]

crazy how he can maintain and shift the pronunciation so well without getting mixed up!! mad skills!!

[@JayNedOwen]

I’m Koyukon Athabascan (Indigenous to Alaska) and it made me so proud to see our language revitalization efforts in this video. ❤️

[@Imbored558]

I was happy to see that too. I live in the Mat Su valley though, and nobody sounds like Palin here...thank goodness! lol

[@valep24]

We need like 50 more videos on this and we need a whole series on African American accents, native accents, and Latino accents! This is the coolest series you guys have ever made!

[@serenapenner3581]

I completely agree! I'd watch a few 'seasons' of this type of content!

[@MajorHenryL.]

Agreed! I hope they dont use the term “latinx” though. NO MAINSTREAM hispanics use that ridiculous term.

[@SlickSkuddy]

I really wanted to see if there was any connection between the black Michigan and the south central LA accents

[@JustWriter]

You could totally do something like this through KVIE/PBS. They do lots of informational fun content.

[@haveyouflossedtoday]

And while we’re at it, let’s have a whole series on Germanic, Celtic, Slavic, Scandinavian, and European as well, since each are unique.

[@reedkellner6447]

Eric: "This whole region does the cot-caught merger." Me, A Bay Area Person: "Hey, wait a--" Eric: "Except riiight here." Me: "Oh, okay."

[@MarStacey]

YUP

[@nuno-miguelraposo5014]

Strange, I had the completely opposite reaction. Bay Area native here and am completely cot-caught merged. The only evidence online I have found saying SF hasn't merged references the "Old San Francisco" accent back when the Mission district of SF was predominantly Irish Catholic.

[@toomanyopinions8353]

@@nuno-miguelraposo5014 same here. Been living on the Peninsula down near San Jose my entire life. I definitely have it merged.

[@m.f.hopkins8728]

@@fremontresident6377 Agreed! LOL

[@Suntoria236]

Mhm!

[@dougdimmadome9241]

his newfie accent is pretty good, actually! one thing that's pretty particular to atlantic canadian accents is they're kind of "mumbled", for lack of a better word. we tend to keep our mouths somewhat closed and a lot of us talk VERY fast.

[@richarddevine3642]

I was thinking the same thing! Newfies get so overexcited I can't understand a word they say!

[@monikaash5781]

Sorry, but as a Canadian, I have to totally disagree. Right off the bat, he failed to pronounce "Newfoundl - AND -d" correctly and he made everything else sound completely Irish, which is not the case even in Southern N, where the hard Ts are in fact dropped at the end of words ("Roight"). He nailed the Cajun accent, though, making it sound even more Acadien.

[@monikaash5781]

Also, we don't call ourselves "newfies" anymore, as it is considered derogatory; the correct term is "NewfoundlANDers",please.

[@dougdimmadome9241]

@@monikaash5781 strong reaction for "pretty good". also note the use of the word "we"... one of the best things about atlantic canada in general be it N+L, NB or PEI is that the dialects and accents are so varied and all rather different.

[@dougdimmadome9241]

@@monikaash5781 if i wasn't clear enough, we don't all consider newfie a derogatory term. some of us (i'm talking about me, here) have been called actual slurs.

[@Beyar90]

Netflix should give these folks a whole documentary series. Interesting, informative, and they all have great screen presence. Also, as a Canadian I loved the quick detour to the Great White North.

[@jaimedavis122]

I would love to see a full series on Netflix. Including more areas, more history and more native speakers. Great idea!

[@ghensold]

A little too quick though in my opinion! Rural accents in the prairies and BC are SO much stronger and more interesting than what was represented here.

[@thepoopman7876]

@@ghensold oh yeah for sure bud

[@coreymarie]

Um, I'm sorry but we're going to need at least 10 more parts to this series.

[@drewschieman1741]

His only problem with the Newfie accent is that you could actually still understand what he was saying, and he wasn’t speaking unbelievably fast

[@ImranZakhaev9]

I can't even understand my grandfather half the time.

[@h.angusmacdonald2119]

he also didnt touch on the maritimes we are not as hard to understand for upper Canadians but we can translate the difference between newfoundlanders and the rest of the country

[@aaronvivier8393]

I live in Alberta and i swear there's so many Newfies here. It's easy to understand a Newfie one on one but when they start telling stories or talking with another Newfie the speed of there speech goes 2x with there own unique accent lol so it can be real hard to understand them sometimes

[@chrisdugas1226]

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[@DeepForestHighSeas]

The bit on Canadian raising just broke my brain, I do it but I'd never realized it was happening!

[@MattColbo]

Newfoundland accent was surprisingly not bad at all! St John's (townie, lol) accent very much revolves around the Slit T, if you put the video on 2x speed then that's about right! But one more thing, it's Newfen-land, not Newfen-lind :)

[@Tomato700]

I immediately thought of you when I heard the Newfoundland accent. It was a little different than yours, but still very recognizable

[@Smoph04]

found my favorite newfoundland KZbinr nerding out about accents in a comment section. it’s a good day

[@StarMonkies]

It's so bizarre because as I was watching it I was thinking its not a bad attempt at an Irish accent. They really sound very similar

[@peronium]

My Newfie fiance agrees it's not bad for a townie accent that the younger people would speak. It's the old folk that lay it on thick and are basically incomprehensible

[@chucktetro1]

NewfoundLAND, underSTAND?

[@bluewilliams4911]

I would’ve honestly loved to hear them talk about Asian American accents in Southern California.

[@yoonmikim5663]

I'd honestly like to see that too. Saying I wouldn't mind another video especially for that.

[@lucthin6245]

Not just southern California, but I would love to hear about how native English speaker with Asian heritage sound like compare to other white Americans or other ethnic group. May like to hear the variation between a South Asian vs East Asian vs South East Asian and Middle Easterner accent. Would be interested hearing about the hawaiian English speaker as well.

[@gregorygladkov5109]

Yeah pretty disappointed that they didn’t discuss Asian American accents. There are definitely differences in certain elderly Japanese American populations as a consequence of internment.

[@drrockkso8882]

This video would have you believe that "Surfer", "East LA Chicano", and "LA Black" are the three accents in California, which is hilarious.

[@pyrovania]

Or the Farsi intonation that slips into some SoCal English including non-Iranian people.

[@cjrecord]

"This video would have had to been ten times longer..." Don't threaten us with a good time!

[@reneecoons5057]

Yes, we want more!

[@bibliophile418]

I loved this whole series, although I was disappointed at how quickly he glossed over the Northwestern states, including Northern California. Although it's subtler than differences in, say, the South, there is still so much accent variety in this area. It would be really cool to see a more in-depth video on it.

[@rosebonnie7444]

He pretty much just skipped over Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Having travelled through all those areas the variety of English dialect is so different. Not too mention the Native tribes have a very distinctive tone and pattern for their English language once you get on the Res.

[@theangrykitten]

Exactly! Where’s the love for us Oregonians and Washingtonians? Sad trombone.

[@Chiplinked]

Completely agree! Born and raised in eastern Washington and was very much looking forward to hearing an analysis on our accent. My whole life I feel like us in the northwest don’t have accents compared to everyone else in the country. I was hoping to be proven wrong lol

[@angelsteadman5688]

@@Chiplinked Gotta say Fred Armisen actually does a pretty good representation of the PNW accents!

[@Notturnoir]

@@theangrykittensad trombone made me chuckle!

[@aburton9993]

I was born and raised in Hawaii and the pidgin spoken there is very different and distinct. It would have been nice to have that included as it’s the only part of America not mentioned fully.

[@l.w.1697]

Same. I know he specifies several times that this isn't comprehensive, and that this is about North America (which we definitely AREN'T part of), but Hawai'i accents are very complex and warrant analysis. Especially when anyone attempting to mimic it fails. Looking at you, 50 First Dates movie!!

[@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059]

And PA Dutch accent

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

Hawaiian Pidgin is similar in many ways to other pacific pidgins in Polynesia and Melanesia. I’d love to hear it explored in depth.

[@skidudette1969]

Yes. My grandfathet spoke Pa Dutch. I'm from.a little west of the Pa Dutch

[@St0ckwell]

@@l.w.1697 Actually Hawaii is part of North America. The islands are on the North American plate. Even though it has no land connection to the mainland of North America, it is still on the same tectonic plate, and is as much a part of North America as is Cuba or Manhattan.

[@Screaming_Cicadas]

“Let’s wrap this up.” Please, no. I could watch this ALL DAY.

[@RyanFeeley]

Whatever they’re paying all of you, it is not enough. Fantastic series. I would love to see an explanation for how some Americans pronounce experiment (ex-SPEAR-ament) and culture (very throaty).

[@gremlinwithstickyhands3704]

I agree wholeheartedly

[@_sam_marquez]

i pronounce it like that lmao

[@Lithoxene]

Southern Michigan here. I tend to pronounce "culture" as "coal-ture".

[@janaaj1an889]

This together with the overwhelming influence of the media (pushing people toward the general accent) explains a lot about what we hear. Thanks.

[@rw42000]

Both /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ "ex-SPARE-iment" and /ɪkˈspɪɹ.ə.mənt/ "ex-SPEAR-iment" are common pronunciations found in North America. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/experiment I have no idea what you're referring to with "culture".

[@Denaligirljodie]

Born and raised in Oregon and there is definitely a “country” sounding Oregon and a Willamette Valley/Portland/Salem/Eugene accent. Some country Oregonians will say Warshington. They add the r sound. There is a Dutch dairy farmer and a German settlement in the Willamette valley and also a large Russian orthodox settlement here in the valley. People can sound completely different just between the small towns here.

[@mori6434]

Yeah, I think the PNW and the Midwest both would have been great places to discuss rural/urban divides. He kinda did for the Midwest, but I'm disappointed he skipped over the PNW with only a mention of the cot-caught merger. Can't win 'em all I guess

[@joshjones6072]

I agree. Born and raised in California, noticed the same thing. There's a country accent here too that sounds a little southern. Not jest bein awnry, s'just truw. Then there's city people speak, and a few others. I've lived on ranches, homesteads, in small towns and cities in California.

[@robinyodathelilacbunny7419]

Same in Washington. You have the sounder accent, the pinsula accent, the river accent. You could spend whole episodes just on regional accents in WA and OR

[@PinkPixie019]

He did not even bother mentioning us... Like wtf! We have a whole migration named after us... Not Important at all.

[@junethanoschurchill6750]

It’d be cool to see what accent features Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have

[@Ren_1312]

Came here to say this haha

[@MrGksarathy]

Agreed. We need more visibility.

[@MtnNerd]

Seriously they should have done that since Chinese have been here since the Gold Rush and there's even some differences between east and west coast.

[@vanessachulapatrcheevin6615]

Yep! Came to leave this exact comment. Thanks 👍🏻

[@truthbetold6578]

Asians aren't pacific islanders btw

[@Valca.Design]

I run a Dungeons and Dragons campaign where I've struggled to decide how different parts of my continents speak English. I don't want the accents to be distinguished as different parts of OUR world. This series has been an enormous help in giving inspiration for which sounds can change where to make something unique. And, of course, this was highly educational. Thank you so much for a wonderful series.

[@azeve1aa]

Erik needs to start his own channel, I would watch hours of him talking about this kind of thing.

[@theoriginaledi]

I would subscribe so fast it would break the sound barrier.

[@theoriginaledi]

Ok, turns out he DOES have a channel, and I am now subscribed! It only has a few videos and they're old, but I don't care. If he ever decides to do more, I'm there for it. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to check sooner!

[@samurai1833]

That was a lot of fun! I watched all three in a row and really was riveted. Thanks!

[@shelly6524]

We need an entire Canadian episode. Event Toronto to Northern Ontario has different accents. This was still super fascinating though thank you.

[@pex3]

Not to mention the Toronto "mandem" accent

[@evita521]

I'd love for him to talk about Northern & Central Californian accents compared to Southern California. Also, how has the growth of California's very diverse population changed our accents & speech patterns.

[@alexcoffman1439]

Yeah, he just kinda yadda yaddad central california as well haha

[@bychen5011]

I live in the the Bay Area and we are so diverse there isn’t really a set accent. Like 20% are Indians who can’t pronounce “v” and say things like “wery good.” 20% are Asians, and most second generation Asians sound pretty standard American. 20% are Hispanics and they pronounce “y” like “ju”. 40% are white and sound like valley girls or surfer dudes.

[@TalussAthner]

@@bychen5011 And then the more inland you go things get slightly more midwestern/southern influenced.

[@maria-melek]

Right California is so diverse kinda. I’m Mexican but when I speak it kinda sounds a bit southern for some reason and sometimes it sounds Midwestern. If I speak to fast it will sound a bit more southern though 😂

[@LowellMorgan]

@@bychen5011 Mexicans in the South Bay will completely change their accent depending on what language they’re speaking or what company they’re in. They’ll sound like an Omaha news anchor one minute then effortlessly switch to full Mexican.

[@FreeTimeFeats]

**rubs hands furiously together* THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR BABYYYYYY

[@gremlinwithstickyhands3704]

WOOOoo!!

[@LAGallerina]

This was absolutely my reaction 🤣

[@Cangussu97]

ngl i did that too

[@multiple_oranges]

hahaha, this was my exact reaction too 😂😂😂

[@theoriginaledi]

Right?! I have NEVER checked KZbin as obsessively for the next video in a series like I did for this one!

[@jaynecrabdree6924]

Love these. I think videos such as these should be shown to all school children several times throughout their schooling experience. I know that sterotypes can be so cruel just based upon how differently someone sounds in their dialect. No one is stupid because of the way they sound or speak, they're just different. Thank you for putting tese together and sharing them with all of us.

[@xXblerm69Xx]

Alright, time for Erik to do the rest of the English speaking world. I wanna hear his Irish accents.

[@anthonypayne2526]

He has a lot more videos analyzing various english, aussie, and kiwi accents.

[@desd111]

When he started talking about the Irish Slit T (around 8:22), all he had to do was add a minute-long "Ehhhhhhhhhhhh" every once in a while then slow down the last 3 words of each sentence, and you'd have a spot on Dara Ó Briain impression.

[@luke-alex]

He's done Belfast, but I'd like to see if he can do some other Northern Irish accents

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

He needs to get every single accent.

[@jamescanjuggle]

@@luke-alex id love to see Donegal 😂

[@WadeWojcik]

I didn’t even realize how weird it is that I pronounce the “s” at the end of pluralized words as a “z”. My mind is blown!

[@oliviaaaaaah1002]

Fun fact: most phonologists think that /z/ is actually the "underlying" sound in English plural -s, as in, it's the form which our mind internally uses. In certain environments when we produce the sounds, our minds modify the /z/ sound (like clothes) to either be /əz/ (fishes) or /s/ (cloths).

[@melodyfussell829]

It usually just depends on whether the sound before it was voiced or unvoiced. That's why cats is /kæts/ but dogs is /dagz/

[@oliviaaaaaah1002]

​@@melodyfussell829 I actually can't think of any examples of voicing assimilation not being expected in GenAm plurals, did you have any in mind?

[@AlanlaCelestina]

@@melodyfussell829 “cats” is not pronounce with a z sound, the t is unvoiced so it ends with an S sound

[@jabara83]

I always thought it was weird ;)

[@zuhayr5125]

This guy is absolutely carrying wired

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[@m4rco.d4vd18]

I've always had a fascination for languages, variations & accents, particularly those of North America. This series of videos provided such great insight into the subject and was also heaps enjoyable to watch! Thanks ❤️

[@gotspork74]

It’s a shame that there was so little time spent on the southwest. Given the native and Spanish influence on everyday language down this way it would have been really nice to see more on it.

[@royalpain9939]

My exact thoughts

[@MFedericoMoreno]

It's because it would be a video more about Spanish than English, and this video is all about English. English in nothing more than a Lingua franca in California where I love for example. Nearly everyone speaks English here yes, but that doesn't mean its their default language. like myself, I was born and educated in English but my default language is still Spanish I hardly ever actually use English, maybe once a day.

[@MJJFilms]

If they cared about Spanish influence they would pronounce Latino correctly.

[@xivallora8834]

Agreed

[@MattD1234]

@@MJJFilms Latinks LOL

[@venkman1221]

I would've loved to hear your take on the Pennsylvania Dutch. I live in Amish country so I get to hear that distinct accent daily.

[@christhompson3750]

I live in southern Iowa and we have a lot of Amish. They definitely have accent. A number of German speaking folks.

[@babipunkstar]

live in rural pa and i was also thinking about this!

[@skidudette1969]

My grandfather spoke fluent Pa Dutch as his first language. But he never spoke it in his later years so I never got to hear him speak it. He died when I was only 17.

[@WoWGirl6]

No Hawaiian accents? That would still be very interesting. I consider it just as interesting as Creole, and Native American accents. Could have squeezed it into this video considering the other parts where more than 20 mins lol.

[@mistersato411]

What she said.

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Yeah, I'm confused why this vid was short and rushed while the east/south of the U.S. had plenty of showtime 🙁

[@WoWGirl6]

@@NostalgiCrazy lol yeah it did seem rushed and short. I dunno. Someone in production is probably kicking themselves right now for not including it lol

[@RaymondHng]

The title is North American accents.

[@rustilldown7]

@@RaymondHng Sooooo where is Mexico?

[@williamgifford83]

And I thought (and still do think) Irish accents were complex! After nearly 80 years of considering English my native tongue, and after studying nearly a dozen other languages, I continue to be amazed at the variety of “American” accents. Thank you so much for this amazing and enlightening mini-series.

[@janeisabelle8841]

So disappointed they skipped over the bilingual parts of Canada like New Brunswick, Ottawa, and Quebec! Such interesting English accents there.

[@jeandanielodonnncada]

Yes! I live in the very bilingual West Island of Montreal, and jokingly have said the "West Island" accent is a phenomenon here where people are lifelong fluent French-English bilingual, but speak both with an accent as if it is their second language, at least to the ears of unilingual speakers of either.

[@kaza99]

I didn't even think about that! I would've loved to hear how French accented English would be discussed in this context.

[@jeandanielodonnncada]

There are also regions of Canada out of Québec, and a few towns in Northern Maine, where the "French" accent is still strong even in generations who don't always know French like their parents or grandparents had. Maybe parallel to Hispanic Americans who may speak with a Spanish influenced English regardless of how well they know Spanish.

[@kaza99]

@@jeandanielodonnncada New Brunswick is the only legitimately bilingual province, so it would make sense to talk about accents there

[@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109]

@@jeandanielodonnncada Comment ça se fait que tu parle avec un accent dans les deux langues? C'était qui ton prof, Jean Chrétien?!

[@HazelDell]

We wanted the videos to be longer. The first was like 21 minutes, and the last two were kind of rushed. I think the Midwest on towards the West coast could have had more detail, and I would have loved to have heard about accents in Hawaii, but I enjoyed the videos. Hopefully in the future they will do this again as a "part 2" for the places they didn't do.

[@Henry-ey9tt]

I agree -- I guess they left out Hawaii because it's not North America. I moved to Honolulu a year ago and I am fascinated by the local accents here, they are like nothing I have heard anywhere else.

[@katesclabassi3857]

I've lived in Hawaii my whole life and I'm also disappointed we weren't included.

[@elizabeths123]

I'd love to see a video specifically on Canadian accents, because they can be SO varied because of the history. This video touched on it a bit, but there are some really interesting accents that didn't get mentioned. As a Torontonian, we have dozens of accents just in our one city. And this video didn't even get into the prairie accents or other maritime accents!

[@kayflip2233]

I disagree that there are dozens of accents in Toronto. Maybe 3 max - 1. neutral 2. Canadian hockey player 3. urban / wasteman accent

[@nolimitjs7917]

@@kayflip2233 He has to do the hoodman accent 😭😂

[@olbluelips]

Decent amount of variation within the prairies too :)

[@lylegayder]

Toronto mans coming through

[@danman7903]

I grew up in York Region and my friends were all 2nd gen Italian-Canadians, and we don’t sound anything at all like stereotypical Canadians. If anything we sound more like Connecticut mixed with the Western US or something of that sort

[@brendant2180]

honestly, if you put a part 4,5,6,7,8,9 i'd watch all of 'em! i loved this series and have shared with my friends, i hope this gets revisited :-)

[@peterjamesfoote3964]

I vote for a longer series! The Chicago regional area has at least a dozen dialects based on differences in national origin, ethnicity, social class and neighborhood and as the area becomes increasingly diverse, the dialects seem to be expanding logarithmically. I was born with a very sensitive ear and hear them all. That meant that this series was like a symphony. Deep thanks to all who participated.

[@uxnosidda]

I grew up in the Chicago area and live here - had no idea. Would love to see a video on this.

[@TPNsBiggestFan]

@@uxnosidda i second both of these!!!

[@aceace9848]

South sider, i agree

[@jeffwall283]

Would love to see more Canadian breakdowns. The dialects have really diversified here. Regardless these are always must watch videos.

[@reaganharder1480]

Yep. Would love to hear some prairie farmer accents, and haven't heard anything that sounds very rez to me either. Though, the Pacific Northwestern accent is pretty common around here too.

[@nix1218]

Ya I wish they’d just made this the 3rd part of the US series and then made a separate video for Canada. I feel like Americans always just chuck us in with them as an afterthought when we’re a huge country with our own history.

[@redliquorice]

Please please PLEASE do a series for the accents of the UK and Ireland!!!!

[@rexmyers991]

VERY VERY entertaining and VERY enlightening. I have lived in every corner of the contiguous states at one time or another (I’m 80 now) listening to the accents of the native speakers. And, your skills as a linguist are incredible. Thanks you for the tour - tur - tor.

[@BenEnlet29]

I'm surprised you guys did not spend any time talking about the Hawaiian accent/ Hawaiian Pidgin. I understand it's not part of north America but It is one of the most unique and distinct accents in all of America. No where else sounds like it and it's hard for anyone that didint grow up in Hawaii to understand it let alone do the accent correctly

[@SGDrummer7]

I mean Hawaii is a US state, so it’s North America in that regard. And yes, as someone who grew up in Hawaii, I’d love to hear his attempt at Pidgin.

[@BenEnlet29]

@@SGDrummer7 same here . Would love for see one hole do some real Pidgin

[@shadowmon31]

Me too!

[@inessabella]

Oh yeah! I wonder why. Let's order those 10 more parts.

[@Insane-OGarbageYT]

@@SGDrummer7 ho brah dis is one big funny state dat they should cover no yeah?

[@anyascelticcreations]

I would love, love, love to hear the 10 times longer more thorough and in depth version of this! If there were a weekly show for an entire season I would definitely watch! 👍

[@anna-michellethivierge6004]

I’ve been waiting for his bit on Canadian accents! Though disappointed he skipped the prairies. Maybe we just sound American lol. And tbh I was hoping to see more about the nuances of Indigenous Canadian English.

[@tenecursum]

As a prairie boy myself, we’re somewhere between the Toronto and Minnesota accent for the most part. Depending on which prairie province and which economic class. Blue collar workers, in my experience, have a lot more of the “stereotypical” Canadian accent.

[@GoldwingGamer]

He skipped the American Great Plains as well ;-;

[@fearingmusic]

afaik Prairie accents are a lil more like Northern Midwest (Minnesota) etc accents with the much more rounded vowels. Have heard that this has to do with large settlements of Germans & Eastern Europeans in both regions around the same time.

[@tenecursum]

@@fearingmusic depends a lot on social class tbh. More middle to upper class will have closer to Toronto accent. Blue collar is similar to Minnesota combined with “classic Canadian” accent. There’s also indigenous accents, which are different as well.

[@fearingmusic]

I'm sad about the missed opportunity to talk about Multicultural Toronto English!

[@crocodilesmiles8095]

as an aussie whose always been fascinated by the vast range of american accents, my most favourite being the classic (and also kinda stereotypical) southern accent.... accidentally stumbling on this series back to back right now in early 2024 has been amazing. hearing the presenter seamlessly go between the accents is super cool, too. accents and linguistics are so interesting!

[@rld1639]

Would have loved for him to break down more of the Atlantic provinces, as there are alot of distinct accents there, more so than just Newfie.

[@WilliamAndrea]

e.g. Maritimer, Caper, Acadian There's also a ton of variation in Newfoundland English. He did a particularly-Irish-sounding one.

[@ogdentaylor7473]

@@WilliamAndrea Was waiting for him to do a Stompin Tom impression, very disappointed

[@markbock3027]

Coastal Labrador is pretty interesting too.

[@malcolmsepulchre7713]

I've lived in Nova Scotia my whole life, and never heard a non-Maritimer do any of our accents convincingly. It's either "yarr harr goin oot for a rip in me pirate ship" or some inexplicable made-up southern-ish drawl. I'd also love to know if anyone's studied the speech of Black and Indigenous communities in the Atlantic provinces.

[@AmazingCraneKid]

Lunenburg alone deserved a second lol

[@WisemanxSmash]

I'm disappointed that the Pacific Northwest got 40 seconds of showtime and half of it was a side-note about San Francisco. Otherwise, it's been a great series.

[@pacmanc8103]

Absolutely, I agree! San Francisco isn’t part of the PNW anyway. Very short shrift.

[@G_F1]

I was very surprised that they included any of California at all as ‘PNW’

[@milobalcziunas8321]

@@G_F1 similar beards I guess

[@vliciouss]

@@G_F1 I think cause of the redwood areas. Is that region not pnw ?

[@gremlinwithstickyhands3704]

Feel the same way about Northeast NE. We got culture up here dammit!

[@JDoradoTube]

My husband is back to speak to me in different accents

[@x.y.u9764]

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[@sydneyw4282]

🤣

[@jasonvargas7564]

He’s my husband and daddy. You better back off Johnny boy

[@PACKERMAN2077]

How about we just have him marry Megan and then they can both be parents I so sorely need

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@PACKERMAN2077 stop it. He’s married to ME. I do not share him with anyone else. He is mine and I am his.

[@ajna4024]

even in british columbia there are different accents. there’s the city accent, island accent, gulf island accent, okanagan, kootenay, interior, the PG accent, and that’s the tip of the iceberg. the diversity in vancouver is amazing and there are international accents specific to vancouver, as well as many indigenous accents, dialects, and terminologies throughout the province. it’s all so fascinating to me

[@Maxmulham]

dude, it's all the same accent, get a grip. Sincerely, a dude who lived all over BC.

[@toneddef]

And the consensus is: You skipped My area. You must now finish the series...

[@gaylec146]

Colorado please….Wyoming, Montana,

[@ephemeralumbra]

@@gaylec146 all i'm saying is that i grew up in denver not pronouncing "t's" like utah does

[@Rutabega_NG]

@@gaylec146 he touched on Colorado in part 2

[@NoOneLikesVegans]

Colorado was in pt 2 Kansas and Nebraska? Nowhere to be found

[@jnome89]

@@ephemeralumbra I live in Southern California and i dont pronounce my t’s either

[@soundlyawake]

thank you for giving me the words to describe what makes a Canadian accent because I tried to make a video about it a while ago and I STILL got Canadians mad in the comments saying they don’t have accents 😂

[@emmasmom60]

We do, we just don't like to admit it.

[@rochelle178]

YOU have the accent. Not us ;)

[@noahv7528]

Everyone has an accent. The only way to not have an accent is to never speak.

[@fmusopp]

everybody has an accent

[@chorbles]

everybody has an accent... the idea that some people don't have accents is horribly american centric

[@alexmooney7474]

I audibly said, "No wait, WAIT!" when he moved so quickly between regions. I'm sad that this wasn't more in-depth. Completely skipped over the Southern/Oklahoma influence in most of the lower part of the California central valley that happened because of the Dust Bowl migration.

[@joeblow578]

I started Part 1 thinking I'd watch a little bit, and now I've finished them all and really really want more. Learned a few things about my own accent too! :D

[@juliusnoahsiebert1906]

It's so fascinating how smooth he changes between accents.

[@travismurray7312]

I wonder how much time he spends practicing, because it sounds SO natural.

[@AttnDefDis_]

Okay, the Palin accent thing is fascinating. I always wondered why she talked like that.

[@gremlinwithstickyhands3704]

Alaska is a land of mysteries lol

[@brandeenicholson2233]

@@gremlinwithstickyhands3704 Alaskans were confused too- literally only that area sounds like that in the state.

[@MollyFC]

I seriously thought she was raised in rural Minnesota or something

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I always assumed that's just how lizard people talk or something.

[@jessicaantonio9734]

Me a Southern Californian: They never get our subtle accents right. They always just talk about surfers *Talks about Chicano Accent* 👁️👄👁️

[@ultimategreentiger2782]

Exactly. That subtle accent was perfect.

[@gaywizard2000]

I was also hoping for more on California accents!

[@fad23]

@@gaywizard2000 there is so much going on accent-wise in Southern California. I felt like it could have been a whole chapter to itself.

[@high_surv]

surprised they didn't bring up valley-girl accent I also notice the th-fronting in some black accents in Calfornia ("both" -> "bof"), although idk if it's specific to California.

[@jessicaantonio9734]

@@high_surv I agreed! That would have been great! Such a So Cal specific accent

[@starrlea8291]

I really like this whole segment! My sons father is a part of the Athabaskin community. I want him to Learn about his cultures, and the fact this language could have been a cornerstone makes this so much interesting.

[@Oi-fo1wt]

I was kinda hoping you guys would talk about Canadian Prairie English, Québec English, Maritime English, Western New England English, North Jersey English, but overall a great video series! Can’t wait for the accent tour of the British Isles

[@caitlyndeambra2209]

I hope so!

[@lavendermenace8078]

Ya he missed so many really distinct Canadian accents, like I though he would definitely talk at least about cape Breton accent, Quebec English, prairie vs central canada vs the Maritimes. Would have been cool to also see smaller accent groups like chiac French.

[@Oi-fo1wt]

Jay Hensel7 yeah. Not a lot of information I could find on those accents tho on the internet, so I’m not that surprised

[@edwardmiessner6502]

He also missed Lawn Guyland (Long Island) English

[@Oi-fo1wt]

Edward Miessner Lawhn Goyland english is pretty similar to NYC, but North Jersey english is cool bc you pronounce the word final r’s. My relatives there all are firmly rhotic but have thick accents

[@fad23]

Part 3 is the shortest part. I'm a little disappointed we didn't see a lot more about California. It needed a whole part dedicated to itself.

[@Eeppydeepy]

bruh right! i was so excited for him to do california and he just breezed right through it

[@saragoldsmith2913]

I would love to see your version of a Kentucky and Southern Indiana accents. And how the Great Depression influenced the change of the accents of Southern Indiana.

[@katg5369]

Yes. I’m a long time Louisvillian and the accents here are different than just 20miles south and east. Have heard others say it’s more midwestern which makes sense

[@jamesk5541]

@@katg5369 weirdly southern Ohio is more southern then louisville accent

[@GiantessNomad]

I just came here to say this….I thing southern Indiana/northern Kentucky is very distinctive.

[@Rutabega_NG]

Where in Kentucky? Louisville? Lexington? Eastern Kentucky? Northern Kentucky? All different. I'm Cincinnatian, BTW.

[@cbrooks2767]

Yes, there's a massive difference between southern and central Indiana. That difference is what generated my interest in accents and linguistics.

[@awwwyeaboyeeee]

This series was mind blowing. I hope you do the 10x longer version!

Very much appreciate you all for your effort. Thanks for sharing and for this series!

[@LOLWAAHH]

Weila raga

[@SMJTLW]

Would LOVE for Erik to do a more in-depth look at Canadian accents. East vs west coast, Nova Scotian vs Newfie, variance in prairie province accents, Quebec etc!

[@sprokopc]

This was really interesting! My father was a linguist in the Air Force and we moved a lot when I was growing up. I would love to hear what he thinks about my accent. I've been accused of being a foreigner several times, which is always hilarious to me. Even my own father says I don't speak like an American, but he can't tell me what that means 🤷

[@snowsim]

I've lived on the Canadian prairies all my life, but my accent is so clipped I once had a Brit swear he thought I was one as well. It'd be interesting to see him analyse yours. (Mine is no doubt simply watching too many BBC & ITV imports.)

[@frederickniditch4204]

Erik's series of three videos on American accents is excellent, very well done.He needs to produce more videos. As an ex New Yawkah speaker of Queens-Longislandese, who moved fer sure to southern cali and now trying to speak local central North Carolina, Erik can start working on my accent!

[@gmacdono]

As a Saskatchewan resident I love when people forget that there's anything between the west coast and Toronto. We've got all sorts of linguistic diversity in little old Saskatchewan!

[@jarvisnathan5445]

I know how you feel, whenever people talk about the Atlantic provinces they focus on Newfoundland and completely forget about the other three places here

[@connorthompson4030]

They forget about Oregon anytime the focus on the US west coast they only talk about California.

[@chloe5275]

For real the Canadian accent inclusion was pretty abysmal, more time was spent on every tiny difference between the southern states than our whole country 😐

[@cosmic5789]

Feeling left out in the Southwest. Can’t Arizona and New Mexico get some love?

[@yabisch3268]

Fr tho

[@Red-jo2yu]

Facts

[@thecardenas-bills117]

They talked about the four corners region, which includes AZ and NM

[@Ric_Vicious]

What're they gonna do for us Arizonans? S-p-e-a-k p-l-a-i-n-l-y?

[@CarlosHernandezPenguin]

For real so many different accents among 40 million people and it all got reduced.

[@TheDavidHarris]

You skipped Montreal and Quebec?! As a native I’m a little heartbroken. :(

[@a2rhombus2]

Definitely a little disappointing, the quebec accent is probably one of my favorite "foreign" english accents

[@gremlinwithstickyhands3704]

And Moncton!! And PEI!!! And... and... I could go on forever I love the Northeast

[@calebbryan9721]

How about that giant leap right over alberta, sask, and manitoba as well

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

He isn’t doing accents caused created other languages (mostly), he’s covering the accents within the English language itself.

[@anne-marie339]

@@dearthofdoohickeys4703 Which is fair except there's some really interesting native Anglo accents happening in Quebec and New Brunswick too! (especially as a function of being surrounded by native French speakers)

[@petalmansouri9389]

This was one of the best done series I’ve seen in a very long time. I especially appreciated the native nations accents, so interesting.

[@RagisRAG]

I was having an extraordinarily stressful day but for some reason listening to him explain different accidents has calmed me down so I am grateful.

[@thelandgrafable]

We are all just simple folk. We see Erik, we click.

[@jasonvargas7564]

I see Erik, I “come” 🤤

[@TheRedNaxelaYouTube]

@@jasonvargas7564 what is wrong with you? Why are you making these thirsty replies to so many comments?

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@TheRedNaxelaKZbin because I’m thirsty? If that wasn’t obvious

[@TehMomo_]

I simp for Erik

[@willlavine1105]

my brain shut down and I just clicked

[@chasestankievech]

The man who carries this channel is back! (This means you drop everything) Super entertaining! (Oh and Canada represent!!)

[@gaywizard2000]

Well he skipped the majority of Canada, we are not happy.

[@chasestankievech]

@@gaywizard2000 no, I know. But I’ll take it. And after all like he said this series could be 10x longer. Plus it’s made by American media thus placing an emphasis and focussing on 2 of the 3 largest cities in the country...

[@ashvanes484]

I just went through all three and wow this is fascinating. I had no idea modern American dialects were still shifting as much as they are, I would have assumed squishing to the mean was more predominant. So very interesting! *and that's just in English...

[@ckbear888]

"What's your superpower?" Erik: "I can change my accent on a whim"

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[@user-zo6sl7po2m]

The whole Pacific Northwest and Northern California right now: 😔

[@jamescoulson7729]

I don’t know about the USA but British Columbia is one of the most accent diverse places on the continent. The north has a very strong Celtic accent that might be confused with rural Irish or Scottish accents, many people on Vancouver island have a soft English accent, with the upper classes of Vancouver island having proper English accents. Areas in the interior can have sorta more usa sounding accents with a bit of a twang, not to mention he countless First Nations accent.

[@BubblegumLightsaber]

I know! I live in Oregon and was like "... wait, that's it?"

[@unholynexus]

San Diego native here...same. Most of us don’t sound like surfers or Bill and Ted.

[@meritxell88888]

I know right? We don't even get 30 seconds :(

[@ChrisJohannsen]

Vancouver is in the Pacific Northwest and we got like five whole seconds (that I didn't think was very good).

[@Mynameissioux]

This series really made me think about accents, their origins, and my own inherent biases I had when I heard people with different accents speak. Thank you for sharing this and challenging me to think harder about regional dialects.

[@alexandrapoole997]

This made me so emotional! There is so much love, understanding and honor to the beautiful humans and cultures that evolved to identify through a common sound.

[@willynilly2545]

I just watched all three of these and I can't believe they didn't include Hawaii. So many different, interesting dialects there

[@rydertk]

Yeah bra

[@emuccino]

They talked about Hawaii in this video

[@willynilly2545]

@@emuccino No he did not. It’s not even mentioned in the timecode list

[@emuccino]

​@@willynilly2545 Erik didn't but Kalina did at 5:44 . Did you watch the video?

[@willynilly2545]

@@emuccino As I said in my original comment I watched all three. Hawaii was not included in the analyzation of accents. This was my point.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

I think Southern California is a world unto itself linguistically. "Surfer" English and Latino English are the tip of the iceberg.

[@freddycalifornia1384]

That’s exactly what I was thinking! I don’t think he talked about the differences of Southern/Central California enough.

[@Fishmorph]

Sociolinguistic research is ongoing, when it comes to dialects in the western US. There's just not that much solid information.

[@xavierdomenico]

@@freddycalifornia1384 yeah, I used to live in the central valley and the latino people had a very specific accent and the local white people had almost a southern accent.

[@1eljugo]

Thank you for calling it "latino" and not "latinx."

[@scottleonard8949]

Yes, and my understanding of SoCal is that it's also influenced by Scandinavian settlers in a similar manner that Minnesota is influenced by said settlers.

[@ccudmore]

He did a pretty good Newfoundland accent until he got to St. John’s. It’s more St Jaaaaahns.

[@andricheli]

OMG this would make a fantastic series. Travel around to different locations and really dig into the local accents and the history of how those accents came to be. Interview people, particularly older people who often hold a lot of the linguistic knowledge of that region. PLEASE!

[@OldMansEyes]

I love this idea

[@petec123456]

He effortlessly slips into the headspace of each accent. It's almost like he blinks his eyes to change the accent. He only needs a moment.

[@ZoyaTheArtist]

The explanation of Chicano English and AAVE has been really interesting in this series! I wonder if there's any research or literature on AAPI English, it would be a really interesting topic to explore as well.

[@fad23]

I also got curious about AAPI English.

[@bluewilliams4911]

I would’ve honestly loved to hear them talk about the AAPI accent in LA. Otherwise known as ‘that accent I only use in the grocery store’

[@gremlinwithstickyhands3704]

@@bluewilliams4911 I feel this with my occasional accent. Lots of French Canadian swearing

[@charissabihl1731]

I would have loved to see something about the Kentucky-Ohio-West Virginia tri-state area. Some unique stuff goes on there. Or some discussion of the southernish accent all along both banks of the Ohio River as it moves westward.

[@Rutabega_NG]

KY-OH-WV compared to KY-OH-IN would be interesting. Could do an hour on that and still not get it all.

[@charissabihl1731]

@@Rutabega_NG very true. I grew up on the Ohio side of the KY-OH-WV tri-state. Now I live in Indianapolis. The Ohio river is not a Great Wall that keeps all things southern out of the north and vice versa. There is also that “you’uns” thing that oddly happens only in the Ky-OH-WV tri-state and a small area of Pennsylvania.

[@jackzimmer6553]

Yeah, he kind of glossed over the Midland accent.

[@garyshaffer1409]

Yeah, I've found intriguing things like adding a t sound to words like cousin "cousint"

[@rollmeinrice]

He could easily do a 10 video series on Ohio alone. The accents are so different, north, south, east, and west.

[@raindawnson9254]

Wish they spent more time talking about PNW accents and more specifically how the accents change as we travel closer to the coast where there would (assumingely) be more diverse influences due to trading ports.

[@Greyskymournings]

Yes! Or further north- I live in the Seattle metro area, but when I travel to other parts of the US to visit family, they regularly call me out on what the video called out the “Vancouver, BC” trapped vowel shift (bag, tag, flag). The number of times I’ve been told I’m saying “bagel” wrong. 🤣

[@xjudgexdreddx]

I loved this series, but I felt this last episode felt very rushed. I would love to see a focus on latino accents, differentiating between some of the more common latino-American communities such as Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominicans, Mexicans, and including some distinctive central and South American accents such as Colombian, Brazilian, and Argentinian.

[@erics2954]

ayyyy heck yeah brazil! haha

[@gamerpro4268]

Dialect Daddy!!! Erik needs his own channel.

[@InDaWilderness]

I would love a dialect tour of the middle of America, the Nebraska, South Dakota, and north Dakota area. I grew up in South Dakota and got a lot of laughs about my accent when I moved to Michigan.

[@michellebyerly7763]

Agreed as a Nebraska/Kansas gal

[@punklejunk]

I did not wake up this morning thinking I would be this fascinated by American accents, even my own. Now I'm wishing I took this class in college.