There are also definitely different types of influencer accent.

I speak with an "educational influencer" accent and then there are the Mr. Beast-style "entertainment influencer" accents #linguistics #accent #language #socialmedia

[@vaulz_]

That elmo voice is diabolically accurate

[@JmKrokY]

Fr

[@vaulz_]

I swear if I get one comment that's like "400 likes but only 1 reply" I'll start a world war

[@thenoseguy]

​@@vaulz_Real and true

[@Merilirem]

1.3k comments and 3 likes? Sounds like a job for DR.BEES!

[@vaulz_]

@@Merilirem are you dyslexic?

[@benj4586]

I subconsciously recognize these things but thanks for showing them explicitly

[@Just_a_brigentine_bilge-rat]

I think thats one of the crazy things about linguistist, almost everything they study you either know by using a language or could be know by thinking about the way people around speak and comparing that with others

[@whenimmanicimgodly4228]

​@Just_a_brigentine_bilge-rat yea linguistics are crazy interesting, but i feel like sometimes too ive met some people who study it so much they become pedantic and start to lost grasp of the real world application uses of words. Like linguistics are cool, but ive found some people who study it dont keep up wirh the evolution of language quiet as well whem it comes to spoken language, and they assume any form of typed comment is written language when most people type how they speak

[@improvedalpaca3294]

​@@whenimmanicimgodly4228 that point about internet grammar is really interesting. I find it funny how much comma's have replaced full stops in lots of our writing. I guess on the internet there are no rules to follow and no consequences for how we speak so we revert to typing as if we were speaking or even just a stream of consciousness. I would never write that long sentence in an essay.

[@alexwinter3752]

@whenimmanicimgodly4228 yeah there's no way you've actually met any linguists, literally one of the biggest things about linguistics is having a descriptive approach to studying languages which means keeping up w how language changes

[@alexwinter3752]

@Just_a_brigentine_bilge-rat it's more so you know stuff instinctually and could get some kinda solid knowledge down when discussing with others but you definitely dont know mostly everything they study otherwise there would be no need for the field

[@D3NPC]

What I learned today is that influencers are treating me like a kid.

[@themodelcitizen988]

Yes BUT….the average adult’s attention span is that of a child…

[@neilchambers470]

Thats partly true but its more that the algorithm treats you like a kid. Tiktoks and shorts and reels and the like are set up so the content creator only has a few seconds to get your attention before you scroll past. Thats why yotube ads fits so much info in the first few seconds before you can click away

[@ScottishVagabond]

Can't stand 'influencers,' even the term annoys me. Why does anyone care or listen to them?

[@phoenixmarktwo]

This man just scientifically explained why I fucking hate the "influencer voice"

[@parkerbond9400]

Nobody wants to think they're being treated like a toddler!

[@grimble4564]

They sound like they never learned how to read and it's infuriating

[@sagethelemur]

same omg

[@yes7806]

@@grimble4564what

[@nicholejoslin4324]

Saaame. It drives me nuts every time I hear someone talking like that because they're basically trying to sell you something. Stop trying to sell me crap. If I want it, I'll go buy it myself. Just talk to me like you would in a normal conversation??

[@Kitkiwa]

He should make the linguistic breakdown for the mommy voice Edit: Ya’ll, ask for this in his new videos, we are getting this

[@jordanwesley263]

Please! For... reasons

[@trollmen0768]

Yes

[@JmKrokY]

💀

[@gamedummie]

tell us the secrets magic language man

[@Mistikii]

This, for... science...

[@accounts128]

You have mastered the art of linguistic shitposting.

[@mkzkm11]

This is the level of linguistic knowledge I want to achieve, the casual real-life application from observations is so cool honestly

[@dominicguye8058]

This is NOT sh**posting

[@M.Sajid98]

​@@dominicguye8058 account 128 didn't say that this video is s-t posting... I am surprised at number of likes your comment has.

[@ineedsIeep]

@@M.Sajid98 yes they did

[@felixhatton7334]

@@dominicguye8058sob❤

[@Anarqism]

"influencers are doing the same thing with YOUR attent- *gets cut off*"

[@CalIrons-wr2xy]

that got me ngl 😂😂😂

[@sebastianls412]

They got him.

[@jakeb6043]

@@sebastianls412Lol

[@wordzmyth]

Cutting of the last word is another tiktok attention holding tactic to make you watch again

[@absurdedward]

Pray for his safety

[@thewoodpeckers655]

They’re pulling a Sesame Street on us 😭

[@Greenteabook]

We've been trained since childhood to stay focused on their words 😦

[@DeathnoteBB]

That’s why kids love influencer content

[@BRPerfections]

I need this man to do a breakdown of the foot lettuce accent.

[@NexusGideon]

please

[@quaz3214]

Personally, I'm the best at doing the foot lettuce accent

[@telestare]

"Number 15: Burger foot lettuce"

[@lilcubbins]

Chills accent

[@Kursulic]

deflated lung accent

[@truffflzz]

savage how he just compared beauty channels to elmo

[@enialb]

right! Elmo deserves so much better

[@syd7608]

makes it even funnier how he's also using the influencer accent. or maybe tiktok accent

[@AzarathMetreon]

Every form of profession that revolves around speaking in some capacity develops their own cadence. Radio broadcasters have one, politicians have another, influencers and content creators have another still, combat sports event announcers have yet another, and so on.

[@shueibdahir]

BINGO

[@godsuo_1985]

Always wondered what happened to that kid from polar express.

[@softsounds8453]

Don't do him like that 😂😭

[@thezackast2752]

That's a brutal comment to make about someone

[@storminmormin14]

Unwarranted and accurate cruelty is the worst form.

[@literally_jesu]

I hope you have a good lawyer because that's criminal

[@and_salty658]

oh my god you killed him

[@Vgamer311]

Part of why I love this is because it’s one of those things that many if not most people could pretty easily replicate if asked, but would be unable to say why or how. Like, they’d put the stresses in the right spots but could not explain how they knew that’s where they went.

[@darshs21]

Plot twist: he used the same tactic on us in this video

[@1999colebug]

He did, it's just a bit more subtle. XD

[@iantaakalla8180]

I guess that means he is admitting he is an influencer. Darn it.

[@2freaky_bob]

That Elmo voice was spot on.

[@DembaiVT]

It was missing fry, but the tone was excellent.

[@jimbothompkins]

Wait.... Are you doing it to us right now?

[@aki_times_ten]

Nah he's speaking fast to get us to pay attention and not be bored and feel like it's worth watching due to the info per second rate

[@jimbothompkins]

@@aki_times_ten oh ok lmao 🤣

[@MaximeRoman]

He's 100% doing it!

[@sirjenkins7442]

You kept my attention sir

[@shooflyesap771]

horny ahh comment

[@j.r.r.tolkien8724]

Funny coming from this guy. He has the most typical fast talking, high energy 'influencer accent' I've ever see.

[@I.just.exist.]

I personally think different types of creators have different ways of speaking

[@jablue4329]

One can analyze something they do reasonably. Not really funny.

[@user-pz4xe3sb6t]

Why is no one talking about that amazing Sesame Street accent, that was amazing and came out of absolutely nowhere lol

[@littleblueclovers]

Getting cut off at the end really makes it feel like you kicked down the door of my house to tell be about the influencer accent and continued to elaborate for the next several hours. I like it. Very chaotic.

[@eagle32349]

Influencers are mimicking what made children love shows. This either means influencers think their viewers are essentially all babies or that getting caught-up in their tactics makes you no better than child. I’d say both, you can’t really have one and not the other here.

[@optimisticori]

i’m getting to learn stuff i’ve never thought about. this is so neat

[@hadesobscuro2822]

Read wikipedia pages on linguistics. You will be surprised so many things like these concepts: terror management

[@Ezio-Auditore94]

How do I know you're not doing something like that to me right now?

[@ZoruaLightning]

He is

[@tomlxyz]

​@@ZoruaLightningno he isn't

[@ZoruaLightning]

@@tomlxyz he's talking like an influencer just like he mentioned in the video

[@1c0nic_player]

@@ZoruaLightning nah really??

[@ellaj9380]

my high school literature teacher always said "all texts are a deliberate construct" like, he might not be doing the influencer voice, but we *do* control the tone, pitch, stresses etc of our speech to communicate different things to different people, in different contexts, to direct or deflect attention etc it's not evil! it is a little unsettling to only learn explicitly about after having a lot of exposure to it though

[@skye387]

I always confused why they all talk the same way. Even in my country (non-english)the influencers talk too similar.

[@gummy5862]

It’s kind of like how news reporters talk similarly. There’s just a particular way of speaking that’s clear and attention grabbing.

[@skye387]

@@gummy5862 It worked the opposite way for me in that I got annoyed and tune them out.

[@aozorashi]

When he started the influencer accent, my fight or flight instincts activated lol

[@AnonAnarchist]

I have learned more from this man alone than in English class. Bravo.

[@alexandruracz9995]

Its more likely that you learned more "interesting" stuff from this guy than in english class which creates that perception, but realistically speaking you gut taught much more in english class, you probably just thought it was boring (rightfully so) and it didnt stick to memory yes i am a nerd

[@al.bay24]

I never thought I would see an unironic syndicalist but here we are

[@MigWith]

​@@alexandruracz9995 most grammatical subjects are completely arbitrary. at least for me the categories make no sense. I'm not even talking about english, just in general. so it feels more like "filler", since it isn't the way our minds learn, and it isn't the way words really relate or interact. What I'm trying to say is that the subject feels kind of unscientific. did I make sense? just my perspective

[@LexifromZargon]

Im starting to analyze YOUR speech pattern especially how you say certain stuff louder or stressed so fascinating!!! Thanks for teachin!!!

[@2riaVic]

Please do a long form video on this. It's absolutely fascinating!

[@MaverickOTW]

That Elmo voice came out left field god damn

[@CactusKitty42]

It’s like they end their sentences in a way that makes you think they haven’t ended so you keep watching to finish the sentence.

[@alexcrazy1492]

The way these cut off, I swear it always feels like you just started talking to a guy and then he pops off with information about these things and then like someone walks in and interrupt him

[@mekelius]

I've noticed a similar thing with some of my finnish speaking university lecturers! It's especially noticable, because in finnish the stress is usually extremely regular: always on the first syllable and kinda light at that, to the point that finns generally think finnish has no stress. But these lecturers often stress the last syllable in a sentence in a very paricular manner for emphasis. It sounded extremely funny at first.

[@x0_alex_0x91]

This man is getting more and more physically and linguistically attractive by each short

[@Newtid]

the comparison to the way characters from kids shows like sesame street speak is something i never thought about, yet is surprisingly accurate. these same tactics are still used on us and they still work, just under a different coat of paint who woulda thunk it

[@Glassandcandy]

The fact that influencers use the same psychological cues and tricks on adults to get them to buy products that children’s cartoons use to teach kids letters is a grim but hilarious irony.

[@LeonBlack666]

I honestly hate how these ppl sound... The valley girl accent, the influencer accent, call it whatever you want, it's so cringe my ears hurt every time i hear it.

[@owgirl]

This is a great way to explain tones in English to English speakers

[@vantarinitel]

Yes that! "Oh THAT's what that tone is. Ohhhh"

[@hbanana7]

I'm sure preschool-elementary school teachers... no, all teachers, will have some sort of tone or accent.

[@miabee6267]

I THINK the most interesting thing about the INFLUENCER accent is when is FOLLOWS specific PATTERNS

[@omarhossamsamir]

Dang influencers are treating us like toddlers

[@kippy7883]

I always like a nice, neutral analysis of an accent.

[@Cjbirol]

This analysis is really cool, what other instances of macroprosody are there? What other differences are there between the general American accent and the influencer accent?

[@MrOlivm]

Any conscious emphasis would be part of it. It’s macro in the sense that linguists who study this operate, mostly on phonemes, as parts of syllables, as parts of words, as parts of utterances, in formal communication, as parts of phrases, sentences. Other salesman. Auctions. Performers. Stand up comedians. Attention misdirection would make for interesting case studies.

[@ananas_6029]

I use it when I’m doing a school presentation, to try to make it sound more interesting

[@UltraCenterHQ]

Damn, even influencer voice is getting deconstructed

[@bobbycatt5235]

I would love to watch a 20 minute video on just this in depth

[@1234bobfox]

Thank you for this. I can't listen to the influencer voice the same ever again 🤣

[@LowellWann]

What’s interesting to me is how all of that is universal… Influencers do not use that voice for those reasons consciously… I really wonder why we all know to do that without any training

[@postapocalypticnewsradio]

I have my own influencer accent. Shame I'm not yet an influencer.

[@rebeccam9358]

Every time I think I know where he’s going, things take a far more interesting turn 😆

[@tnghunter]

It's weird. I have like a tick where the influencer voice causes my finger to twitch and scroll past every time..

[@thedudeamongmengs2051]

Etymology is such an interesting topic because its something you hear and engage with every day but you dont think about it consciously unless its pointed out or you study it very carefully

[@Huacaya]

we need a linguistic breakdown of the mommy voice

[@Varahipatel-1]

Something I noticed is YOU also do this lol, certain words are much higher, especially if they are related to or are the main subject.

[@shane1063]

As a marketer I love this type of information

[@GuruJ_]

These are the unique linguistic takes I love to hear from you. Bravo!!

[@KaiserTwo]

mf was racing to finish the short 💀

[@zaharilazarov2851]

I would listen to lectures from this guy, everyday for the rest of time you’re amazing 🎉

[@omegaflames8964]

You always find the strangest most accurate comparisons

[@misssofija6760]

I so appreciate you sharing your knowledge like this. It's a gift to teach like you do and to want to make it accessible to others is a true gift to the world.

[@SeverinHawkland7855]

It's really cool that all these linguistic methods that work for certain purposes are seemingly just hardwired into us. You can do them without knowing the specifics.

[@Rose-yx6jq]

Oh great Hera, the influencers are treating us like toddlers.

[@ctdaniels7049]

Influencers are doing the same thing to hold your atten--

[@user-le9xu2mf5g]

Dude. This stuff is so cool. Hands down my favorite content creator on the platform

[@mythicalcreaturebeliever7613]

so you’re telling me I’m getting Sesame Street’d rn

[@Blueian742]

Bruh so many girls I hear talking like this in every day life it’s like clockwork.😭

[@DDi-bh3ud]

it’s basically a way to verbally bold for an advertisement. bolding helps people skim faster by highlighting key words so it’s a way to emphasize something alongside the attention stuff

[@maddyc2025]

Wow, okay, that "hey guys" made me flinch with how accurate it was.

[@TurkishKS]

I love the added layer of him doing the technique about 40 times throughout the whole video.

[@TheGabygael]

As a linguistic nerd it's the first time i learn something that will help me in the future. I suck at advertising myself but i want to build a career in an artistic endeavor, i've been on KZbin most of my life so i feel like i will at some point end up creating content to support said endeavour and learning what makes influencer talk effective will help me sound less awkward and boring (and hopefully with time i'll learn to break out of it to create my own speech pattern that will blend this attention catching vibe with any personal pattern i automatically lean towards)

[@Darnitdave710]

I think the evolution into short form content has caused people to develop clearly spoken rapid speech.

[@fedoramaster6035]

The fact that theres an influencer is one of the most horrifying things I’ve learned in three yrs of being obsessed with humanities. Thank you.

[@Qu1LLtheS1LLy]

This is actually so awesome dude I learn so much from you!

[@syf13]

It would be awesome if you could break down the reason why the F1 commentator Alex Jacques’ speech sounds so bizarre (well nails on a chalkboard to my American ears). Great content, btw!

[@222liss]

Slowly, you are intriguing me with your language lore. I get the feeling... I should harness it... all of it...

[@roanoak7117]

Thank you for making content about just like all of this stuff. I really wanted to do linguistics in college because I find it so interesting but didn’t so your content just makes me very happy thank you!! :)

[@think2086]

What I think you left out of this analysis is how leaving answering machine messages is a HUGE influence on this influencer accent. People left messages to each other that sounded like that. It was a way of expressing, "I'm not really sure what to say. I'm nervous that I'm being recorded. Let me cute about my nervousness as a way to deal with it" All of that is encoded in the way we would leave messages on phone machines. When recording TikToks, it's similar.

[@sambond7166]

The tism is off the charts here and it’s incredible

[@diabolicallink]

Nothing could have prepared me for true Elmo impersonation

[@gwenchapman5068]

I think reporters also do this

[@argella1300]

News anchors do it too

[@MrRta90]

The super fast talk that he's doing is also common amongst alot of youtubers and influencers

[@WolfWreader]

macroprosody, neat!

[@polypython]

I never knew linguistics could be so interesting

[@_Jude-St.-Francis_]

Thirsting hard over that Elmo voice impression 😩

[@bassrecord6139]

So I bought A *_croissant_* _quaso_

[@user-pl8xv6jc1i]

yes

[@cherubin7th]

My favorite influencer Klaus Schwab doesn't talk like that.

[@MopTopMase]

I THINK the most interesting thing about the ~influencer accent~ is how it FOLLOWS predictable patterns

[@srishti.sharma149]

cracked up at your influencer voice😂

[@0_bus]

Influencers treating us like kids

[@crow6115]

Influencers are treating me like a child.... and it's working

[@Ba-kt6ju]

I honestly didn’t even register that he was doing a really good Elmo voice, it was so good that I just thought it was Elmo.

[@ShinyRowletGuy]

I love knowing that the influencer accent comes from the vally girl accent

[@ksbrook1430]

Yes, I've noticed these features. So rather than stand out, they meld together and fade to uninteresting.

[@Waltitude]

So what i gathered is: influencers think their audience is filled with inattentive toddlers

[@mattpedia1933]

The elmo voice made me spit out my crayons

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Thank you for detailing why I hate what I know I hate. I feel more informed now

[@withlol777]

This made me laugh a lot more than I think it was supposed to

[@stealthis]

If I hear somebody talking to me like that I'm out

[@elijahide9880]

Wow. Unbelievably fascinating. Thanks for the content bro.

[@tenebrousjones4897]

You’re thinking about it more than we are

[@Omnimon101]

Dude I love your videos. They're so interesting.