🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To AN ACCENT TOUR OF THE USA!

🇬🇧 BRIT Reacts To AN ACCENT TOUR OF THE USA!
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[@itsjohnnyr8560]

The linguist is American. He has a very general American accent. He trains actors with linguistics. Also, his accuracy is unrivaled

[@Zodchi]

pretty sure hes canadian actually

[@elkins4406]

@@Zodchi Is he? He grew up in Connecticut, but I suppose he could still be Canadian.

[@Perfectly_Cromulent351]

@@Zodchi a quick Google search reveals that’s bs

[@FallingGalaxy]

Though the very general American accent (Which I too have even though I was raised in the southern states for the most part, but my parents had the generalized accent) is merely a masking of all local/regional dialects/accents in an attempt not to be discriminated against based on accent, it's an accent based on attempting to avoid sounding like you're from anywhere, basically. Interesting stuff.

[@markhamstra1083]

@@FallingGalaxy That is simply not true in general. There are many of us who grew up where General American is very much aligned with the typical regional accent. When we speak this way, it’s just normal for us and almost everyone around us - nobody trying to cover up or avoid anything.

[@americansmark]

Accuracy? He's spot on. He does my accent better than I do.

[@michaeltnk1135]

Except he goes for the most exaggerated accent in each location rather than the most common one

[@americansmark]

@@michaeltnk1135 because that IS the accent. Just because you don't encounter it doesn't mean it isn't there. I see so many deep accents all over in my travels. They are everywhere, just not at your chain restaurant.

[@greenmachine5600]

@@michaeltnk1135 not really, it's actually not the thickest accents

[@michaeltnk1135]

@@americansmark His California accent was so inaccurate, I’ve never heard anybody talk like that and I live in Los Angeles

[@aerthreepwood8021]

@@michaeltnk1135 And I've heard it in LA, so what now?

[@sistermadrigalmorning233]

He doesn't do any accent worse than 8/10 and most are 10/10. He's incredibly talented.

[@emilystevens1858]

The accuracy is insane. I've never heard someone who could so naturally cycle through accents

[@kabirconsiders]

yeah he's very impressive

[@teresavandal4973]

He may be impressive with the accents, but that doesn't make him accurate about the cultures.

[@Claritywindow]

Same! He is kinda amazing and definitely has a gift for accents and linguistics.

[@edwardmclaughlin8851]

@@teresavandal4973 shush

[@Boogerdick69]

Couldn’t get south Florida though

[@saintseer9578]

That’s why it blows my mind when people try to oversimplify the USA. There’s so many factors that goes into this place to make it what it is.

[@Roanoak]

It is very true USA is incredibly large and a mush mash of so many people… When I go 100 miles… In one direction I’m in just another city 100 miles over for me to get to another state personally I have to go between two and six hours

[@sabinka7412]

Speak it! We are an absolute melting pot. This is one of the things that I think could actually bring us together though, instead of the tribal nature of humans as we are. If we took the time to learn about each other to THIS extent, all the way down to how we speak. Imagine the history we could learn about each other, even if some of it is unpleasant (when we are reminded of the mistakes of our past, I think it's harder to repeat them, personally anyway). In this way we could actually come out more compassionate for each other and understanding of each other on a deeper level, which is what we need more of anyway. More love and compassion for each other.

[@laurawalsh1635]

Yup. The great melting pot.

[@johnspikes8102]

I love the way he just slides so smoothly into the next accent that it takes you a second to realize he's even done it.

[@lancewilson7736]

His accuracy is spot on brotha. 10 is the rating. I like how he incorporated African American accents as well. Great video. Do part 2💯

[@80mtn]

Yeah, these are way accurate.

[@jahnj2523]

Nigga no BaP 🧢

[@codyC423]

Only a white guy named Lance says "brotha" and says something about "African American accents" lol

[@Kim-427]

@@codyC423 Not necessarily.I know black guys that call each other "brotha" and that are named Lance.Im AA and I said the same thing that I liked the AA variation.Only a white guy name Cody would speak about what he doesnt know about.smh

[@stinkbug4321]

Best I've ever heard.

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

The South is by far the most difficult. Literally each state from South Carolina to Texas has a slightly different accent. Most people can't tell a difference, but us Southerners can. Especially since everyone (Hollywood especially) thinks southerners talk like old Civil War era Virginians.

[@joyfulchristina]

I was born in GA but my parents were both born and raised in WV, so I have a kind of non accent mixed with mild southern. I was really shocked when I waited tables and some family that traveled a lot were able to pinpoint where I was from. Creeped me out a bit.

[@michelleturner6865]

The south has the most beautiful accents. By far my favourite to listen to.

[@gardeninggamergirl7761]

Funny how they don't mention how easy it is to "accidentally" pick up accents in the South when you're from a very different dialect in a different region. I had a Washington DC accent all my life, until I moved to Alabama that is...

[@Tarnian]

@@gardeninggamergirl7761 not only southern. My sister was born and raised in Kansas, but did student teaching internship in Green bay, Wisconsin. 40 years later, she still says her "O"s like a Wisconsinite.

[@johncunningham1098]

Southern accents also express wealth and class distinctions.

[@moe3235]

As an American midwesterner who’s been all over America and who was also highly fascinated by dialects and dialogues in everyplace I was in-this was very accurate

[@haezeushawkins436]

But as a midwestern as well I’m from Saint Louis and we are probably the only great city in the Midwest with a southern style accent

[@moe3235]

@@haezeushawkins436 Lol southern style dialect?? Fam, y'all speak a *whole other* language--the slang over at the gateway is super complex and expansive, I have a difficult time just understanding basic directions anytime I ask🤣🤣

[@haezeushawkins436]

@@moe3235 lol trust me I know next time you see someone from Saint Louis black particular ask them to say air chair or where and you gone be like huh 🤣🤣🤣 because they show you the accent more than a white stl native i never thought I had a accent until I moved

[@moe3235]

@@haezeushawkins436 LMAOO 🤣🤣 yea we did that too, except I think it was "hair and here" or someshi 🤣🤣🤣 I got a friend that's from StL. When we were just passing through (coming from Michigan to NewMexico) if we stopped and ate a restaurant or something we'd need him as a translator 🤣 after a while his old accent/slang would kick in, and every other sentence we're going "huh..?"

[@Kdrive23]

He's VERY good at accents. Some of these are really hard to imitate, even for Americans.

[@poohbearsmom2964]

Good thing Erik is Canadien.

[@Kdrive23]

@@poohbearsmom2964 Why the sarcasm, friend? My point was many of these accents are difficult for even those living in close proximity, much less in another country (such as...Canada?). For example, having grown up in Vermont, I find NY and southern New England accents very hard to imitate.

[@shhs1227]

@@Kdrive23 fairly sure they were just trying to say that it's more impressive because he's Canadian and not being sarcastic. But you're right some of these are for sure hard for Americans to do as well. For instance I'm from Philly I have that accent. I can't do southern at all I'm alright with Boston and some of the other east coast accents but that's about it

[@MySkybreaker]

@@poohbearsmom2964 Good thing i looked it up and he isnt canadian. His mom is swedish, hes from conneticut and lived in southern england for a decade. Never lived and isnt related to anyone from canada

[@quix66hiya22]

@@MySkybreaker ah, thanks. It’s the Swedish I caught when people were saying he sounds neutral American. He doesn’t. I was thinking Minnesota.

[@mbrower3304]

He is VERY accurate. He's a 10. His "normal" American accent is just straight mid-west with no notable regional American accent. In these clips, he sort of falls into the accent he is describing as he dicusses the differences.

[@dustinb1070]

From Florida traveled back and forth from Missouri and Iowa my whole life. Half the people sound like that.....half the people in Florida speak with the same accent.

[@LunaDelTuna]

One day you Midwest mfers will finally admit that you _have_ a notable regional accent - From GA with love

[@stefansneden1957]

I just gotta agree strongly with this whole statement. Midwest no regional dialect, and he feels extremely accurate to me. I've lived all over the USA too.

[@icantbelievehalfofwhatihear]

As a North Carolinian, he sounded just like me when he moved into NC. I’m so “country”, I don’t like to hear myself talk. I can drag a word out like nobody’s business 😂

[@stefansneden1957]

@@icantbelievehalfofwhatihear Personally I am a fan of all dialects and accents. I'm sure I would enjoy talking to you.

[@callmepretzygoo]

As a Rhode Islander, our accent is really not recognized easily and just gets lumped in with Boston/NY, but this guy really hit it on the head. I'd say he's very good.

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

I live on a Native American reservation, and the Native American English accent here on “the Rez’ “ is truly unique

[@cliffrusso1159]

Agreed, Im Lakota and everytime I go back home I tend to slip into it.

[@hah3456]

It’s funny how in the South they sound more SOUTHERN Southern than most Southerners. I love them for it too

[@heidibrinkley4865]

Cherokees in NC sound like the mountain people.

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

Here on the colville reservation, it’s a weird combination of Midwest, southern drawl, Canadian, and their own ancestral accent

[@LJBSullivan]

I wish I could hear your accent.

[@BirdMarcel98]

The general American accent is often called "being accentless" among Americans because of that same reason: there's no immediate indicator of tells that say where you're from. I've got a general accent and ppl here in Utah are SO shook when I say I'm from Texas because they're expecting "yehaw howdy darlin' sweetheart y'all" kind of accent 😂😂 obviously tho, it's not accentLESS, it's just not telltale

[@yoyomi]

Having lived in Texas most my life, as a child, we also lived in California & Arizona, so my accent is sometimes hard for some to pinpoint.

[@georgehutter339]

I feel that, i have a bit of a weird accent the one ya get in the tri-state. I prefer to sound neutral tho.

[@tomfrazier1103]

That "Non-accent" is sometimes called the newsreader accent. Television became widespread into the 1950s, and a lot of the early newscasters were from the Midwest, growing up in the 1930s.

[@suivatra123]

I have a very neutral accent also, plus being influenced by both DC and Baltimore accents for certain words doesn't help people either.

[@tomfrazier1103]

@@suivatra123 My Grandfather was born in rural Pennsylvania and later lived in Rochester. He always said "Foist" meaning first. That was his signal tell. He was half Sicilian half North Italian, first generation U.S. citizen. A hardworking man whom never knew 100% the meaning of "Retired". As annoying as it was at the time, he taught me a good work ethic, though disabled & "Unemployed" from 29, at the Turn-of-the-century.

[@christa6379]

I’m from Virginia (Tidewater area) and his accent is insanely good; all his accents are very accurate. I could listen to him do accent impressions all day.

[@jlaurelle]

I’m from Tidewater/Hampton Roads area and I was like, what? No.

[@switchboardrevelry4275]

The Tidewater accent is accurate but you're more likely to hear it in older or more rural folks.

[@PoetGorman]

His accents are very accurate, largely because he not only hears the accents as we do, he understands the actual physiology of the sounds, where the tongue goes, where the lips go, what touches the tongue. Still, his ability to actually mimic the sounds he understands to well is an amazing skill.

[@PepperTheDeadly]

thats cause he's a linguist ! that's the entire study lol !

[@Gruntled2001]

That's a phenomenon called "accommodation"

[@amya8316]

He’s a 10. His accents are really spot on. I have a “general American” accent. I was born and raised in Phoenix Arizona and I don’t hear any distinctive features in our accents.

[@theresat4782]

Also from Arizona! Listen for soft 'S'es, hard 'R's and 'L's, and the same glottal stop as the Utah accent. My S was so soft when I was a kid that I used to whistle on it. I would have made Emma Stone (Also from Arizona) sound like she enunciates.

[@BlueDebut]

I notice us Tucsonans have more midwest in our accent. My moms from Ohio so I speak with a weird western/Midwest accent

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

Aside from Texas and the Great Plains, the West has its own general accent. The most extreme version of this is the "valley girl" accent. It really surprised me when I moved from the Midwest to Colorado.

[@amya8316]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 lol you might be describing my accent 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@amya8316 I probably am. It's distinctive. You probably don't perceive it that way, because it's just how everyone around you talks. That's what accents are.

[@d4mdcykey]

That was honestly astounding. I spent many years (decades) living in different parts of the U.S. for work and this man is spot-on in every accent. That was just bizarrely impressive.

[@helenscott8202]

I’m a month late, but this guy is a 10. I was raised in the military, so we moved a lot. I learned to shift my accent within a few days after moving. I was fascinated by accents. Still am. This guy is the real deal.

[@tethom]

That's so interesting do the same thing and could never figure out why.

[@christierobinson7707]

Know what you mean, eventually I ended up with a sort of accent mix that at times leans one way or the other depending on mood , but it’s still accidental

[@helenscott8202]

I’m loong retired, but my speech shiftS with whatever or whoever I last heard. However, I listen to Trevor Noah…oh man! I’m still a total amateur!

[@rebeccarobinson8252]

I'm a brat and I do the same! My accent changes so quickly depending who Im around. It's never bothered me but I have had some negative comments about me because of how easily I slip into different accents. To me it's just always been one of those things that helped me be accepted by new groups quicker. As much as we moved it helped to fit in with different groups.

[@elisemiller13]

@@helenscott8202 Yeah, that click sound (Trevors mom's side) can be heard in Trevor's own speaking voice sometimes...even before he starts in with on purpose accents. He knows many languages, but my favorite is his intelligent language of humor! Well being ;-)

[@raven3moon]

"Ebonics" is officially known as African American Vernacular English (AAVE). It's been recognized by linguists as an official dialect of American English since the mid-70's

[@stinkbug4321]

@@Kim-427 Not just black

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

AFAIK, "Ebonics" has largely fallen out of favor. It's kinda linked to the whole moral majority, Christian™ conservative, and moms' movements of the 90s. It's protokarenspeak. I mostly hear AAVE or Black American English these days.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@Kim-427 You're crossing comment threads. What does my take on the contemporary use of the word "ebonics" have to do with the fact that you seem kinda racist?

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@Kim-427 This is an issue of linguistics and social trends. The assertion that a topic can not be discussed objectively by those outside of the populations to which the issue pertains is racist. You are racist.

[@Kim-427]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 You attacked me for no reason.Why? I was defending someone.Yes,This is about linguistics but they also spoke on racial linguistics in the AA vernacular and I found that interesting did you miss that?because I am black yes I found that interesting because I never seen it discussed that way.There is nothing wrong with me being interested in that and it doesn't make me racist.Why did you attack me? Was it because I'm black? You shouldnt be talking about things you don't know about nor should you be giving out information thats not completely correct.People like you have no idea that the things you say make you appear racist.Leave me alone!

[@Trix897]

The problem with some states is that there are multiple accents in one state, such as Illinois. Up near Chicago, the Great Lakes accent prevails. As you head Downstate, you go into a bland American accent, and further south, you get into more of a Southern drawl. So even if you have a representative from each state, they may not represent the accent for everyone in that state.

[@Mayalun]

You must be from or around Illinois. I'm from Southern Illinois, and the accent is so different from Northern Illinois.

[@katieb.1184]

@@Mayalun agreed, I did a retreat a while ago... and Illinois people were like "you're from near Chicago, huh?" but people from the coasts weren't as quick to tell. I still can't explain WHY I'm so Chicago in my speech but maaaan I am.

[@christineperez7562]

In Ohio accents change as well. Where Ohio borders West Virginia and Kentucky the accents are a little southern. Where Ohio borders Indiana Ohioans sound different. The same with Michigan and Pennsylvania.

[@you-in-yourfeelings7166]

Very true

[@bdonkulousgames8562]

Facts, despite living in Mississippi all but 2 years of my 35 year life span, I have almost no southern drawl...Everyone here always assumed I was from out west. My parents were from Cali and Illinois..I grew up with their lack of southern accent and never picked it up. If I were chosen as a representative for MS accent it wouldnt work..

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

That's a keen observation about the Outer Banks accent sounding like a pirate, because there was historically a lot of pirate activity in North Carolina, like Black Beard for example.

[@JeffOfTheMountains]

Can confirm this. The "Graveyard Of The Atlantic" is located pretty close to Hatteras Island, and there are a bunch of old pirate ships in that area.

[@jasonallen1968]

I haven’t tried to verify this but I have heard that Ocracoke Island has a Blackbeard Museum.

[@markhamstra1083]

Yeah, but what we think of as Pirate Talk is just a Hollywood affectation that isn’t historically grounded.

[@fllthdcrb]

@@markhamstra1083 I believe Robert Newton, in his role as Long John Silver in Disney's _Treasure Island_ (1950) had a lot to do with that.

[@DeannaAKADeanna]

Ha! I was just saying the same to my spouse about the melting pot that was the Louisiana Gulf Coast. There's an interesting, VERY cross-cultural story!

[@toeknee713]

While these videos leave a lot of accents out, this guy is spot on with the examples he does give. This is probably one of the best videos for U.S. accents.

[@poohbearsmom2964]

Yes, that’s one of my favorite things about the video is that all of the experts have made a point of saying that this does not include all accents, dialects, pidgins, or creoles.

[@MelonHere20]

Agreed, definitely the best I've seen for sure

[@dreamingbear9908]

You were right to think of pirates on the Ocracoke accent. That part of the coast was heavily affected by piracy.

[@johnathanjackson6258]

Ironically, the mascot of East Carolina University is the Pirate.

[@LabriaHart]

Im from Georgia and I was on the phone with someone from Alabama and I was like "damn I thought I sounded country."😂

[@dhfyrydjfjd]

Always lived here in San Diego but maybe because we're a Navy Town & a Tourist Town I've always picked up other people's accents! Most my coworkers aren't first language English so I have a tendency to sound Hispanic at times. Have family in Oklahoma & when I'm back there I have to remember to slow it down as my family talks super fast & over each other, lol. I love all the different dialects & accents, I hope we don't lose them. ♡♡♡

[@elisemiller13]

@@dhfyrydjfjd Long as there are people speaking with infants in their diverse accents, we're not likely to lose them. Keeps things interesting. (I pick up accents too. IAf around them for awhile people I don't know may start asking me where I'm from hahah!)

[@Nicholas-ze5vv]

And they might've thought the same thing about you.

[@Cipher71]

Fellow Georgian here. Can confirm. The Georgia southern accent is somehow way less southern-sounding than the Alabama southern accent, even though the two states are literally next to each other (and used to be part of the same state a loooooong time ago).

[@Nicholas-ze5vv]

@@Cipher71 No, it's just unfamiliar. It also depends on where in Alabama. But some people from Alabama will tell you the same thing.

[@norandavis856]

“General” American is basically 90% of American TV shows, news stations, and movies. At least 90% of any American TV/movie you see is what general American sounds like. Very very similar to general Canadian as well. Americans and Canadians that don’t have a “thick” local accent sound very similar.

[@dustinb1070]

I always thought the same with some Canadians. My friend in highschool was from Montreal. All our friends thought he was new Yorker. Everyone in NY said I sounded like a hick and everyone in Florida thought I sounded like I was from NY. Everyone who didn't know us thought we were brothers.

[@j.l.dawson1290]

I agree 👍. I'm from the US, and can not always pick up that someone is from Canada right off the bat.

[@Dalt21]

The philadelphia/South Jersey accent is probably one of the hardest to imitate unless you're from the area. But he did a pretty good job. If you want to hear a true Philadelphia accent, watch some news interviews of locals. It's a super unique accent that kind of brings together the southern draw with the NYC accent.

[@deanjewett1825]

The "He sounds like a pirate there" was funny because alot of pirates come from the outer banks. Blackbeard in particular.

[@jadey6561]

Blackbeard was born in Bristol! So for us in the UK the pirate accent we all assume actually makes alot of sense to west country accents he did indeed live and died on Ocracoke so makes sense as to the peoples accent there and how its involved through isolation :)

[@odynith9356]

@@jadey6561 Edward thatch! Or teach??

[@jadey6561]

@@odynith9356 always know as teach x

[@brettl2162]

@Talcum X There's some really awesome documentaries on Blackbeard. I think Josh Gates did a show on him too.

[@ellechristie1111]

He has a “neutral” American accent…like what our national news/media reporters/hosts have. To me, he seems 100% spot on with his accents/dialects. I’m fascinated!!

[@quix66hiya22]

He doesn’t sound neutral to me, which I define as Midwestern. I grew up in Louisiana, spent my young elementary years in Kansas, and lived in Boston.

[@rc3357]

@@quix66hiya22 I feel like I can hear his voice in myself, kind of? I have what I call a general American accent but it shifts sometimes. His tends to shift a lot (kind of what Kabir was saying) and it could be because he is able to mirror accents relatively well or something like that.

[@d2d2d28]

He’s 100% accurate with the Philly (Philadelphia) accent. It’s hard to imitate, too. This is fascinating!

[@japhialynne]

I am from Austin, TX and as long as I am speaking with people that do not have a deep southwest accent my accent is pretty general. As soon as I start speaking to other people in Texas my speaking pattern tends to match theirs.

[@cherrelle9964]

Same! I'm from TX as well

[@18touchdasky]

I'm from Austin too and I thought I was speaking very plain but ppl always guess I'm from Texas lol

[@PatricenotPatrick]

Austin is general to me. Much less southern than Houston although even that accent is disappearing since nobody is from here anymore 😢

[@nvee7744]

Funnily enough, my NJ/NY accent get's stronger the more I speak to people without it. Like it's fighting, lol.

[@Hopes.angelita]

Yep that happens ...my Dallas general city American accent can turn “country” with certain situations....(but I grew up with people who do have strong accents and they always wondered why my accent was different). I was in New York... they could clearly tell I was from Texas but I figured I usually have a California or city accent

[@pab4435]

I have mad respect for this guy. He called out RI accents. He knows his shit I had to edit to add that his ability to speak to the difference of Boston and RI accents is perfect. It’s very close and I’m tired of Californians thinking I’m from Boston!

[@daisysantiago6066]

When I lived in Florida no matter how many times I said I was from Jersey they would always introduce me as the girl from NY lol so I totally get what you mean

[@pab4435]

@@daisysantiago6066 Thats funny! I spent some time in Florida and found the locals were convinced I was from NY. It was a first for me haha! I even showed one girl my drivers license and she still told me RI was a Borough in NY. I was floored! Long story short, I feel you on that too! Lmao

[@JD-tn5lz]

He's really sharp on the East Coast accents, but obviously considers the Midwest just a footnote and not worthy of his time

[@cathyortiz1280]

Hey, I'm Californian & people here think I'm from NY or Boston because I can't say my R's correctly. But I don't say my O's like A's or anything else.

[@carbonfrog1]

Well as a Native Californian I am tired of everyone outside of Cali thinking we all talk like we are from the "valley." Its a big state with lots of people from all over the world so there are a ton of accents here as well.

[@SwayTravelExperience]

Very accurate! As a native African American Tennessean who has family that either: a) migrated from rural Tennessee [maternal lineage] and traveled north to New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Maryland and west to California and Alaska or b) have stayed in rural and south Georgia [paternal lineage], this is SPOT ON! I have been a travel nurse and for the last two years, I have had many comments of “southern accent” from all types of people. Now that I live in the western part of the USA (New Mexico), I have learned so much about the dialects from the rich culture of the Native and Latinx people I am surround by daily! It has been such a beautiful experience to learn so much just from traveling! Great video!

[@dennisdavis9537]

From a linguistic standpoint this guy is incredible. Particularly in explaining the actual grammatical specifics of the differences. I laughed when he was talking about North Carolina and Ocracoke island and you mentioned it sounded like pirate speech. Ocracoke was actually a pirate haven in the early 1700’s and one of Edward Teach, Blackbeard’s hideouts.

[@plaidraven6068]

I came to say the same! Kabir’s NC accent wasn’t too bad either, made me wonder if he’d traveled thru on the US trip he was planning.

[@russhanoman6492]

He's a fucking 10!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zacharydillon3558]

His accuracy is unbelievably high. Like, he’d probably trick native speakers if he wanted to

[@cierrahilton3006]

Lol he did...I'm literally on the Florida Georgia line in the sticks out near the okefenokee swamp and I laughed so hard ...I can't seem to get rid of that draw I have when I talk I guess it's just from growing up how people talked ...not many Northern accents down here neither

[@bdonkulousgames8562]

Everytime he starts talking about a new area he adopts their vocal patterns, thats why its so hard to figure out his true accent. His accents are spot on from people ive met and known..Dude nails everyone

[@JWJWJWJW]

Pittsburgh native here, it’s beyond accurate. Fun fact: we pronounce Pittsburgh and Pix or Picks rather than Pit, so it becomes Picksburgh. We call Pittsburgers that speak with a strong accent Yinzers

[@erinstoner6318]

Native here can't for Pittsburgh anise however we spell it lol

[@Myemnhk]

I agree but he was definitely over exaggerating a bit but the sound was good

[@toomucheffortugh]

The thing about the Pittsburgh accent is that it's localized to the inner city. If you were raised fifteen minutes north, no one talks like that

[@JWJWJWJW]

@@toomucheffortugh I don't think it's that no one has it, I think it's just less pronounced, less noticeable. Definitely still strongest in the inner city tho

[@sassycat9277]

A lot to do with where you live in the Pittsburgh area, almost no one in suburbs like Sewickley or Mt Lebanon has a yinzer accent, but the more working class areas certainly do.

[@feistygirl75]

As an SLP (speech-language pathologist), with a BA in linguistics, I find the specific descriptions of tongue placement and back vs front vowels fascinating!!

[@teej80]

He seems accurate with most of the places. As a DC/MD native, they definitely missed the opportunity to mention the dominant dialects when it came to the Baltimore and DC areas... The point about the 1 African American dialect feature for DC is accurate though.

[@opippy]

right. baltimore itself could take a few minutes. AND the black linguist piping up, as well...

[@aidanpatman-clark7131]

Yup, the whole DMV could be a whole video series

[@jlaurelle]

Yeah, his Maryland accent didn’t sound like any I had ever heard.

[@georgyzhukov6409]

baltimore is very similar to philly

[@BAChambers-235]

I remember first watching this and being disheartened he only mentioned Baltimore, lol. Makes sense though, not enough time in the day

[@alskjflah]

He mentioned Ocracoke Island off North Carolina’s Outer Banks as having an isolated accent. About 20 years ago they had an accent very similar to the Cornish accent in the UK. But due to tourism and technology that accent has changed and is now more Americanized.

[@jessescott775]

Do you know about Tangier? Absolutely insane british accents. There's a video from a few years ago, it's awesome

[@jessescott775]

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[@remains10]

Yeah I was just there last month all the islands off of north Caroline have such heavy accents

[@evelynwashere13]

He did an excellent job. He flowed so smoothly from one accent to another that it was hard to keep track but he was on point

[@jatashiejohnson8468]

Right. This was so interesting

[@oneslikeme]

He hasn't got to my state yet (Southeastern Kentucky), but all the features of the Southern Appalachian accent he already hit on are exactly right. Rhotic, price and goose vowels, face lowering, extra sounds added to words (a-hunting, a-fishing, wash becomes warsh). This is so interesting, I'm off to find part 2!

[@michellej7734]

10++++++ This guy is what you guys would call BRILLIANT and a TRUE EXPERT. He is dead on with these accents, he is not over doing them.

[@JD-tn5lz]

He's very good with the east coast, especially north of Mason/Dixon...that's about it. I wasn't impressed at all with his southern or Appalachian

[@restlessnation]

I'd say he is very good at representing the people with distinctive accents. I'm from the Boston area and most people don't really have "his" accent but you'll certainly come across them. I sometimes say things are wicked awesome/when I get get drunk start dropping my r's more often, but not really.

[@leecollins5448]

I love how these linguists explain how American accents are an amalgamation of history.

[@randomheadful7190]

His Philly accent was spot on. As a native Philadelphian, I’m impressed.

[@dukewatson1312]

Hes more than a 10.He fluently changes his accent through his sentences is unreal

[@michellej7734]

What people keep calling a Midwest Accent is actual a proper educated Midwest accent. There are Midwestern accents that are quite varied depending on education, cultural influence and economic status.

[@EmP-2022]

As a Midwesterner myself, lots of doctors and lawyers who have a more southern accent, so seems somewhat more of a personal choice vs education. My mom has a different accent than my dad ans md I refuse to say “warsh” for wash as they both do!

[@gratefuldead4714]

yes and i wish linguist videos did more nuance on this! i’m from a rural area in michigan and i notice we have a distinct drawl as compared to those in the city who have more of a general midwestern or even a standard accent.

[@patriciastuart8079]

This is so interesting. to answer your question about Erik Singer's accents: he is spot on. He is remarkable in his ability to morph his accents so subtly to differentiate the regional accent nuances. Separate Anecdote: My mother had a remarkable talent at perceiving regional accents. When my mother was in France taking a tour of a winery, she noticed the accent of the tour guide. The guide was from USA. My mother said to her friend: "this young woman sounds just like my kids!" After the tour was over she asked the tour guide "Where in California are you from?" The tour guide answered: "A little town you've probably never heard of... Woodside." Well, wouldn't you know it, my siblings and I all went to Woodside High School....: My mother grew up in Detroit in during WWII. At that time there were many immigrants from all over the world in Detroit.

[@kmaloney1973]

So glad to see people learning about the Gullah/Geechie dialect.

[@SpaceRemo]

The fact that while he was trying to do our accent he said "I wanna go for some barbecue." kills me

[@kabirconsiders]

It was the first thing i could think of lol

[@ThisisFerrariKhan]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kurtsgirl2002]

This was a really good learning experience. Black, white, south, north. I have white relatives in NJ, NW Pennsylvania , Ohio, WI, and then a few more relelitives from MA. This is a big learning experience for me. Thank you 👏🏼

[@elizabethsjourney701]

I’m from Georgia and his southern accent is on point. We do tend to use the tip of our tongue a lot and smooth out words like he used in the video.

[@kele.w]

He is UNBELIEVABLY accurate, especially with some of the hyper-local examples. I've lived within two hours of Baltimore for most of my life, and I can't do the Baltimore accent a quarter as well as he does it.

[@rendaowe]

I’de give him a 10, man he sounds just like Mathew McConaughey when he does the Southern Georgia accent.

[@katherinetepper-marsden38]

But McConaughey is from Southern Texas not Georgia. So it would make him inaccurate. I grew up in Atlanta and only pretentious people have old school Southern drawls.

[@z-z-z-z]

@@katherinetepper-marsden38 - he did move to longview, texas (east texas/about 40 miles from louisiana) at 10 yrs old. east texas is the westernmost extension of the deep south.

[@cincity720]

He's definitely bailing these accents. The Pittsburgh one is freaking spot on!!!

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

Philly too

[@Simon_Electric]

I'm from Pittsburgh and his accent was freakishly accurate.

[@prettybird1978]

Interesting to me that the Pittsburgh accent sounds the closest to a Canadian accent.

[@AppalachianAllegory]

@@prettybird1978 maybe that's why people ask me if I'm Canadian. I definitely have a strong Pittsburgh accent

[@ggram0551]

Yup, nailed the PGH "Yinzer Accent". I always thought it was made up when I moved her until running into some people that grew up in the South Side prior it to the bar center of PGH. Initially I really thought they were just putting on, but no, just 100% "Yinzer," lol

[@jasonbagan5550]

I've visited 90% of the places he has illiterated and it's crazy how he is able to bounce between them all and not get them confused. It's amazing to watch.

[@africkinamerican]

I don't know, he seems pretty literate to me.

[@meredithtrible3145]

Insane accuracy. Love the historical and geographical insight from the dif linguists.

[@CrazyJodice]

What I find weird is I come from a mixed background of white, Hispanic, and African American. And they have a lot of variety. Often my sound automatically adjusts to the family branch I’m speaking to without me realizing it. After a couple sentences yes like my speech connects to their cadence

[@renebishop4296]

I'm from South Carolina and have family in both the upper and lower regions. There is quite a bit of difference between the mountain accent and the Geechee accent toward Charleston. I also tend to change spech patterns around family without thinking.

[@KISSame981]

I believe that’s code switching

[@blaisehaddow1137]

You're code switching! Everyone does it, but it tends to be most obvious when you're looking at groups with really strong dialects differences

[@cakesinthecity]

Me too! I use to sound mexican because most of my friends growing up were mexican ! Now i sound more southern because my ex spoke that way. Its hard not to be slightly influenced by ur immediate surroundings lol

[@trxckster]

@@KISSame981 not everyone code switches. i can't. black & southern-born. no one has ever thought I was from the South even before I left for college. however, I do "sound white" according to other similarly melanated.

[@joshbethel417]

His accuracy is on point. And how accurate he is with so many different accents is quite frankly amazing to listen to. It's low key mind blowing.

[@kharnakcrux2650]

14:57 this guy is top tier.... a flawless accent artist. i love to geek out on subtle points like these

[@michaelneedssleep]

I’m from NY, and I’d put him between 8-10. Most of the time, people over-exaggerate New York accents, particularly the “cawfee” for coffee, and “tawking” for talking. I barely even have an accent by New York standards, but anytime I traveled south when I was younger, people acted like I was from outer space. This guy seems to have a great understanding of those small distinctions .

[@DelGuy03]

Erik is an expert; all his accents seem 100% accurate to me, and his shifts from one to the next are as impressive to me as they are to you. You yourself, by the way, are quite good with your impressions of various American accents. (Much better than my attempts at an English accent.) Also, I think it's both hilarious and impressive that the two iconic Southern accents he mentions from movies, Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Dubois, were created for us by the same English actress, Vivien Leigh. (We saw a bit of her Blanche.)

[@Bethany29]

Found your channel this past month, really enjoy watching your videos, and your great personality when reacting to videos.

[@kabirconsiders]

Thanks so much Bethany :)

[@LaurinGarcia]

I was born in the Bronx of New York City. But when I was 10 years old my family and I moved to Miami, FL where I lived there for another 10 years. During those adolescent years I lost most of my New York accent partly because for a very brief moment when I was taking acting classes. But when I graduate from high school I went back to NYC to attend a fashion college. As soon as I went returned to my native town my accent came back. But it wasn't until I was visiting my Mom in Miami during the holidays that I realized I even had it. I was talking on the phone with a family friend about the rainy weather when he said, "...a lot of water. Right?" But then I responded by saying, "Yiah, a lotta wada." He laughed and teased me about my accent. That was the moment I realized I was back to being a true New Yorker again, accents and all. LOL! 😄

[@SynnJynn]

My husband does the same thing. He's from Louisiana and kinds lost his accent but ehrn he talks on the phone it becomes a thick southern accent. I tease him too ;) Didn't know I had an accent till people in the South teased me about mine. ^-^

[@fulanichild3138]

At 13:50 When she explains asking a question in rising or falling tone, it brought back a memory of when I was living in Africa. I asked an African colleague how I could ask directions in the local language. He told me the phrase, and I repeated it exactly. He said no, say it like this. It took many tries before he finally told me that my pronunciation was perfect but my voice was rising at the end of the question. Once I understood that my tone should fall at the end, I was set to go!

[@codybrown3326]

This guy's accuracy on a scale of 1-10 is a 10. He blew my mind

[@zimnizzle]

This guy is 100% 10/10 accurate. He’s the best I’ve heard.

[@TheIrishloon]

One of the best ways to identify the “typical” American language, is to listen to the “accent” used by pop singers (even most British and other countries’ singers when they use English). It’s what’s used to allow for best projection of sound (usually). It sounds plain American.

[@cherylkurucz8852]

Oh my gosh this is so fun to watch. Yeah he’s pretty darn accurate. I live in Washington state in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and your imitation of how we speak around here is pretty darn spot on. I love dialects also fascinating and fun. Thanks for the awesome video, Cheryl

[@niqpere]

The fact they even have exact races and history is beyond cool. Never knew this was studied to this extend. Just by how he sounded I feel like every accent was super accurate . Like when someone is trying g to sound a specific way you can tell . Dude just sounded like he was from everywhere ha .

[@lisacox3750]

Yes, if you are an English major you have to take linguistics and it goes even deeper than this. I remember this well from 20 years ago.

[@gingerhurst9204]

Yes, he's on the money with his accents. I've lived all over the USA as well as Europe and I have a non-accent that adapts to where i am. In other words i can mimic an accent, but I've never been as awesome as he is. Wow!

[@candacep1032]

I think he's very accurate. I'm from Chicago, when I moved to Arizona I had some new neighbors move in to our neighborhood from Boston. My neighbor and I got stuck in traffic because of an auto accident. Our food was getting warm, my neighbor said, We should go grab a cart." Meaning a grocery cart. What I heard was, " we should get a cot (bed)". I looked at her and said how long do you think we're going to be stuck?!? Lol!

[@afckingmess]

This was so educational and I learned so much from this. I love that he had people to honor those specific languages and dialects correctly and respectfully. It was really cool to see you listening so intently and finding just as much fascination in the American accents. I’m from Pennsylvania (NEPA) and I get told that my accent sounds like a mixture of NJ/NY

[@Bandwagons]

I would say he's slightly exaggerated but totally accurate. As a Pittsburgher, I cringed at the accuracy. lol

[@Myemnhk]

Yeah i could tell it was a Pittsburgh accent but i could also tell it was a imitation and not an actual person from Pittsburgh

[@KarenKondrick]

I'm a Western New Yorker with family in Altoona and Pittsburgh...I snort laughed when he busted out that accent, how 'bout yenz?

[@JoeyNiklas]

This yinzer didn't mind it. Would've liked to see more detail on our accent plus unique words we use.

[@renfairegoddess]

I think maybe the Ravens vs. Steelers rivalry is really just a bunch of big men fighting over who has the absolute worst accent ever. I'm from Baltimore. It really is a toss up over whose is worst. And yet, they are quite similar!

[@JoeyNiklas]

@@renfairegoddess that's a fair assumption. I always viewed West Virginia, Tennessee or Kentucky as much worse than both of ours.

[@CreatingItMyself]

Wow 😮 his accuracy!!! He switches so easily in & out of each accent. Would love to hear the southern Florida influences. Northern Florida , Georgia spot on!!

[@DBrokeMillenial]

Tell me I'm tripping but that one black chick was using Hella woke language she said Africans were kidnapped instead of sold them said colonizers lol then Megan fake Mexican chick said LatinX instead of just Latin like whyyy if you don't want to use LatinO or latinA use Latin duuuuh dumb woke chick pissed me off lol

[@thebirdnerd4765]

I have a Southern Mississippi Accent and I always get reminded of it by both friends and strangers now that I live in Arkansas.

[@jimmysmith773]

@@BeeHappySunshine I guess it depends on where here in Arkansas you are I know I live in Boone county and newton county right next to Boone is very different

[@CAMC4955]

Im a Jamaican living in 🇺🇸 annd I think he is very accurate! He sounds like he's an American linguist. He's incredible. The ladies were great also. Very informative.

[@np1056]

As others have said, he's 100% accurate. I'm from Austin, TX & I have a "neutral" American accent (just like he specifically mentioned). All of his videos are amazing.

[@admerin6961]

I am so jealous of my fellow southerners. I did not develop an accent, sadly. I love southern accents.

[@Alec_RTR]

Why? I hate my accent; so many people judge me for it and assume I’m unintelligent, uneducated, and/or racist. I see it just about anytime I have to speak at a meeting, or am introduced to a new social group. It gets old quickly.

[@admerin6961]

@@Alec_RTR I find the accent doesn't matter. If someone knows I am southern, they treat me that way anyway. I was recently flabberghasted to silence when a person I met literally assured me being southern was "not something to be ashamed of because you made it out". I had no words. These stories happen more than I like to admit, and I have almost no accent at all. I was the Uber driver once for some Hollywood type who was trying to tell me how enlightened he is now after spending a few years in the south because he now knows we aren't all dumb and racist like he always believed. 😒🙄

[@admerin6961]

@Fredrick Frederickson lemme guess, yer a white male, aged between 21 and 30.

[@admerin6961]

@Fredrick Frederickson you always call women bud asshat?

[@admerin6961]

@ColonialBuckeye amen to that! Southern accents are amazing and underappreciated and it is tragic that so many people are ashamed of them. It is weird to me that people think it makes one sound dumb, I don't think so at all, but I was born and raised in the deep south and most of my family who are highly educated have them. Mine is so light it is barely noticable to most people. I wish it was stronger, I would carry it with pride.

[@Loveshell7]

I've lived in the United States my entire life and it still amazes me how many accents in this country along with all the people who have come here from other countries with their language mixed with the state they live in over the years they have a mix of the accent from the state and from their country mixed. Quite interesting.

[@africkinamerican]

Yeah, accents make all kinds of blends, depending on your age especially.

[@SonWsp]

An interesting blend that wasn’t covered is the influence NY black english has on lots of the NYLE speakers, I’d say more common than not matter fact. As you noted it’s not just about the immigrants language it’s also about the english they encounter in the states. So like I say pull the way they said black people do it but milk light etc still have the light L’s mentioned for example

[@tejaswoman]

As a Texan, I thank you for recognizing that you can't really do our accent. Most people think they can, but they're really doing an accent from somewhere else in the South. Few and far between are the genuine Texas accents, such as the one that got my East Texas cousin teased for asking someone to "pass the suntan 'ALL,'" as her parodists put it.

[@FrankSr1st]

I've not heard a person with such accuracy in diversity in language in all of the US. He's pretty good, I'd give him a 9.

[@wheatking8971]

He is accurate as hell but thats his job

[@philindabell6292]

Accurate? Oh my goodness yes. When he began speaking about NY accents, I kept nodding my head in agreement. I’m a Bronx born and raised woman with parents who were born and raised in Alabama. People know I’m from NY but my accent is different than people in the other boroughs like Brooklyn and has also been influenced by my racially diverse family, friends, co-workers, etc.

[@Cragun.]

You'll find most national news people have a neutral American accent, which is most commonly called a midwest accent. Although areas of the midwest also have some distinctive features like a Chicago accent or the interesting northern Minnesota or North Dakota (Fargo) accent. You got some of those accents pretty good ... but your best was Snoop Dogg. :)

[@kaseywood8173]

Yess. Ppl in Chicagoland have accents. It's akin to some mild northern accent.

[@iloveyourunclebob]

@@kaseywood8173 I like when people say I pronounce Illinois wrong (ell eh noi). Like...I'm from will county bro. Thats my Illinois outskirts of Chicagoland accent lol

[@yugioht42]

Florida is really weird because you start in key west and you get an almost Caribbean accent, Miami you get a very Cuban accent, Orlando is mixed with all sorts of stuff, You get to Gainsville where the university is and you hit real piney woods all the time. The panhandle is really that way too the state capitol is very piney woods. until georgia then you are really in the south.

[@NandR]

Yep. I grew up in North Florida, mother's side goes back generations in the town I was born in. We have a subdued and moderate accent. Mine isn't as pronounced but some of my cousins are more pronounced. But I can tell someone from GA in a heartbeat. Same with Alabama. I know those three accents better than any other accents. I am not a linguist so I can't break them down, but I know them when I hear them. Accents are fun to me. And I gain or lose mine depending on who I am around, since I know some people will judge you based on it.

[@armynurseboy]

In Florida, the farther south you go, the more Northern it gets.... 😉

[@KrishnaAdettiwar]

@@armynurseboy the opposite lol in Florida, the more north you go, the more southern it gets. South Florida isn’t like the north, it’s more Cuban/Caribbean

[@melindamercier6811]

@@armynurseboy eh, not really. Miami is heavily Cuban influenced. The North, like the panhandle, is often called South Alabama lol.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

When I went to college at the University of Miami I met an older native South Florida local and her accent was very Southern and soft spoken. Her pronunciation of Miami was "Maa-AM-muh".

[@jennifer5416]

He is extremely accurate. You made me laugh when u say u keep thinking he is speaking his normal voice but it was accent. And your Texas accent was pretty good. Like natural.

[@Lukemaster130]

I'm from north carolina, and I've spent a lot of time in Ocracoke Island. He is mostly correct about younger people tend to sound more mainstream, they still have some of those native infections but it sounds more like the Appalachian accents. Actually the vast majority of the population. The only people who speak like he is saying are the very elderly people, especially those who have lived on the island for generations. And fun fact, love how you mentioned it sounds like a pirate, one of the most famous pirates of all time, blackbeard, actually lived on Ocracoke Island!

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Yes darlin, He’s dead on accurate about the southern accent….🤗🐝❤️

[@kellyriddell5014]

The North Carolina accent was well done as someone who lived there for 15 years.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@kellyriddell5014 Yes, he’s really good at what he does🤗🐝❤️

[@carolynlampman209]

The US is so huge that most of us haven't heard all the accents but he sounds spot on!

[@lizzyjay4458]

When he talks about New Jersey, New York and Philly, he is pretty spot on. I'll give him an 8 for that. And the only reason it's not a 10 is because he fails to mention accents in New Youk state, he focuses on NYC. And in New Jersey, a lot of north Jersey sounds very similar to NYC. And Southern Jersey has 3 distinct different accents. Some are just like Philly, some are slightly southern for some reason, and the rest are kind of a mix between Philly and how he did Trenton, NJ. And I absolutely agree that I have no idea what his regular speaking accent is lol! There definitely seems like there's some Irish in there though!

[@OnusofStrife]

Yup, same complaint from me. I'm from CT. No mention of Western New England accents either.

[@ViolettaVie]

He did mention that he was only going to mention the more distinct accents and that it wasn't an exhausted list. Considering all of the accents he mention, I give him a 10.

[@146TS]

No Pennsylvania Dutch accent, either.

[@CalvinLimuel]

it's part 1, the subsequent parts circle around back.

[@kimmcconnell3854]

Yes, from the Southern Tier of New York and now live in Massachusetts on the borders of New Hampshire and Vermont. Totally different accents.

[@los2834]

My son had a French exchange student stay with us for week or so. When he used an American accent it made us laugh so hard. Or when he repeated the way we pronounced French street names here in St. Louis as compared to how it is really pronounced it was hysterical. We are Rubes. But we are loving.

[@psingerman4778]

Children seem to pick up on accents and their cultural implications pretty early. My Appalachian brother married a woman from New Hampshire. When he or his wife mentioned "Grandma", one of their children asked, "Which one? The one that says, 'Heah, heah' or the one that says 'Ah reckon'?" My children always knew when I was speaking to my Appalachian mother on the phone, because my accent became deeper.

[@Elmerphant]

I'm a Latina from NY/NJ who lived in Pittsburgh for college and have family in Mass. The North East stuff is very accurate. Once, my room mate and I wanted to go to the Pitt Zoo but I got lost driving so I went into a gas station to ask for directions. OMG, I know the very sweet woman was speaking english but I had no idea what she said. It was like another language (like Brad Pitt in Snatched lol). Most people in Pittsburgh speak "normal" but sometimes you would run into a "yinser" speaking "pittsburghese". lol.

[@jeangordon1878]

Fascinating presentation. My Dad was in the army so we moved a lot. My mother was so dismayed with me as I picked up accents so easily and the Philadelphia accent drove her up a wall. Now MANY years later I consider myself accentless except I still use y'all which is definitely southern.

[@the_names_Lauren]

Exactly same! Never the Philadelphia accent, but definitely the southern AL accent my mom found annoying, which I still kind of have with some words. Some think I’m faking, but it IS totally possible for a Hispanic female to have an Alabama southern accent with some words! 😅

[@alexandrahanson-harding4666]

What I loved was the respect for different kinds of people and how they were represented.

[@joannlee7239]

He captures the tidewater and Baltimore accents perfectly. I also appreciated his distinction between the NC areas - coastal vs. mountains. The Ocracoke/outer banks island accent was so surprising. All these accents are quickly disappearing or being absorbed into a general accent.

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

When listening to Nicole's portion of the video, it should be noted that accents do not, in fact, adhere very strongly to ethnicity. "Black English" isn't just black, it's also very urban. For sociohistoric reasons (which have their roots in reconstruction-era politics and economics among other things), disproportionately many people of African American ancestry live in poor urban neighborhoods, compared to any other ethnicity. And yes, they initially seeded those neighborhoods with speech patterns they brought with them from the rural Deep South, that's true. But you end up now with a situation where people of other ethnicities living in those same poor urban neighborhoods, end up with similar speech patterns, and, conversely, black people living in Suburbia (yes, they do exist, they're just outnumbered) tend to end up with other speech patterns, which are more tied to the region (New England / Midwest / Midlands / Deep South / Great Plains / Southwest / SoCal / Pacific Northwest). Basically, when people move, their kids and grandkids end up sounding like their new neighbors. Their speech pattern only goes with them, when they migrate in sizeable groups and stick together in clumps, so that most of their neighbors are part of the migrated group. Yeah, I can't hear the difference between dark and light L either. I think most native English speakers don't, because English doesn't contrast on that sort of thing. It's even harder (for us) to hear than the difference between aspirated and unaspirated plosives, which is important in a lot of Asian languages.

[@quota3734]

I can hear the light L’s but maybe that’s because I’m Hispanic lmao

[@drachir7146]

This exactly I've lived in a lot of places of the USA and accents are near universal

[@amc7285]

@@quota3734 me too 👍🏽

[@MC2RD]

And also they were not KIDNAPPED, but SOLD into slavery, as they are STILL being sold into slavery. Not on topic but damn get the fact right if your gonna be "educating" something.

[@Black-nf3tx]

@@MC2RD Yeah it annoyed me whne she said "kidnapped" as well. While yes, some people were forcibly taken, the majority of slaves were either purchased or traded for. It was common practice for African tribes to sell off men from opposing tribes that they had captured in or after battle.

[@patriciatownsend]

As a linguist, he has to be able alter his dialect in conjunction with his client/student's needs. Therefore, he has to be accurate. My own experience is that as I spend more time in any given location, my accent becomes less defined. Also, as a 13 year old moving to California from Florida, I got asked if I was from the most ridiculous places and worked to mask my accent. This has attributed to my indistinct accent.

[@topfacemod]

I'm a Coastal NC native and my family settled the first two towns in NC established outside Roanoake...Bath...and New Bern (where I live now). I can tell you, it's a fasinating place. I find a great deal of satifaction in someone doing such an awesome job explaining as large a liguistic diversity and history as this video. I also appreciate YOU having such earnest interest in it.

[@Aseabasplace]

New Bern! I grew up in Onslow County. He did a phenomenal job with the NC accent 👌🏾