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Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents – (Part One) | WIRED

Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik and a host of other linguists and language experts (Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark), take a look at some of the most interesting and distinct accents around the country. Host: Erik Singer Director: Alice…

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Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik and a host of other linguists and language experts (Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark), take a look at some of the most interesting and distinct accents around the country.

Host: Erik Singer
Director: Alice Roth
Producer: Alyssa Marino & Erik Singer
Director of Photography Charlie Jordan
Production Manager: Morgan Winters
Editor: Brady Jackson and Justin Sloan
Post Production Manager: Nick Ascanio
Head of Programming for WIRED: Chris Conti
Linguists & Language Experts: Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, & Kalina Newmark
Dialect demonstrations: Amani Dorn
NYC accent demonstration courtesy of La Tasha Stephens
Latinx Light L demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English Archive
DC accent demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English Archive
North Carolina accent demonstrations courtesy of The Language & Life Project
Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina
Special thanks to:
Reg Charging
Zachary Cooper
Justin McBride
Eliza Simpson
James N. Stanford
Pamela Vanderway
Nacole Walker
Dr. Walt Wolfram
International Dialects of English Archive
The Language & Life Project
Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina

The American Dialect Society:

Dictionary of American Regional English and Field Recordings:

Indigenous North American accents:

African American Language:

New York Latino English:

Appalachian English

North Carolina accent and dialect variation:

Learning the tools and skills needed to be good at teaching or doing accents:

Language variation and education:

Language discrimination and racism:

Other sources for accents:

00:00 – Intro
02:10 – Pilgrims
02:45 – Boston
2:58 – Rhode Island
3:25 – New York City
4:31 – African American English Varieties
7:17 – New York Latino English
8:26 – The On Line
9:27 – DC
10:24 – Pittsburgh
10:55 – Virginia
11:27 – North Carolina
12:00 – Appalachia
13:40 – The Outer Banks
15:19 – Lumbee English
16:02 – “General American”
16:45 – Gullah / Geechee Language & Accent
19:20 – Piney Woods Belt
21:21 – Outro

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1,186 Comments

1,186 Comments

  1. romanticulous

    January 22, 2021 at 12:50 am

    Has Erik been working out? (cries in boring Eastern European English accent)

  2. hplexicon

    January 22, 2021 at 12:51 am

    Finally a good video on US accents, seriously there aren’t any good ones I checked.

  3. DEON Lofton

    January 22, 2021 at 12:52 am

    homegirl looking like a ghost

  4. Stefan rhys

    January 22, 2021 at 12:53 am

    Thank god this wonderful man is back, these videos are never boring. Got me trying all sorts of accents at nearly 1am on a night shift

  5. Memento Mori. Goodbye.

    January 22, 2021 at 12:54 am

    OUR KING IS BACCCCKKKKK

  6. Miss Cindy

    January 22, 2021 at 12:56 am

    I have an east Los Angeles Chicano accent. I’m hoping it’s covered in future episodes. ☝🏼

  7. Adrian Pietkiewicz

    January 22, 2021 at 12:57 am

    How do we know he’s not actually British and just really good at his job?

  8. Leaf Jelly

    January 22, 2021 at 12:58 am

    i wonder if eric ever messes up his own regular accent, and uses a mix match of several accents at once.

  9. Dioneh7818

    January 22, 2021 at 12:59 am

    They better do upstate New York or we fighting

  10. S o u p

    January 22, 2021 at 1:00 am

    I’m pretty sure about half of our accents are in the south and midwest.
    I have never found a single person in the Midwest that has a similar accent to a different person in a different midwestern state or even just area of a midwestern state

  11. lethe.archive

    January 22, 2021 at 1:06 am

    super cool how he got his colleagues involved instead of excluding non white dialects!

  12. GCOS Benbow

    January 22, 2021 at 1:06 am

    This is really interesting, especially adding the BME linguistic stories and learning how our UK accents influenced the start of yours. Awesome stuff, looking forward to more of this.

  13. Audrey W

    January 22, 2021 at 1:07 am

    I appreciate when people realize they’re not knowledgeable enough for everything and share the expertise of others but I wish the title said Experts

  14. 1337 4llison

    January 22, 2021 at 1:08 am

    I like how only the white people say latinX

  15. Owen Allen

    January 22, 2021 at 1:08 am

    Please do England next

  16. lethe.archive

    January 22, 2021 at 1:10 am

    finally talking about philly i’ve waited so long for this

  17. Iuy Yui

    January 22, 2021 at 1:11 am

    His Rhode Island accent was insane, sounded just like Spalding Gray… Fuckin well done

  18. jumpanama

    January 22, 2021 at 1:11 am

    >Black accent

    SKIIIP

  19. HORATIO

    January 22, 2021 at 1:16 am

    Hopefully they cover cajun!!

  20. Marco V

    January 22, 2021 at 1:16 am

    Why is this man so fine!?

  21. Memento Mori. Goodbye.

    January 22, 2021 at 1:18 am

    This made my birthday so much better :DDD

  22. G Bendicion

    January 22, 2021 at 1:20 am

    Much understandable since he is doing the accents as well. Kudos

  23. Ruben Sun

    January 22, 2021 at 1:24 am

    America the beautiful. Can’t wait for part 2. Also hoping to see an exploration of East Asian and South Asian American accents!

  24. Bryan Bischof

    January 22, 2021 at 1:25 am

    This was incredible.

  25. Lemont D'Ettinge

    January 22, 2021 at 1:25 am

    As a speech pathologist, I find this awesome.

  26. Zack Goode

    January 23, 2021 at 12:46 am

    No recognition for delco she passing through Philly 😔

  27. Sheridan Woika

    January 23, 2021 at 12:48 am

    That pittsburgh accent was pretty bad but i got to give you props for remembering us. Kudos

  28. Ast

    January 23, 2021 at 12:50 am

    “Prosody” I LOVE learning these words

  29. Ian Pittman

    January 23, 2021 at 12:50 am

    It’s been so long!!

  30. Sarah Sharpe

    January 23, 2021 at 12:55 am

    I need part 2!

  31. B B

    January 23, 2021 at 12:59 am

    Never miss an opportunity to interject some rhetoric, do like this guys content though

  32. Benedict Oneill

    January 23, 2021 at 1:01 am

    Could you do a map of UK?

  33. geehump

    January 23, 2021 at 1:03 am

    While I understand that this must have been a difficult video to caption, the provided captions are wildly inaccurate in a number of places, even places where the words being spoken are printed on screen. Very unhelpful.

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    January 23, 2021 at 1:03 am

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    January 23, 2021 at 1:07 am

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  36. Cole Dooley

    January 23, 2021 at 1:08 am

    God he’s hot.
    Also great video 🙏

  37. Justin Chee

    January 23, 2021 at 1:08 am

    It’s not North America, but I’d absolutely love hearing a little bit on Hawaii and Hawaiian Pidgin. It’s a really interesting mix with a lot of influences that won’t be seen on the continent. You’ve got English, but with Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and all kinds of other influences.

  38. Jonna Heijke

    January 23, 2021 at 1:11 am

    HE’S BACK

  39. Rachel

    January 23, 2021 at 1:14 am

    Erik, I’ve missed you! I’ve been waiting for this video for too long

  40. Golden Carter

    January 23, 2021 at 1:14 am

    Why am I hearing more of an Aussie accent when he does the Tidewater raisin’ and the Appalachian dialects?

  41. Zackary Jackson

    January 23, 2021 at 1:15 am

    Can you guys include The Rockies and The Southwest in part 2?

  42. Tyvern Overlord

    January 23, 2021 at 1:15 am

    EVERY SINGLE GROUP OF HUMANS HAVE “COLONIZED” SOMEWHERE NOT OF THEIR ORIGIN!

  43. dogsarefab

    January 23, 2021 at 1:18 am

    You actually did a good Norfolk accent instead of going into a Somerset accent…. I am genuinely impressed 😍🤩

  44. Rachel Feldman

    January 23, 2021 at 1:18 am

    If Wired is going to do more linguistics videos, can we see Erik Singer interview some members of the Deaf community and talk about ASL accents and other signed languages?

  45. Ianus

    January 23, 2021 at 1:20 am

    9:28 ‘Prosody’ is subtitled as ‘profanity’ … quite different!

  46. Dakota Tipton

    January 23, 2021 at 1:21 am

    Give me more Sun and the Gullah speech!

  47. Dakota Tipton

    January 23, 2021 at 1:23 am

    Hope this is part 1 of 50

  48. Josie Armstrong

    January 23, 2021 at 1:24 am

    My brain short-circuited at 20:54 when he started running his finger along his tongue, eyes locked with the camera and one eyebrow raised

  49. emanandchill

    January 23, 2021 at 1:26 am

    20:13 sounds exactly like Matthew McConaughey lol.

  50. psyched elephant

    January 23, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Came here to say that I immediately clicked like due to the fact that eric came out with another accent video. Freaking love this guy… and I could listen to him talk about accents for days!

  51. Cali Indica

    January 24, 2021 at 12:40 am

    so i guess asians don’t have accents…

  52. Eric Tolfree

    January 24, 2021 at 12:40 am

    Awesome video

  53. PianoMeister3

    January 24, 2021 at 12:41 am

    Why does his recording sound so bad? It desperately needs an EQ adjustment. It’s really distracting, which is a shame because I love this guy and his content!

  54. manakin5

    January 24, 2021 at 12:43 am

    Christmas came early this year! Thank you WIRED!

  55. eveezy _

    January 24, 2021 at 12:43 am

    i am so amazed

  56. Rocío Vidal

    January 24, 2021 at 12:43 am

    Eric Singer is a hit- never miss

  57. Sc0rphionx

    January 24, 2021 at 12:51 am

    Do you think she studied Linguistics in order to learn how to speak like a New Yorker white chick fresh out of a fraternity night.

  58. Meshal Marzooq

    January 24, 2021 at 12:52 am

    Very interesting video! Nice job👍🏼

  59. Marco Valentini

    January 24, 2021 at 12:56 am

    He said English speaking North America, not just the USA.

  60. cssruth

    January 24, 2021 at 12:59 am

    I can see why people would think people are loosing their accents. With most of tv and movies being very west coast American because that is were Hollywood is, it would make sense the people growing up watching and hearing that would be changing they way they speak maybe

  61. jdrichmond237

    January 24, 2021 at 1:00 am

    As a country, we should celebrate our local dialects and slag.

  62. Emily

    January 24, 2021 at 1:00 am

    My knowledge after this video 📈📈📈📈

  63. Nico Dauterive

    January 24, 2021 at 1:01 am

    1) Hello Language Daddy! You can speak to me in that New York City accent any day. 2) As a native of Austin, Texas,, I can attest to the fact that we have a very minimal localized accent, which deeply disappoints everyone that expects us to speak like a Texan.

  64. Monolith2001

    January 24, 2021 at 1:02 am

    When I am not looking at the screen, I hear Matthew McConaughey when he is doing accents.

  65. Joelle

    January 24, 2021 at 1:03 am

    That orcacoke island accent sounds so cool and amazing !!

  66. 2445 jim

    January 24, 2021 at 1:06 am

    Latinx 🤣🤣

  67. freeflowme

    January 24, 2021 at 1:07 am

    How can one person be so talented? I feel like an imbecile just listening to him.

  68. Kh1ght

    January 24, 2021 at 1:08 am

    Really well made, super approachable, and engaging at the same time. Excellent piece of content 👍

  69. Terri Lynn Noss

    January 24, 2021 at 1:16 am

    The Pittsburgh accent is disappearing among the younger population. With the closure of the steel mills and the move toward a more tech based economy it is being dispersed and/or diluted. There is even a course offered at the Community College of Allegheny County aimed at helping residents lose their Pittsburgh accent. It’s sad to see our uniqueness disappear. I can lose the accent for business, but pick it up around family and friends.

  70. rachel

    January 24, 2021 at 1:16 am

    erik knows exactly what he’s doing coming on here with those biceps and the forearm tattoo. he knows we’re all on this channel for him and him alone

  71. Sebastian Munoz

    January 24, 2021 at 1:21 am

    Absolutely a peak for this series so far. Watching these videos is reminding me why I love linguistics! I am so fascinated by all of this information. Thank you to everyone involved here, and for such a solid platform for BIPOC to showcase something so identifying.

  72. andrewnduati

    January 24, 2021 at 1:22 am

    I don’t think I’ll ever know or believe to know what Erik’s actual accent is…

    Even if he told me, “No really, this is my idiolect” I’d still say that’s cap.

  73. Ya Boi Kiba

    January 24, 2021 at 1:23 am

    Erik: “Southern Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Northern Florida”
    Me: OOOH Here comes the best part

  74. jas n

    January 24, 2021 at 1:23 am

    I suddenly feel more self-conscious and wonder if I have an accent…

  75. ASKer79

    January 24, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Has he gotten…beefy?

  76. Constance Martin

    January 25, 2021 at 12:27 am

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  77. Gabbagabbie G

    January 25, 2021 at 12:30 am

    Nicole reminds me alot of AOC, even the way she talks, i love it!

  78. Callun Harverson

    January 25, 2021 at 12:30 am

    Oh how I’ve missed Erik

  79. Sandy Whittem

    January 25, 2021 at 12:31 am

    unproblematic king

  80. Empire Stories

    January 25, 2021 at 12:43 am

    Anyone else mouthing the words as they say them?

  81. Casey Tkacz

    January 25, 2021 at 12:45 am

    Ty for letting a woman of color speak on african american english

  82. Folofus

    January 25, 2021 at 12:50 am

    Did this lady actually say “Latinx” lmao 😂

  83. RayoneNsB79

    January 25, 2021 at 12:51 am

    NYC latino 🇩🇴🇵🇷💯

  84. Jennifer Peters

    January 25, 2021 at 12:51 am

    I would love to hear an analysis of the “children of Italian immigrants in Canada” accent. They have a very distinct accent even though they were born and raised here. So many of my friends have this and I’m fascinated by it. I’ve only seen one short news story about it once so it would be neat to have it broken down.

  85. Cameron Shaughnessy

    January 25, 2021 at 12:53 am

    Always a good watch.

  86. 3506Dodge

    January 25, 2021 at 12:54 am

    “English speaking North America” doesn’t include Southern Florida, South Texas, or east LA.

  87. Marianne Carrière

    January 25, 2021 at 12:56 am

    IT’S BEEN 3 DAYS I rly need to see Part 2 and hear some French-Canadian accents pls pls 🙁

  88. KaiserSchnitzel

    January 25, 2021 at 1:00 am

    I’m sorry, but. . . “lotsa lemon lollypops. . . I liketa lick’em” made me crack up

  89. michelle

    January 25, 2021 at 1:01 am

    he is so fine

  90. Rachel Dripps

    January 25, 2021 at 1:02 am

    Nicole Holliday is a guest on the Phonology episode of Ologies (podcast). It’s a good one that’s stuck with me.

  91. Hannah Mizell

    January 25, 2021 at 1:05 am

    As a Panhandle resident I LOVE that he mentioned North Florida as part of the Piney Woods belt. We’re Southerners, I swear.

  92. Chris Schwieg

    January 25, 2021 at 1:06 am

    Are you going to go down florida to cover Orlando and Miami? I’m guessing Orlando is just general American since Austin is.

  93. Travis King

    January 25, 2021 at 1:08 am

    So no one gonna rant how they say there’s basically a black accent, adding to the stereotype, no , ok😂

    • Derrick Ware

      January 25, 2021 at 1:22 am

      but there is…

  94. BenyAU

    January 25, 2021 at 1:11 am

    This is fantastic.

    Detailed and concise.

  95. Anthony Frausto

    January 25, 2021 at 1:13 am

    As a language hobbyist, this is amazing. Thank you!

  96. colinfun

    January 25, 2021 at 1:14 am

    Why is there nothing north of Boston?

  97. Zachary V

    January 25, 2021 at 1:14 am

    So how many comments we thinking were deleted?

  98. Area Man

    January 25, 2021 at 1:17 am

    Would have been pretty cool but too much PC pandering, trying too hard to shoehorn in oppression messages. Lost me.

  99. joe Nzegang

    January 25, 2021 at 1:18 am

    I’m heavily distracted when he changes his own accent casually while narrating. I completely lose focus lol

  100. MattTheBeast

    January 25, 2021 at 1:21 am

    No Yuper/wisconsin accent?

  101. Thomas Leaf

    January 26, 2021 at 12:17 am

    Skips Connecticut entirely because we don’t have an accent. lol

  102. Julie Mitchy

    January 26, 2021 at 12:18 am

    He didn’t have to flex so hard here omg 🤯

  103. Allison Kirby

    January 26, 2021 at 12:25 am

    Lemme teach ya’ll appalachia real quick…dont open your mouth more than 3mm. There ya go, welcome to the mountains😂

  104. DeAnna Paris

    January 26, 2021 at 12:29 am

    colonizers?

    Geez it seeps in everywhere

  105. Eric Perkins

    January 26, 2021 at 12:35 am

    whats that in his mouth? looks like a wad of paper?

  106. Alan CK

    January 26, 2021 at 12:36 am

    I love this!

  107. Ebonikki94

    January 26, 2021 at 12:41 am

    I haven’t liked a video in a long time. That was perfection

  108. MoonLightOnWater

    January 26, 2021 at 12:42 am

    Fascinating!!

  109. Lisa Ellis

    January 26, 2021 at 12:42 am

    I have a boston, miami, atlanta accent, not kidding.r

  110. hamolton1

    January 26, 2021 at 12:42 am

    I hope you guys do Navajo accent in the next part!

  111. Carolyn Jensen

    January 26, 2021 at 12:44 am

    You are amazing. You got it on the dot. Really cool that you have included other cultures.

  112. Izzyshotit

    January 26, 2021 at 12:45 am

    they always forget our unique black accent in baltimore because ww do not some like our white counterparts

  113. adrien Pinard

    January 26, 2021 at 12:46 am

    The accessible session resultspreviously flood because girdle structurally sprout except a finicky writer. lewd, godly tomato

  114. Noah Perez

    January 26, 2021 at 12:47 am

    I love this guy

  115. Tamar 4272

    January 26, 2021 at 12:48 am

    This team did an amazing job !

  116. Tina Ruedisueli

    January 26, 2021 at 12:50 am

    I can sometimes hear my Michigander accent and sometimes I can’t. And there’s times I stress it on purpose.

  117. Julia Perri

    January 26, 2021 at 12:52 am

    I love how this video was inclusive but not focused on being sooo politically correct

  118. Shelley HP

    January 26, 2021 at 12:55 am

    Any other Canadians here a bit apprehensive about how accurate part 2 is going to be? I’m a touch sceptical haha

  119. aster Eris Rose jean

    January 26, 2021 at 12:56 am

    I’m kinda sad you say anything about the weird Midwest mixed accents

  120. Steven Cord

    January 26, 2021 at 12:59 am

    Great stuff!

  121. Luke Smith

    January 26, 2021 at 1:01 am

    I was so surprised to hear my small town of trenton in the first 2 seconds of the video

  122. Cliff Hartle

    January 26, 2021 at 1:05 am

    I was born and raised 5 miles north of “Dahntahn” Pittsburgh. I was once told by new residents I didn’t have the accent.

    If fact the only time I here it is when watching Pittsburgh Dad on youtube. 😀

  123. littlest-kim

    January 26, 2021 at 1:08 am

    i clicked on this so fast, i love these videos! obviously i knew that accents vary around different races & ethnicities, but the breakdowns were very fascinating. shoutout to all the other accent/dialect coaches who worked on these videos! can’t wait for part two, i wanna hear chicago lol.

  124. Heather Johnson

    January 26, 2021 at 1:12 am

    I saw Nicole Holliday when she came to my school a year or two ago, and now I see her everywhere!! She’s so cool 😭😭😭

  125. Miguel Rodriguez

    January 26, 2021 at 1:19 am

    Some were taken yes. Most were sold in to it.

  126. Elon Puffenstuff

    January 27, 2021 at 12:28 am

    latios dont call them selfs latinx STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

  127. Royce Christyn

    January 27, 2021 at 12:29 am

    This is the video I’ve been waiting for my whole life lol 😎🤣💙 seriously this is amazing

  128. Katherine Herrera

    January 27, 2021 at 12:38 am

    Erik is so gorgeous ugh

  129. david bonilla

    January 27, 2021 at 12:39 am

    Cant wait to hear erik try a memphis accent.

  130. cernunnos

    January 27, 2021 at 12:44 am

    Ocracoke sounds like Newfoundlander

  131. Cornelius Henderson

    January 27, 2021 at 12:46 am

    I LOVE THIS STUFF!

  132. Louis Luckwell

    January 27, 2021 at 12:47 am

    I would really like to see a video on regional differences in speech tempo and the common causes of this. Thanks. 🙂

  133. ike eki

    January 27, 2021 at 12:49 am

    this is ear dessert for me. thank you for having Erik on again and for bringing other linguists to speak on specific accents

  134. Kaily Furlot

    January 27, 2021 at 12:52 am

    Stop saying North America when you mean the US…. l

  135. Ana Diaz

    January 27, 2021 at 12:52 am

    I really appreciate the diverse representation

  136. OsKarMike1306

    January 27, 2021 at 12:55 am

    Me, a Quebecer: “This is gonna get weird”

  137. Margaret Gardner

    January 27, 2021 at 12:55 am

    Omg Megan Figueroa! Hi! I love the Vocal Fries!

  138. jadicorn

    January 27, 2021 at 12:56 am

    he kinda fine

  139. frog spit

    January 27, 2021 at 12:57 am

    …… dennis? dennis reynolds?

  140. dust

    January 27, 2021 at 1:00 am

    did you say… outer banks? 😏

  141. I am Hannah Montana

    January 27, 2021 at 1:01 am

    The way he switching between accents tho 🥵

  142. cebsny

    January 27, 2021 at 1:05 am

    Love Erik singer and now a fantastic new crew!

  143. Zach Bowman

    January 27, 2021 at 1:07 am

    He’s probably the only guy I’ve heard accurately mimic the NC accent without sounding offensive. He sounded just like me.

  144. Ju lia

    January 27, 2021 at 1:13 am

    as an english applied linguistics student I am a sucker for these kind of videos 😍

  145. Phyllis Craine

    January 27, 2021 at 1:16 am

    I agree with all of this

  146. Jacobo Blanco

    January 27, 2021 at 1:16 am

    I LOVE THESE VIDEOS! Accents and dialects are awesome!

  147. Cristina S.

    January 27, 2021 at 1:16 am

    I grew up in the mid-Atlantic, Tidewater region and I say some things in an odd Canadian way. I never knew why I say words like house and about differently. Now I know about the Tidewater Raising accent. I heard it and thought… that sounds like me!!!

  148. Elissa Ann Torres

    January 27, 2021 at 1:17 am

    I love these videos!

  149. Michael Collum

    January 27, 2021 at 1:19 am

    At at 12:04 he uses the term ‘Scotch-Irish’ to describe the settlers of Western North Carolina. The correct term would be ‘Scot-Irish’. The word ‘Scotch’ is, to me a least, the dialect of a native of Scotland and a whiskey. I have known a few Scots and a few more Scotches.

  150. Elissa Ann Torres

    January 27, 2021 at 1:28 am

    I appreciate the diversity and inclusion throughout this entire video. Thank you! ❤️🙌🏽

  151. Hulk Hogan

    January 28, 2021 at 12:47 am

    This guy should give Hawaii it’s own video, we have so many accents here

  152. Umar Shaikh

    January 28, 2021 at 12:47 am

    i needed this

  153. Bruce John Shourt

    January 28, 2021 at 12:49 am

    “Bad sound makes good video look bad.”

  154. Tyler Smith

    January 28, 2021 at 12:51 am

    I NEED part 2 to come out because this was so cool.

  155. juliet

    January 28, 2021 at 12:52 am

    Eric singer marry me

  156. CaKoMi

    January 28, 2021 at 12:56 am

    Dude it’s so cool getting to see the different regional and ethnic differences in dialects. English sounds so cool in so many different ways

  157. El Señor de las Hostias

    January 28, 2021 at 12:56 am

    Ohhhhh yessssss

  158. Dyvonne Body

    January 28, 2021 at 12:57 am

    Idk about the NC inland accent. That may be what people sounded like in the 1900s but it doesn’t sound so antiquated now, IMHO

    Just go listen to Gov Cooper talk. That’s more accurate

  159. Annabeth Smith-Kingsley

    January 28, 2021 at 12:59 am

    love this man

  160. karenmpbrandon

    January 28, 2021 at 12:59 am

    Why does no one ever discuss the “Br’ar”? He barely mentioned a more general version in broader Appalachia.

  161. Michael Johnson

    January 28, 2021 at 1:00 am

    My first exposure to dialect, and it is wonderful, thank you. Will be waiting for the next installment.

  162. Sam Y

    January 28, 2021 at 1:01 am

    Absolutely fascinating!

  163. steph soppanish

    January 28, 2021 at 1:03 am

    this video both got me pregnant and gave me a migraine lol

  164. Panna P.

    January 28, 2021 at 1:06 am

    I’ve been loving every single time time you bring Erik on. So entertaining, insightful and educational, and so we’ll made. Exactly the content I’m looking for.

  165. Tiny Walnut

    January 28, 2021 at 1:08 am

    My accent changes based on which podcast I’ve been listening to more lately.

  166. Brian Fix

    January 28, 2021 at 1:10 am

    Loved my linguistics class in college. It was messy to parse out correct answers as my university is in Northeast Ohio real close to where 3 isoglosses meet.

  167. Brown Sugar Crochet

    January 28, 2021 at 1:13 am

    Thank you for remembering to talk about African American accents. 😘

  168. Oson Houston

    January 28, 2021 at 1:14 am

    I get the feeling Erik forgets his own accent some days.

  169. Henry McKenzie

    January 28, 2021 at 1:16 am

    How many videos has this man done? lol

  170. Triple6 Clique

    January 28, 2021 at 1:16 am

    Latin x wtfff its latino or latina

  171. A Woodmann

    January 28, 2021 at 1:19 am

    Fastinating, Thank You

  172. Celina c

    January 28, 2021 at 1:21 am

    I’m intrigued by and slightly suspicious of the early 20th century American accents of women in British period dramas – Cora in Downton Abbey, and the Selfridge women in the original UK Mr. Selfridge – they sound very saccharine and strange to me

  173. A Woodmann

    January 28, 2021 at 1:24 am

    Study Wisconsin and specifically the south side of Milwaukee.

  174. alexia

    January 28, 2021 at 1:25 am

    *me during this video:* ok I’m latin but let’s sound like I’m raised in Pittsburgh

    random but true

  175. alexia

    January 28, 2021 at 1:29 am

    fbi watching me thru my webcam is laughing off my tries to imitate all these accents 😔

  176. Jayson Ong

    January 28, 2021 at 11:07 pm

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  177. Pen Clique

    January 28, 2021 at 11:09 pm

    the historical context to how these accents manifested was dope

  178. Michelle Mason

    January 28, 2021 at 11:09 pm

    I totally understand why you would skip Pittsburgh. It’s a rough mix of 3

  179. Adams Jane

    January 28, 2021 at 11:16 pm

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  180. KeystoneAgent

    January 28, 2021 at 11:18 pm

    You missed the perfect opportunity for Pittsburgh

    “Yinz wanna go down to Sheetz after we get what we need at Giant Eagle?”

  181. ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻

    January 28, 2021 at 11:25 pm

    I wonder if Erik ever forgets his original accent because he’s so good at others.

  182. Lycaon1765

    January 28, 2021 at 11:38 pm

    “Oh good they actually remembered us Latinos exist and aren’t just going to talk about bla-”

    Them: “Latinx”

    Me: *pain*

  183. Shane M

    January 28, 2021 at 11:39 pm

    I would really love to have one of these made that isn’t full of leftist dillusion and presuppositions. If you know, you know. If you don’t (Nicole) 🤫

  184. Jonathan Hawks

    January 28, 2021 at 11:40 pm

    My extended family pronounces “wolf” as woof, like what a dog would say. If anyone knows the origin of this I would be very appreciative!

  185. elivazeth

    January 28, 2021 at 11:44 pm

    okay but Sunn m’Cheaux’s voice is so soothing holy crap

  186. Blank B.

    January 28, 2021 at 11:46 pm

    2:45 he sounds like me there 😄 (I usually say my rs though)

  187. Jim Williams

    January 28, 2021 at 11:49 pm

    Oh my, La Tasha I could listen to you for hours. <3

  188. Megan Jensen

    January 28, 2021 at 11:59 pm

    I can’t wait to learn about the west and their accents

  189. Sian Milne

    January 29, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Me, as a Torontonian, learning that it’s even possible to pronounce “dawn” and “don” differently:

    *Surprised Pikachu Face*

  190. Plaubel Makina

    January 29, 2021 at 12:08 am

    You missed by a little on the Pittsburgh accent, example:

    Did you eat?
    PGH= dJew eat?

    What do you want?
    Whatdaya Want?

    Yinz getit?

  191. Cody Walker

    January 29, 2021 at 12:12 am

    A new challenger approaches: Louisiana

  192. Christina

    January 29, 2021 at 12:21 am

    Love that they covered African American English!! That is so important to address too.

  193. nemutai 💕

    January 29, 2021 at 12:26 am

    his philly accent rlly just solidified his position as irl dennis reynolds

  194. Abril P

    January 29, 2021 at 12:32 am

    THESE VIDEOS ARE PURE GOLD ♥ I love them

  195. Zugly Monster

    January 29, 2021 at 12:47 am

    No talking about Northern accents?

    • Zugly Monster

      January 29, 2021 at 12:59 am

      Well beyond the Coasts? Like in Michigan?

  196. Pablo

    January 29, 2021 at 12:54 am

    “LATINX” had to throw it in right? Latinos dont like that and we dont use it. Keep your white washing bs out my culture. Sucia.

  197. **

    January 29, 2021 at 12:58 am

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  198. Larisa Hart

    January 29, 2021 at 1:02 am

    Not great at the Boston accent. Sorry.

  199. Haley Turnbull

    January 29, 2021 at 1:02 am

    he just gets infinitely more attractive with every video. It’s a phenomenon.

  200. Addie Weiss

    January 29, 2021 at 1:09 am

    i can’t tell when he’s using his real voice anymore

  201. Kimmi Blaze

    January 29, 2021 at 11:09 pm

    I’m sooooo glad Charleston Gullah/Geechie was included! It’s so distinct yet it’s never brought up in these types of videos. 😍😍😍

  202. YA PLAYA HATERS YOU SHOULD LOVE YOURSELF BRR

    January 29, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    18:32

  203. Ashley Chifane

    January 29, 2021 at 11:26 pm

    This was so very interesting!

  204. Skydiggz

    January 29, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    He needs his own channel

  205. IZzy Bizzy

    January 29, 2021 at 11:32 pm

    The guy at 18:56 has a very pleasant voice.

  206. IZzy Bizzy

    January 29, 2021 at 11:34 pm

    I’ve now heard the word “Dipthong” so often and in so many different ways that it doesn’t feel like a real word anymore.

  207. Ruben D Hoyos

    January 29, 2021 at 11:38 pm

    Part 2 please

  208. Caroline Copenhaver

    January 29, 2021 at 11:44 pm

    Q645444

  209. KianaDahling

    January 29, 2021 at 11:45 pm

    Here for the diphthong

  210. Nicolai By

    January 29, 2021 at 11:55 pm

    I like how he doesn’t have the balls to imitate the dialects of non-whites lol

  211. Camille Castle

    January 30, 2021 at 12:02 am

    THE GOAT IS BACKKKKKK🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  212. Camille Castle

    January 30, 2021 at 12:08 am

    FINALLY! They discuss AAVE

  213. Austin Adams

    January 30, 2021 at 12:10 am

    okay now do werner herzog

  214. andrea lizarraga

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  215. Elijah Small

    January 30, 2021 at 12:33 am

    This was a very interesting video 😀

  216. Mÿlord

    January 30, 2021 at 12:37 am

    I said it once and I’ll say it again.

    *I wish I could just absorb his cerebral juices. His intelligence is so savoury.*

  217. J I

    January 30, 2021 at 12:38 am

    I cannot wait till they get to the Southwest accents

  218. Parker Notman

    January 30, 2021 at 12:51 am

    This dude is hella entertaining. Does he have his own channel

  219. 윤현우

    January 30, 2021 at 1:04 am

    There’s no way Philly and Baltimore sound like that. At least, not in the 21st century

  220. Daniel Palma

    January 30, 2021 at 1:06 am

    There’s an accent that is particular to eastern South Florida…I’m surprised it hasn’t been investigated further.

  221. Max Jackson

    January 30, 2021 at 1:08 am

    When is the next one coming out?!

  222. Rayne

    January 30, 2021 at 1:11 am

    Does this have a part 2 yet?

  223. Jenny Hunter

    January 30, 2021 at 1:11 am

    At midland @9:00 he sounds like Brad Pitt.

  224. Christina K

    January 30, 2021 at 1:14 am

    when is the next one coming out??!

  225. 윤현우

    January 30, 2021 at 1:17 am

    I really like the Latino accent that’s common in southern California. I’m not sure what it’s called. It has this musical tone to it

  226. Peopleless Homes

    January 30, 2021 at 8:27 pm

    I need an Australian and NZ one of these. That would be really cool. Especially since Australian accents are changing so much right now. Bonus points for Aboriginal English accents.

  227. Tina W

    January 30, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    Really interested to see part two. If he doesn’t bring it up in the next video I’d like to know what his take on Texas German is. I don’t speak it but have, apparently, inherited some of its accent and usage of terms without having realized it. I read a study on it and noticed I actually use some of the terms or variants they mentioned. I thought I was so far removed generationally that I had nothing of it in my speech.

  228. KingG23

    January 30, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    Wheres part 2?!

    • bilishu aliss

      January 30, 2021 at 9:11 pm

      Absolutely love him, so glad he’s back! I need him and Amy Walker to do a video though haha.

  229. sopwerdna

    January 30, 2021 at 8:58 pm

    this video is neat and offers a lot of really cool details but his actual execution of the philly accent example was pretty far off.. sounded more like a british tourist trying to say “hoagie”

    • bilishu aliss

      January 30, 2021 at 9:10 pm

      Where’s Hawaiian English? lol

  230. Shane King

    January 30, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    when will we get part 2? Thanks, love these videos

  231. Mwaura K

    January 30, 2021 at 9:07 pm

    When is part 2

  232. C. L.

    January 30, 2021 at 9:09 pm

    I prefer the “southern accent” to the ugly New York accent.

  233. Federico Galli

    January 30, 2021 at 9:17 pm

    My, that auburn beard becomes you.

  234. AUKno人

    January 30, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    i don’t sound like that

  235. lee shafer

    January 30, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    What about that “let me ax you” I hear Blacks say.

  236. PiousMoltar

    January 30, 2021 at 10:51 pm

    Canadian raisins sound like a tasty treat.

  237. PiousMoltar

    January 30, 2021 at 10:55 pm

    He did it bois. He did a Norfolk accent.

  238. PiousMoltar

    January 30, 2021 at 11:01 pm

    “You hear how there’s no R in strangers?”
    Sorry dude but there’s one just after the t…

  239. C M

    January 30, 2021 at 11:01 pm

    This is great, but where is Part Two?

  240. Zoe Raphael

    January 30, 2021 at 11:26 pm

    I LOVE THIS

  241. Leland Unruh

    January 30, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    Stop trying to make Latinx happen.

  242. Louie Jada

    January 30, 2021 at 11:55 pm

    So we Californians don’t all sound like surfers lol thank God. Better do Northern Cali cuz we don’t sound like what so cal is portrayed as. Even though that is funny people think that

  243. Arvid Axelsson

    January 30, 2021 at 11:56 pm

    when she said “latinx” i felt so much second-hand embarrassment

  244. Alyssa Steiner

    January 31, 2021 at 12:06 am

    Gullah accent expert comes on.
    me: LET’S ALL GO PLAY TOGETHER IN THE BRIGHT SUNNY WEATHER. LET’S ALL GO TO GULLAH GULLAH ISLAND.

    Who else remembers that Nick show?!

  245. Fresenbet G.Y Adhanom

    January 31, 2021 at 12:22 am

    Imagine being this guy’s neighbour when he was studying to be a dialect coach.

  246. Apryl M.

    January 31, 2021 at 1:07 am

    If someone hasn’t done it already, could you please make a compilation of Eric saying things that seem naughty when taken out of context like “I like lickin’ em.”? It has nothing to do with my crush on him. Thanks!

  247. Celia Hagey

    January 31, 2021 at 1:16 am

    As a Seattle native, I really wish I had an accent with distinctive sounds. We just have generic American and I feel like I missed out 😂

  248. Cloaked Figure

    January 31, 2021 at 1:19 am

    The Rhode Island Accent is a more subtle Boston Accent. Prove me wrong.

  249. Lily C

    January 31, 2021 at 1:23 am

    this is amazing

  250. Frank Smith

    January 31, 2021 at 1:25 am

    This is such an amazing video! Especially since you rightly took into account African American and Native variants in the regions you’re covering…

  251. The Deans

    February 7, 2021 at 12:47 pm

    Somewhere between Alexander Skarsgard and Glenn Howerton

  252. Uhohhotdog Gaming

    February 7, 2021 at 1:05 pm

    I don’t say “on” either way shown. I say it more like “orn” but without the r sound. I don’t know how else to write it

  253. Mike A.

    February 7, 2021 at 3:23 pm

    Did you delete my comment for pointing out a fact?

  254. Ryan Frazier

    February 7, 2021 at 3:32 pm

    This was actually a good video!

  255. Sam Russell

    February 7, 2021 at 3:54 pm

    This series was great until you went all woke on us. The early Europeans were colonists, not colonizers. Latinx isn’t a word. Stop being idiots.

  256. SRS15

    February 7, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    This guy is just fun to listen to

  257. muchacho56

    February 7, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    could not find part two…

  258. PlutoLoco23

    February 7, 2021 at 5:58 pm

    His Pittsburgh accent is trash. Lol.

  259. Shota Toriumi

    February 7, 2021 at 5:58 pm

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  260. A Bum

    February 7, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    Why is there no britain on that map?

  261. Bryan Merrick

    February 7, 2021 at 6:26 pm

    I’m excited to here about the wonky Northern Wisconsin/Minnesota accent

  262. Think what We have to lose.

    February 7, 2021 at 6:53 pm

    I was enjoying this video, until the first linguist, communicated how disgusting, it was that he’d focused on “white” dialects. I appreciate exploring how race affects linguistic diversity, but not his virtue signaling which apparently is a necessity in 2021, to show the audience this guy is cool because he hates his own race and his negative implication, that the audience should too. Why do that? The same information could have been explored and enjoyed by the listener, without the leftist racist messaging.

  263. Kevin Budzisch

    February 7, 2021 at 7:32 pm

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  264. April Jasso

    February 7, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    Where’s part 2??

  265. Bobby Bobberson

    February 7, 2021 at 8:58 pm

    Enslaved by their own and sold*

  266. Renshi RadhaKrishna

    February 7, 2021 at 9:09 pm

    WI accent please. When we moved to southern Oregon a lot of people thought that we were Canadian

  267. REGINA FORD

    February 7, 2021 at 9:44 pm

    what is the difference between accent and dialect

  268. Nope

    February 7, 2021 at 9:58 pm

    I thought this might be a nice accent video, nope, of course we need to throw slavery into this too…

  269. kellyakabilly

    February 7, 2021 at 10:20 pm

    Where is the link to part two???? Why is it so difficult to find?

  270. N. Jeanne Burns

    February 7, 2021 at 10:21 pm

    Where is Part 2???

  271. Ian Rubimbura

    February 7, 2021 at 10:42 pm

    I wonder how Erik would describe his own natural accent.

  272. LoL Gamer

    February 7, 2021 at 11:49 pm

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  273. vasudeva01

    February 8, 2021 at 12:17 am

    Well now I want to know about the english accents spoken in Mexico . . .

  274. DD Holley

    February 8, 2021 at 12:24 am

    So when is Part 2 going to come out? This is fascinating!

  275. Harold Mendoza

    February 8, 2021 at 1:17 am

    Wired, get him a good microphone for part 2… it’s hard to appreciate the accents with a laptop mic.

  276. Neelu Siddiqui

    February 8, 2021 at 3:02 pm

    Please bring Indian Artist Armaan Malik

  277. Gabriel Cyr

    February 8, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    solid Rhode Island accent!

  278. Thijmen Oosterbaan

    February 8, 2021 at 5:06 pm

    When are we getting part 2?!!?!?!?!?!!

  279. ItsDave92

    February 8, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    *claps furiously*

  280. Michael Schleckser

    February 8, 2021 at 5:36 pm

    Just skip the white guilt portions.

  281. JWille Series

    February 8, 2021 at 5:58 pm

    I am sorry but anyone who uses the slur “Latinx” seriously is an idiot, dislike it is.

  282. Will Lawler-Lopez

    February 8, 2021 at 6:11 pm

    It’s ironic the linguist calls us LatinX that term is offensive. We are Latino and latinas! That white girl is kinda a bigot.

  283. Will Lawler-Lopez

    February 8, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    The amount of Latin people that hate the term Latinx and yet this racist white girl still uses it! It’s disgusting! She is so ignorant it hurts!

  284. craffte

    February 8, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    That is crazy pretty lipstick shade Ms.Holliday’s wearing.

  285. Beckett Murtaugh

    February 8, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    when is part 2

  286. peggyt1243

    February 8, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    I think you guys are full of sh*t. Canadians do not say house and about weirdly. In rural areas, people do say “eh”.

  287. peggyt1243

    February 8, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    That Ocracoke Island accent sounds a lot like maritime Canada (Newfoundland, Cape Breton).

  288. Sela Lewis

    February 8, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    I love the diversity of American accents! It makes this so much more informative, thank you!

  289. neil maccalder

    February 8, 2021 at 9:03 pm

    Thanks for mentioning Canada.

  290. Suzanna Vaino

    February 8, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    Interesting.

    Southeastern NJ (ie. Atlantic City area) actually has its own dialect which is neither Philly nor north Jersey/NYC. Also, hoagies aren’t a thing, they’re subs.

  291. sleepycryptid -send help-

    February 8, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    Please do Las Vegas accents!!!

  292. Max Versthappening

    February 8, 2021 at 10:05 pm

    and I just speak your standard Midwest

  293. Lauree Henry

    February 8, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    I’d be terrified to speak in front of this man but I’d be fascinated to know if I did it right.

  294. Hannah Tanksley

    February 8, 2021 at 11:56 pm

    Don’t forget that us Southerners don’t pronounce the “r” as in yonder or “I” as in “oil”. My husband pronounces “oil” as “ol”.

  295. M Row

    February 9, 2021 at 12:19 am

    Need to come to some of the coastal towns and find an older sailor and hear “down eastern” accent.

  296. cave digger

    February 9, 2021 at 12:19 am

    Can’t wait for the black chicago accent. You better do Chicago right!!!

  297. Law Siertsey

    February 9, 2021 at 12:25 am

    It’s pronounced, huwhite. Heavy emphasis on the h

  298. Rolando Blanco

    February 9, 2021 at 12:29 am

    Not to be impatient but………..I’m going to need that Part 2 ASAP.

  299. U G

    February 9, 2021 at 12:43 am

    This video is so beautifully done and incredibly fascinating!!! I was glued to it!! Thank you for representing NYC’s dialects correctly and including its diversity!! I loved everything about this video!!!!!!!

  300. Brittany Brown

    February 9, 2021 at 1:15 am

    Dernit I’m ready for the next one!

  301. Ashley D.

    February 9, 2021 at 8:14 pm

    aaaaaahhhhhhh the tiny budding linguist inside me is jumping off the walls

  302. Allison Leete

    February 9, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    He’s just showing off now

  303. Jessica Gray-Burnett

    February 9, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    I want Sunn to record all the audio books. His voice is like honey.

  304. Allanah Kelly

    February 9, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    Canadian accent tour!!! Part 2 can’t come fast enough.

  305. flintlypop

    February 9, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    He changes so smooth it makes my brain swell

  306. Vic Saul

    February 9, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    he’s very good for a Canadian

  307. Artem Nedelin

    February 9, 2021 at 10:01 pm

    That was interesting! I’m amazed!

  308. Luis Torres

    February 9, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    where is part 2?

  309. Artem Nedelin

    February 9, 2021 at 10:05 pm

    The conclusion is: people just don’t bother themselves and many of them simply can’t speak correctly, so that’s why so many varieties occur. Everyone speaks as he wants.

  310. grannie mannie

    February 9, 2021 at 10:08 pm

    Where’s pt 2!!!!????

  311. Shanice Chaillee Poitra

    February 9, 2021 at 10:21 pm

    It made me so happy to see a fellow Indigenous woman in this video 🥺

  312. Shanuka2006 Navaratne

    February 9, 2021 at 11:02 pm

    This video is awesome!

  313. Loofa Rigno

    February 9, 2021 at 11:08 pm

    As a Pittsburgher… I am so proud to be the dumbest sounding, yet best brain surgeon in the country. You are always perceived as that mechanic who can fix a car by whacking it.

  314. Green Deane

    February 9, 2021 at 11:16 pm

    This is political correctness pretending to be about language. (Notice attributing a male/female speech pattern to racism. Women of all races tend to make declarative sentences sound like questions. Men of all races do not. They make level or dropping declarative sentences. Language is interesting. Bashing the viewer with Leftism is not.

  315. Joshua Patchett

    February 9, 2021 at 11:23 pm

    “Latinx” cringe

  316. Mark Mastrocinque

    February 9, 2021 at 11:35 pm

    This guy ain’t no expert, especially when it comes to NY.

  317. Unam469

    February 9, 2021 at 11:35 pm

    Isn’t that cute. Diversity and inclusion.

  318. Kamwick

    February 9, 2021 at 11:38 pm

    So where’s part 2?

  319. Rabbi Shecklesgoldbergstein

    February 9, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    flim-flam shimmy-sham

  320. Cristian Gonzalez

    February 9, 2021 at 11:45 pm

    WE NEED EPISODE 2

  321. chrisdotdash

    February 10, 2021 at 12:04 am

    He speaks so well

  322. Paige Murphy

    February 10, 2021 at 12:08 am

    Part 2?

  323. kristine mi

    February 10, 2021 at 12:38 am

    ACCENT DILF

  324. cynthia

    February 10, 2021 at 1:15 am

    We need part 2!!!

  325. Jordan Nunya

    February 10, 2021 at 1:18 am

    So I can usually understand every accent in america when it comes to english, but I swear the Wisconsin accent is hella hard to understand.

  326. Khadijah Cecilia

    February 10, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    I really enjoyed this video, gotta look out for part 2 😊

  327. EMMA FAZAKAS

    February 10, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    Nicole Holiday talks exactly like AOC, her mouth moves the same way

  328. Shanell Reynolds

    February 10, 2021 at 5:48 pm

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  329. ColicoVis

    February 10, 2021 at 6:23 pm

    Waiting for the west coast and that pac north accent being the vanilla of all accents

  330. estelsil

    February 10, 2021 at 6:34 pm

    Yay Pittsburgh!

  331. daniellenadia

    February 10, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    the female linguist sounds & looks like Madonna

  332. focus_today

    February 10, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    when is part 2 dropping

  333. Barrie

    February 10, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    In a previous video the expert refers to Brad Pitt’s Irish-Traveler accent as a “Belfast accent”. Travelers are group of nomadic people in Ireland & UK and I think it would have been nice if, like in this video, an Irish traveler gave their opinion, rather than the dialect coach

  334. Cole Pegula

    February 10, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    You’re not fooling anyone with that beard, Dennis.

  335. john lewis

    February 10, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    4:35 yes because accents are racist

  336. Nathaniel Symer

    February 10, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    Fun fact: Dene speakers are related to the same uralic peoples that the Sámi in northern scandinavia. Other Dene groups include Navajo.

  337. Aaron Grays

    February 10, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    Where is part 2? I demand it NOW!

  338. Kyle Mann

    February 10, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    the best videos out there

  339. Yung Que10

    February 10, 2021 at 8:58 pm

    When’s part two dropping? Erik Singer is carrying this channel. 😂😂

  340. U Yfffc

    February 10, 2021 at 9:27 pm

    I didn’t ask for a history lesson I want to hear talk funny

  341. ConsciousBreaks

    February 10, 2021 at 9:28 pm

    9:12 doesn’t really sound South Jersey/Philly to me? The on/awn part is totally on, though.

  342. Lauren Conrad

    February 10, 2021 at 9:30 pm

    16:47 I spent my childhood watching Gullah Gullah Island and then got really excited when Food Network began featuring the island. Seeing it mentioned here is really cool too.

  343. Annette Snyder

    February 10, 2021 at 9:46 pm

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  344. dcfreak23

    February 10, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    This whole video was really well done. Thanks for studying my state, NC, so closely and for showing other accents than just us white folk 🙂

  345. Wilson Yuen

    February 10, 2021 at 10:51 pm

    You forgot about Chinese english

  346. Timothy Bess

    February 10, 2021 at 11:14 pm

    20:39 Matthew McConaughey?

  347. sweeneyj1

    February 10, 2021 at 11:52 pm

    I’m a born and bred New Yorker with a natural New York accent. But as my Michigan-born wife will attest, it’s only strong when I talk with other native-born New Yorkers. Otherwise it softens and even moves towards the accent of the person I’m talking with. Anyone else have that problem?

  348. Keg

    February 11, 2021 at 12:04 am

    The first lady’s bottom lip moves in a really weird way lol

  349. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis L

    February 11, 2021 at 12:45 am

    I still prefer French over these accents.

  350. Thomas Elisaux

    February 11, 2021 at 1:12 am

    I wonder if he can explain Moira’s Rose’s accent 😅

  351. Elise G

    February 11, 2021 at 5:46 pm

    It’s amazing (and yet makes perfect sense) how many of the accents sound like Australian accents.

  352. Cornflack

    February 11, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    Curious to see what will happen to accents now that people are being raised on the internet, which exposes them to pretty much every single accent out there.

  353. Your Google Meister

    February 11, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    White guy afraid to talk about black history. Pretty cowardly.

  354. summeroflove

    February 11, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    When he touches his tongue, the panties come off

  355. Stephanie M

    February 11, 2021 at 7:31 pm

    As a Texan, I am offended we weren’t included in this one. That is all.

  356. Chester Breder

    February 11, 2021 at 7:32 pm

    In South Jersey we go to the shore.

  357. Jonathan Hawks

    February 11, 2021 at 7:47 pm

    It’s been 3 weeks let’s go i need my fix

  358. Michael Handschuh

    February 11, 2021 at 7:49 pm

    Went through philly and didn’t comment on wooder or yous

  359. jimmythefish

    February 11, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    This is fantastic. So interesting.

  360. Lex House

    February 11, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    Has there ever been a Part Two sequel to this video?

  361. Preston Welborn

    February 11, 2021 at 9:42 pm

    wtf is this video…

  362. Aquiles Mirande

    February 11, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    did you ever wonder what happen if you mix Dr.Who with Sean Penn ? just look at his face

  363. Charlie Stokes

    February 11, 2021 at 10:01 pm

    I’m glad they put in the time stamps so I could skip the African stuff

  364. Aquiles Mirande

    February 11, 2021 at 10:05 pm

    HOw come you have more than 1000 dislikes ? Why ?

  365. Byron Gordon

    February 11, 2021 at 10:07 pm

    and what about western european accent? just interested.

  366. kenny wickman1

    February 11, 2021 at 10:12 pm

    You lost me at “white people.” Bye bye.

    • Regan 38

      February 11, 2021 at 11:42 pm

      I mean… white people exist. And due to various stratification in society- that he mentions in the video- white people and black people (and more than just them, I’m generalizing) aren’t always going to talk the same.

  367. Michael S

    February 11, 2021 at 11:01 pm

    Why was it necessary to have that dramatic pause and zoom at 4:29 when he said “white”, like it was a bad word? Disgusting how corporate media wants to pit us all against each other.

  368. rovi prog

    February 11, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    America is a continent not a country
    How hard is to understand that?

  369. Tim Campion

    February 11, 2021 at 11:34 pm

    “Tour of different North American accents”: Oh fun, I’ll watch someone put on 50 accents in 5 minutes!
    Nope! Someone actually decided to do this properly and actually teach me something! Thanks for making this!

  370. SeaJayB

    February 12, 2021 at 12:01 am

    Who else skipped the black bits?

  371. DeMonte Alford

    February 12, 2021 at 12:03 am

    I’m Gullah Geechee, grew up around Robeson County NC with Lumbees, and I live in Raleigh. Imagine my accents lol

  372. El Bicho

    February 12, 2021 at 12:29 am

    Dialect coach? How about get a real job.

  373. VaginaJokes

    February 12, 2021 at 12:39 am

    They were sold dummy!

  374. Sam Winter

    February 12, 2021 at 1:11 am

    OMG you gotta do Canada accents!

  375. Albert Anderson

    February 12, 2021 at 1:17 am

    When he did PA/Mid-Atlantic he started veering into SoCal accent at the end of words a bit.

  376. City Slicker

    February 12, 2021 at 7:23 pm

    6:59 I’m fucken dead

  377. Caroline Meert

    February 12, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    something odd i noticed but, why do i say treadmeel, nightmeer, and windmeel instead of treadmill,nightmare, and windmill?? please tell meeeee

  378. METALMAN

    February 12, 2021 at 8:28 pm

    My gf:”omg his accents make him so hot.”
    Me:”I kno right?”
    Her:”what?”
    Me:”what?”

  379. TheAsylum100

    February 12, 2021 at 8:34 pm

    This whole thing seemed to turn into a BLM video, shame

  380. S B

    February 12, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    Modern segregation is really starting to freak me out. I know this is supposed to be the ‘good’ kind of segregation, where white people and POC are only allowed to do certain things for the benefit of traditionally marginalized peoples. But it’s still segregation, and I was raised to treat someone based on their character, not the color of their skin. They had ‘black only’ spaces at my college. I thought I stepped back in time until someone told me it was by choice, not by force. But still, does that even matter?

  381. Kaitlin Vaughn

    February 12, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    But where is part two?

  382. Dianne Yunker

    February 12, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    Where can I find Part Two???

  383. Paul Cummins

    February 12, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    Fantastic videos by this accent expert for my students of English as a Second Language. I encourage all ESL students to watch these videos.

  384. ScreaminEmu

    February 12, 2021 at 10:02 pm

    Definitely pronounced “south” wrong in the Boston-ese… sounded more like a Pittsburghers “sahth.” That said, thank you for saying “Boston” correctly. I’m so sick of midwesterners going “hey, baaaaahhhhston!” Um, no, that’s how YOU sound!

  385. Nate Levinson

    February 12, 2021 at 10:05 pm

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  386. jamden chogyal

    February 12, 2021 at 10:05 pm

    Any channel that has a guest that say “Latinx” I can’t come back. Also, his Boston accent was not really on point.

  387. ADAM

    February 12, 2021 at 10:44 pm

    SUCH A GREAT VIDEO! This needs to be a part of history text curriculum in all public schools. Makes so much sense. AND…hilarious. 😂😂

  388. ryan soohoo

    February 12, 2021 at 10:53 pm

    Hey its me wired. I have this great video for you about accents, but unfortunately the most qualified guy I could find was white. So heres some black and brown people and a white woman.

  389. AOBmaster77

    February 12, 2021 at 11:08 pm

    How. Just how

  390. Alex Negz

    February 12, 2021 at 11:18 pm

    So when’s part 2?

  391. Good Knight

    February 12, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    Nichole hates colonizers

  392. Bob Sullivan

    February 13, 2021 at 12:09 am

    I had no idea Paul Rudd knew so much about accents.

  393. cjmarsh321

    February 13, 2021 at 12:16 am

    God I dont miss the east coast

  394. Bob Sullivan

    February 13, 2021 at 12:18 am

    Can everyone please just talk normal like Oregon?

  395. Kurrent

    February 13, 2021 at 12:31 am

    DARK SKINNED PEOPLE WERE IN THE AMERICAS BEFORE THE SLAVE TRADE

  396. Dizzious

    February 13, 2021 at 12:33 am

    How about Vermont with our silent T’s?

  397. balto20002

    February 13, 2021 at 12:36 am

    Is Part 2 out yet?

  398. Ms Ren

    February 13, 2021 at 12:55 am

    Welp, I learned that growing up in an area that was a very strong mix of black and white really affected my accent…

  399. Night_Wolf

    February 13, 2021 at 1:10 am

    Are we ever going to get a part 2

  400. Javid d

    February 13, 2021 at 1:12 am

    cool video, but where’s part 2 it’s been 3 weeks ?

  401. pavelavietor1

    February 13, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    Hello you must not travel much 🙂 . Are you color coded White American? .saludos

  402. skeekeedee

    February 13, 2021 at 5:48 pm

    Fascinating!! As someone Arizona born and raised, that had a severe speech impediment as a child, I’ve always insisted there are 3 primary Arizona accents but no one believes me.

  403. patrick wagner

    February 13, 2021 at 5:50 pm

    Where is part two?

  404. Brett Larch

    February 13, 2021 at 6:38 pm

    So for second language English speakers, what city would you recommend as the easiest accent to understand?

  405. Agnostic Bible

    February 13, 2021 at 7:05 pm

    too many ads. so i have to dislike

  406. Frodj

    February 13, 2021 at 7:07 pm

    Save yourself the brain rot and just stop watching at 4:40

  407. Agnostic Bible

    February 13, 2021 at 7:12 pm

    your ads are not skippable. wont subscribe because of this

  408. Agnostic Bible

    February 13, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    too many more ads and I will leave in the middle of the clip

  409. Bellasie

    February 13, 2021 at 7:27 pm

    OMG That’s absolutely fascinating! Thank you for this fantastic video! As a foreigner and newcomer, this video is an absolute treasure trove. I can’t wait for the following video!

  410. ExtraPulpyJoosh

    February 13, 2021 at 7:38 pm

    Fkn love this bideo

    • ExtraPulpyJoosh

      February 13, 2021 at 7:39 pm

      It was a typo but what accent is that? 😂

  411. Kevin Budzisch

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  412. Damien Marques

    February 13, 2021 at 8:27 pm

    One of the coolest videos I’ve seen. Made me cry because I lost my accent to adapt to California.

  413. Evie Lo.

    February 13, 2021 at 8:50 pm

    Wow! That was brilliant, and so interesting.

  414. Carl Does Music

    February 13, 2021 at 9:08 pm

    NYC black linguist here and I LOVE that you DOVE waaay deeper into the diversity… also laughed then died at 4:29 >_<

  415. supremekizzle

    February 13, 2021 at 9:31 pm

    Minnesota? Or should I say, Minnesoooota?

  416. Cesar Antonio

    February 13, 2021 at 9:33 pm

    It’s amazing how handsome he is regardless of which accent he’s pushing. LOL.

  417. Femi Ogunro

    February 13, 2021 at 9:55 pm

    what about new orleans?

  418. Geert Vlaenckx

    February 13, 2021 at 10:27 pm

    If gullah is a creole, why is it in a video about english accent?

  419. Tad Wiltman

    February 13, 2021 at 10:30 pm

    In my neck of the woods (near seattle)… The “general american” we often call “hollywood english” or “newscaster english”

  420. jp

    February 13, 2021 at 10:31 pm

    when he licked his finger… whew

  421. Yazmine Jor

    February 13, 2021 at 10:51 pm

    African American English (AAE) formerly called Ebonics (meaning “Black sounds”) is its own individual language and should be regarded as such because is its own rules, semantics, etc. Also, I’m soooo surprised that nothing was said about Baltimore’s “tewwww” or “yewwww” 😂 😆

  422. Daniel Tena

    February 13, 2021 at 11:09 pm

    Where the heck is part 2? I can’t find it on YouTube

  423. Phuskooz

    February 13, 2021 at 11:11 pm

    In East Texas, we replace TR sounds with a CHR sound.
    Examples: Chrees (Trees), Chry (Try), Chrust (Trust), Chricked (Tricked), Etc.
    We also tend to pronounce, “Water” as, “Waddur”.

  424. John O

    February 14, 2021 at 12:28 am

    People don’t speak English in this country, they butcher it.

  425. Brooke McElhaney

    February 14, 2021 at 1:25 am

    Erik has glowed up so much its unfair

  426. Barb White

    February 14, 2021 at 1:53 pm

    Too bad Canada is not part of the Continent.

  427. Turtle Blox

    February 14, 2021 at 1:54 pm

    What about a chicago accent?

  428. Snacks

    February 14, 2021 at 1:56 pm

    Is part 2 out yet?

  429. Logan P.

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  430. VJ Shordee

    February 14, 2021 at 4:24 pm

    When is part 2 coming out? Don’t leave us hanging here Wired

  431. Ben Cooke-No Backup Dream

    February 14, 2021 at 4:26 pm

    What in God’s name was that Boston accent

  432. zzz

    February 14, 2021 at 4:37 pm

    I thought US accent is quite homogeneous other than southern and nyc accent. Like, I thought the variation is very small like between general American accent and valley girl accent. Didn’t know there are that many

  433. Ivy Wagner

    February 14, 2021 at 4:37 pm

    Grateful for captions. 😮

  434. Nathan Salazar

    February 14, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    Very interesting!

  435. I T

    February 14, 2021 at 6:21 pm

    El Paso, Texas has a very distinct accent due to it’s large Hispanic population.

  436. Millner Marrys

    February 14, 2021 at 7:17 pm

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  437. A Froghair

    February 14, 2021 at 8:02 pm

    So being in the Piedmont is a cross between “Tidewater raisin'” and “”southern Appalachia”?

  438. deadlyoneable

    February 14, 2021 at 9:04 pm

    Started watching to see the entertainment value of diff accents….then got a woke history lesson.

  439. Christopher Wiley

    February 14, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    I can’t believe I’ve had to wait this long to finally see this man actually show off his accent skills.

  440. Yuzo

    February 14, 2021 at 9:43 pm

    I really really appreciate the inclusion of non-European English accents. I’m looking forward to the West coast!

  441. mom dad

    February 14, 2021 at 10:29 pm

    He is a Tongue Master! (Associates first, then to Bachelor…😜)
    I let myself out but first 👍

  442. Santo Deportes

    February 14, 2021 at 10:54 pm

    The “Boston” accent doesn’t dominate inside the actual city itself. It is actually bigger in the white towns around it.

  443. Cetifiably Snuggly

    February 14, 2021 at 11:11 pm

    @5:30 look at her teeth! Cleanest of all time

  444. Tori

    February 14, 2021 at 11:58 pm

    but where is part 2 🙁

  445. Saycat

    February 14, 2021 at 11:59 pm

    Dam, try breaking down Canada’s most eastern province, Newfoundland. Brace yourself.

  446. Juse Dark

    February 15, 2021 at 12:41 am

    Im California the spanish Mexican is so common

  447. Tina Welch

    February 15, 2021 at 12:49 am

    Love this! Where’s part two?

  448. Tim Haldane

    February 15, 2021 at 1:13 am

    11:20 huh… I was previously only familiar with the California raisins.

  449. FuschiaFilms

    February 15, 2021 at 1:25 am

    my name is amani lol

  450. Marty

    February 15, 2021 at 1:26 am

    Professor Higgins !! 🙂 Top notch!!

  451. Raquel C

    February 15, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    It’s amazing how there’s so much more variation of accent in the USA than in my country, Canada, where most of us sound more or less the same.

  452. daniel mayen

    February 15, 2021 at 3:59 pm

    He losing his hair up top

  453. dudedjv

    February 15, 2021 at 5:08 pm

    This guy is unreal

  454. Colleen Rittmeyer

    February 15, 2021 at 5:10 pm

    Fascinating

  455. Shirobarai

    February 15, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    should be called “gives a tour of EASTERN” US accents

  456. K Rojas-Martinez

    February 15, 2021 at 6:07 pm

    The way he can flawlessly switch between all these accents hits the uncanny valley for me so hard but I can’t stop watching lol

  457. Thomas Potocki

    February 15, 2021 at 6:10 pm

    Got the Baltimore accent all messed up my guy.

  458. TheMabes69

    February 15, 2021 at 6:39 pm

    I can’t stop looking at that linguist’s bad teeth. Her lisp makes it worse.

  459. iii

    February 15, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    I LOVE these videos!!

  460. George Olesky

    February 15, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    NOPE! “honest/foster” vowel in Boston TOTALLY off, as is often the case. Surprised a pro didn’t catch it.

  461. Looking 4 Things

    February 15, 2021 at 7:51 pm

    In college, the professors tried to beat my Boston accent out of my language. One professor asked me to stand when I spoke and corrected each “R” drop. No, it is “PaRk the CaR, not Pahk the Cah. lol

  462. Bobby Austin

    February 15, 2021 at 8:52 pm

    That is how we talk in Georgia

  463. Bradley Carstens

    February 15, 2021 at 8:56 pm

    Audio is terrible. Can’t watch it

  464. Beth H

    February 15, 2021 at 9:08 pm

    It’s a shame that the “how black people got to America” was negligently oversimplified and left out the whole part about being taken by opposing tribes and sold first to Europeans and in the West Indies before the colonies began to purchase them- long after so many other countries engaged in the slave trade. No, she needn’t have included an exhaustive history of how they got here, but using accurate context and information would have given her more credibility rather than trying to rewrite history herself.

  465. Militarian

    February 15, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    Where I live in south Florida there is Palm Beach and then there is Loxahatchee

  466. Francesca Ferraro

    February 15, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    i’ve been a devoted erik singer stan for a few years but man i LOVED sunn m’cheaux! more of him please

    • N. Anderson

      February 15, 2021 at 10:04 pm

      You can find tons of his great content on his website, social media, or even here on YouTube. He has a lot of lessons posted.

  467. Sticks-of-TNT

    February 15, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    🧨

  468. Jay Aleem

    February 15, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    Peace & love to the Gullah-Geechee Nation!

    • N. Anderson

      February 15, 2021 at 10:29 pm

      Such a beautiful culture and language. I’ve been following Sunn m’Cheaux for awhile now and have learned so much.

    • Jay Aleem

      February 15, 2021 at 10:32 pm

      @N. Anderson true indeed. I would love to visit the Sea Islands one day

  469. Dan Bev

    February 15, 2021 at 10:07 pm

    This is fascinating! I can hear some of what he’s describing, but I couldn’t possibly describe it myself.

  470. DAMIEN BARRETT

    February 15, 2021 at 10:12 pm

    Really hoping he gets into the difference between NYC and the rest of us in Upstate New York. Not saying they aren’t peppered through our area but the majority of people who speak with that hard city accent are either transplants or guys who think their “Italian heritage” is a personality. The rest of us have an almost indistinguishable/general American accent.

  471. Beatriz Enciso

    February 15, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    Where is part 2??

  472. Beth Hayes

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  473. Grammatical Chainsaw

    February 16, 2021 at 12:56 am

    He said Appalachian right🤩🤩

  474. Jonathan Lichtenberg

    February 16, 2021 at 1:05 am

    Blacks were sold to Europeans.

  475. Ruger Oliveri

    February 16, 2021 at 1:17 am

    is that a Brazilian book in the background?

  476. Malti Moto

    February 16, 2021 at 5:52 pm

    For Germans it is extremely inconvenient to speak rothic: “Stranger”, “Burger” twist our tongues

  477. Tobias Perry

    February 16, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    Dunn m’cheaux totally blew my mind! One of the most articulate people I have ever heard.

    • N. Anderson

      February 16, 2021 at 8:50 pm

      Sunn m’Cheaux

    • N. Anderson

      February 17, 2021 at 12:17 am

      Check out his website and social media (or here on YouTube) for many more videos of his great lessons. Enjoy!

  478. Fitzboden

    February 16, 2021 at 6:10 pm

    Excellent! Question and observation: How did the Scottish/Irish brogue evolve into the southern drawl? Many people in Rural Utah, Nevada and Southern Idaho also have a drawl and there were many Scottish/Irish settlers in those States.

  479. DV Demoni

    February 16, 2021 at 6:28 pm

    I so want you all to do a feature on the differences between the Appalachian accents and Southern accents.

  480. Michel Normandin

    February 16, 2021 at 6:41 pm

    This guy calls the Untied States of Absurdia: North America. We knew they were absurd. Add ignoramus.

    • Gravigus

      February 16, 2021 at 11:53 pm

      You seem like youre trying too hard to be smart

  481. S Kirton

    February 16, 2021 at 6:53 pm

    Colonists weren’t necessarily “colonizers.” A big distinction that isn’t being fairly nor faithfully used.

  482. Warmian 5

    February 16, 2021 at 7:27 pm

    New York= net Italy

  483. Melissa KBK

    February 16, 2021 at 7:37 pm

    Put this man on the cover of every magazine please.

  484. Henning Bartels

    February 16, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    For a Non-American the US concept of “race” is already hard to understand and follow. But saying accent varies by race I find highly doubtful. Language and accents are a social thing characterized by social groups.
    It’s almost like saying: by only listen to a voice sample you can guess the phenotype of a person?! I wonder how you will hear if the speaker has blond or black hair?

  485. MCRideout

    February 16, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    This video makes my head explode.

  486. Matthew Jones

    February 16, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    According to the thumbnail Boston is in the middle of Quebec

  487. JackieTK Draws

    February 16, 2021 at 9:07 pm

    Alright, my dudes, I need part two.

  488. Royal Mitchell

    February 16, 2021 at 9:18 pm

    America doesn’t really have that many accents anymore

  489. Kevin Spolarich

    February 16, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    When he was talking about the major dialect boundary you cross in New Jersey between New York and Philadelphia, I thought he was going to talk about pork roll and taylor ham lmao

  490. Marty Rodriguez

    February 16, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    They had my attention until they used the term latinx. Time to move on.

  491. Bobby Gene Tummolo

    February 16, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    Spanglish

  492. Bobby Gene Tummolo

    February 16, 2021 at 10:02 pm

    Love linguists and I love this guy’s videos

  493. FoothillsFreedom

    February 16, 2021 at 10:15 pm

    Was a great video til the white guilt kicked in

  494. CCRob720

    February 16, 2021 at 10:37 pm

    Fantastic!

  495. kiltedpiper

    February 16, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    Wow! Very well done. Thank you.

  496. Prole

    February 16, 2021 at 11:25 pm

    Well, I’m white, live in Appalachia, and pronounce some of my words just like some New York African Americans!

  497. CW M

    February 16, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    Lol she said Latinex. Real Latin people would look at her like she was nutty for saying that, she’s appealing to white college students with that crap.

  498. AroundSun

    February 17, 2021 at 12:14 am

    What about the 1950s transatlantic accent??? The radio guy voice. Light up a lucky strike! That’s right! The fast talking high trousers…

  499. Andy Sturla

    February 17, 2021 at 1:01 am

    Sweet Beard

  500. Lucas F. G.

    February 17, 2021 at 1:29 am

    so if you want to see him lick his finger for a few seconds go to 20:50

  501. ZachFrost

    February 17, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    Sad upstate NY noises

  502. Stephen Tutor

    February 17, 2021 at 8:58 pm

    Ten tired turtles talk about dentists. …. The View

  503. Nick K

    February 17, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    NYC born and raised….Your NY accent is horrible and stereotypical. Stop watching dumb mafia movies

  504. Jerome Sadlo

    February 17, 2021 at 9:09 pm

    Thank you for mentioning Pittsburgh! When discussing accents we get passed over for Philly since it’s bigger but we sure do have a unique sound 🙂

  505. Tam Neal

    February 17, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    Most fascinating!

  506. Be tree

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  507. Jake Tarter

    February 17, 2021 at 9:39 pm

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  508. Jake Tarter

    February 17, 2021 at 9:40 pm

    19:08 My dad when I take out the trash without being asked

  509. Joe Fourstrings

    February 17, 2021 at 9:52 pm

    I cant believe another person mentions the unique accent of the outer banks but misses how its almost identical to the Newfoundland accent. Love the video though bi’

  510. Chris Bell

    February 17, 2021 at 10:10 pm

    I think, as a Norfolkman (the UK one), I’ve noticed the one accent he can’t get right!

  511. Silver Star

    February 17, 2021 at 10:22 pm

    “Latinx”??

  512. wtlocklear

    February 17, 2021 at 10:28 pm

    Thank you for this video! I’m a native Lumbee English speaker and people always think I’m Cajun! Nothing wrong with those folks but I’m proud of my people’s dialect. I appreciate the feature.

  513. Harry McD

    February 17, 2021 at 10:49 pm

    All i got to say is NoVA speaks so much differently then southern Virginia

  514. Traycraft

    February 17, 2021 at 10:55 pm

    Thought this was Paul Rudd for a sec

  515. Andrew Bennett

    February 17, 2021 at 11:01 pm

    The do the tidewater raising in parts of the new orleans area too

  516. IO

    February 17, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    8:03 and that’s when I stopped watching

  517. General Hecks

    February 17, 2021 at 11:30 pm

    me: wow these accents are really… white, why dont they show my accent?
    him: you might notice these accents are… white *shows my accent*

  518. L u c a s

    February 17, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    “Latinx” is not pronounced “Latin X”. You either say Latine (pronounced the same way as Latino but with an “eh” instead of an “oh”) if you want to be modern and gender neutral, or you just say Latino. “Latin X” sounds like a weird version of the X Factor.

  519. Ed D

    February 17, 2021 at 11:47 pm

    20:30 Matthew McConaughey has entered the chat

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  521. Neiltf1

    February 18, 2021 at 12:50 am

    Zad😍

  522. Devhaus Studios

    February 18, 2021 at 12:55 am

    These are my favorite videos online. Don’t stop

  523. fowmart

    February 18, 2021 at 1:02 am

    People in the south do not sound like they’re in Gone With The Wind

  524. Peter Barry

    February 18, 2021 at 1:08 am

    Oh thank heavens! I thought the Non ethnic human in the beginning was a white supremacist or at least a white voyerist, I’ve now come to realize that they till has white privilege because they had the whole screen to themselves but when they were talking to the krher humans the screen was split between them. I believe the best course of action to take is to cancel them, they is probubly on the white benefit side of the 8 white identities because they did not shout out that they hate other white humans.

  525. Juan Lopez

    February 18, 2021 at 1:11 am

    Try going to the island of Kauai and listen to the local people in the up country of kalaheo speak . I bet you would have a hard time understanding that accent it’s very different it has Portuguese and Puerto Rican influences mixed with Hawaiian words .

  526. Laur Bird

    February 18, 2021 at 9:45 pm

    Why are people disliking this? What is wrong or bad about it

  527. please stop

    February 18, 2021 at 10:15 pm

    Me as an european who can’t even see the difference

  528. y.a.p_ lucas

    February 18, 2021 at 10:49 pm

    Baltimore accent??

  529. Ernest Olsen

    February 18, 2021 at 10:49 pm

    You see similar in Hawaiian.

  530. Joe Baumgart

    February 18, 2021 at 10:55 pm

    Were g’nna goo dauwn teu da crick fer sum wooder.- Philly, Pa.

  531. Ugghh

    February 18, 2021 at 10:57 pm

    Didn’t pay attention to Philly enough:(

  532. Alexander Vance

    February 18, 2021 at 10:58 pm

    this is who spy would want on their team
    spy: ok how do these people talk so i blend in?
    accent expert: loike this
    spy: great thanks, i’ll troi not to forget

  533. Anistyn Francis

    February 18, 2021 at 11:16 pm

    am i the only one here that’s watching this to see what accent i want to have when i shift realities??👀

  534. lichi1244eva

    February 18, 2021 at 11:39 pm

    I’m obsessed with this. I want to study linguistics now. 😊

  535. Herobox 1248

    February 18, 2021 at 11:39 pm

    4:27 why the suspenseful pause? Is there something wrong with being white?

  536. SuperJV4x

    February 18, 2021 at 11:51 pm

    good accents but too much time on filler conversation – get to it

  537. Eric Cendejas

    February 19, 2021 at 12:12 am

    Where is the west coast?

  538. Kingly Boiii

    February 19, 2021 at 12:17 am

    Why do all linguists and dialect coaches have the same accent

  539. Maxim

    February 19, 2021 at 12:20 am

    I hafta say I’m sorta dispointed yas skipped over da coal region in PA!

    I mean itsa pretty unique area heyna?

  540. Chris Nigro

    February 19, 2021 at 12:21 am

    My old neighbor Charlene (pronounced Sharleen) always answers to something that sounds like Cha-lee. So that’s non rhodic, dropping the “r” but what’s the dropping of the “n” called?

  541. shiblee 06

    February 19, 2021 at 12:22 am

    Think of international students who need to deal with these different accents 🥶🥶🥶🥶

  542. Bobby Thomas

    February 19, 2021 at 12:37 am

    My opinion , you guys don’t speak English. Maybe it’s American?

  543. Fievel Mousekewitz

    February 19, 2021 at 12:39 am

    I bet homie has forgotten what his own voice actually sounds like.

  544. DJMattEmpathy

    February 19, 2021 at 12:45 am

    That Ocrakoe accent sounded like a Forest of Dean accent to me

  545. gostate 2014

    February 19, 2021 at 12:46 am

    When can we expect midwest?

  546. Terri Mobley

    February 19, 2021 at 1:09 am

    I’m having trouble believing that black dialect goes back to slavery. So much history has happened in the last 100 years. Accents and phraseology are influenced along the way by other things too. The idea that everything in Black culture Roots out of slavery is becoming a bit tedious. My family is heavily Germanic and Irish but if you examined my accent and my phraseology you would probably reference my West coast family or my exposure to time in the south. I doubt you would go back 200 years to my European ancestors

  547. Terri Mobley

    February 19, 2021 at 1:10 am

    And language isn’t White. A little bit of unacknowledged racism here people. White people don’t have accents. European people have accents each of them different according to the region in which they live Asians have accents different to the regions in which they live skin color does not make people talk a certain way. So saying that these accents sound White as opposed to European or Asian is a bit telling. Political correctness leaking all over the place

  548. NC_evin

    February 19, 2021 at 1:12 am

    I am confused yet fascinated by his transitions

  549. gaguy1967

    February 19, 2021 at 1:15 am

    There is no such thing as Latinx

  550. Deon Mara

    February 19, 2021 at 1:26 am

    My friends said that I say sandwich weird. They pronounce it “sanwich” without the “d”, but I pronounce it as “sandwich” with the “d”. I don’t know.

  551. Stilez

    February 19, 2021 at 7:08 pm

    Glad you pointed out that Tidewater Raisin’ in Virginia is similar to Canadian, because I was about to point it out.

  552. Matt Porter

    February 19, 2021 at 7:16 pm

    I’d give the Pittsburgh accent a 7/10.

  553. luciferdzhugashvili

    February 19, 2021 at 7:24 pm

    Your Matthew McConaughey accent is the best.

  554. Aristowi

    February 19, 2021 at 7:24 pm

    As a non native English speaker I’ve spent a lot of effort in trying to blend, and although I don’t sound as most of my countrymen when speaking English I certainly sound foreign. That used to bother me but when I realized that even native English speakers can’t fully imitate another accent I stopped worrying. I certainly try to pronounce the best I can but keeping an accent is part of my own identity.

  555. Jaffa Road

    February 19, 2021 at 7:32 pm

    No Canadian eh?

  556. KillerAceUSAF

    February 19, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    Of course the white woman says “Latinx”, disgusting.

  557. SolLedesmaN

    February 19, 2021 at 8:04 pm

    Mr Singer’s videos are my drug of choice.

  558. tbirdpunk

    February 19, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    Makes video on accents and language…. decides to record it with a potato mic.

  559. Harry Halliday

    February 19, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    You need to do england accents

  560. Tony 82 Young

    February 19, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    The African English no it’s called gangster.

  561. Scy

    February 19, 2021 at 9:06 pm

    oh god the white woman called actual latino people “latinx”

  562. George Deblasio

    February 19, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    Can we stop pretending that the ghetto accent is nothing more than people trying really hard to talk that way? It’s fake

  563. Arson Addict

    February 19, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    You might’ve noticed these accents sound a little… W H I T E

  564. smkh

    February 19, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    At 5:18, where is Britain on that map?
    Here are Japanese kids trying a rhotic r

  565. B M

    February 19, 2021 at 10:06 pm

    I notice that a lot of British actors like to use the Piney Woods accent when playing roles as Southerners in TV shows and movies lol.

    • Steve Holmes

      February 20, 2021 at 12:58 am

      That seems to be the default southern accent for actors that don’t want to do the research. We I watch a show set in North Carolina and I hear that accent it kills me.

  566. BobBarkersAunt

    February 19, 2021 at 10:14 pm

    Guy looks like Dennis Reynolds

  567. Howdy

    February 19, 2021 at 10:28 pm

    That Ocracoke Island accent sounds like it should be singing a sea shanty

  568. Lydia Riddle

    February 19, 2021 at 10:28 pm

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  569. Ethan Wheeles

    February 19, 2021 at 11:32 pm

    tf is latinex

  570. Kylan Pownell

    February 19, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    I know many Latinx people who are offended by forcing your X on them and their language. Very colonist of you.

  571. Spazz Maticus

    February 19, 2021 at 11:57 pm

    “Latinx”. Cringe

  572. Tylan Mendes

    February 20, 2021 at 12:46 am

    Cool video, I love the inclusiveness and awareness you guys provide.

  573. Nelson Salmeron

    February 20, 2021 at 12:48 am

    I swear half of these dialects turn me on and the other half crack me up 😂

  574. Darf JoSidd

    February 20, 2021 at 12:55 am

    Spongebob: Hey Patrick what am I now?
    Patrick: Uhhhh stupid
    Spongebob: Noo I’m Texas
    Patrick: What’s the difference?
    Together: Bahahahahaha

  575. BMW CHANNEL

    February 20, 2021 at 1:31 am

    Very educational and makes me proud to live in multicultural America.

  576. Michael Fisher

    February 20, 2021 at 1:23 pm

    Do any Americans still say “Hwere” and “Hwen” for “where” and “when?” Do most people now say “wair” and “wen?”

  577. JenS Boutique

    February 20, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    So interesting 🤨 Boston here

  578. Dhruv Kasthuri

    February 20, 2021 at 2:32 pm

    7:00 I just hear Stephen A Smith lol

  579. Hansel Santiago

    February 20, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    Latinx smh

  580. JC 1985

    February 20, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    This guy is dead on. There is no difference in the accent by boro’s.

  581. Mizhda Salih

    February 20, 2021 at 2:49 pm

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  582. Z birmingslam

    February 20, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    Dude you said NYC wrong. Imagine bernie Sanders saying it. Your welcome.

  583. ocd4lane

    February 20, 2021 at 3:45 pm

    👍🏽 for the inclusion of cultural differences of regional dialects & accents

  584. Brian C

    February 20, 2021 at 4:17 pm

    The African English lady obviously doesn’t know history.

  585. Sara Watkins

    February 20, 2021 at 6:35 pm

    First dialect video I watched that actually got the south right… at least the the Appalachian area, left out the nasally, fast talking, with no enunciation accent though but I suspect that will come later

  586. Jay Dumon

    February 20, 2021 at 6:59 pm

    Don’t say “latinx”.

  587. RaidsEpicly

    February 20, 2021 at 7:36 pm

    God I love erik singer

  588. Bekey Gill

    February 20, 2021 at 7:48 pm

    Ugh…She said Latinx… barf.

  589. shikawgoh

    February 20, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    You’ve got to be a miserable cretin to dislike this video.

  590. Annika Nielsen

    February 20, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    is it just me or could other people not stop looking at nicole’s mouth when she speaks

  591. Jessica Mizuwasa

    February 20, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    You could have gone farther with the Jersey accent. We leave out t’s in a lot of our words: Brighten, Sentence, Badminton. You touched on it when you said, “Trenton,” properly, but I would have appreciated it more if you gave my state a tiniest bit more time of day.

  592. Aminata

    February 20, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    “The pilgrims” lol

  593. A F

    February 20, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    Who cares about Ebonics. Just do the white ones.

  594. Christopher

    February 20, 2021 at 10:33 pm

    this makes my head spin

  595. CamCam

    February 20, 2021 at 10:56 pm

    It’s really hard to google the “on line”

  596. kage

    February 21, 2021 at 12:12 am

    mac has some competition now that dennis started lifting

  597. Ordoric

    February 21, 2021 at 12:36 am

    Can you discribe the fallriver/ newbedford accent

  598. JK Low

    February 21, 2021 at 12:58 am

    Simple.
    The African American accent is trapped within a lazy, poor and sad tone.

    Only the upper crust Brits speak real, proper English.

  599. Nicole Gurski

    February 21, 2021 at 1:00 am

    So by North American you mean only the United States?

  600. Prince Rara

    February 21, 2021 at 1:33 am

    Took all of the 2020 mess for us minorities to be included finally 🙄

  601. Vodo LeLe

    February 21, 2021 at 4:02 pm

    furget about it!

  602. Andrew Taylor

    February 21, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    very cool

  603. Alex Ortiz

    February 21, 2021 at 4:21 pm

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  604. my name is

    February 21, 2021 at 4:32 pm

    Erik is so hot. Such a daddy.

  605. MissOrsa

    February 21, 2021 at 4:48 pm

    Yes! Love that we brought in non-white accent stuff! Also, first bit about the impact of slavery on accent was so fascinating – would LOVE to learn more! Give Ms. Holliday her own videos!

  606. Endorphins27

    February 21, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    I love this

  607. Brad M.

    February 21, 2021 at 5:39 pm

    The Public Works guys where I worked in SC were all Geechee and spoke Gullah. I was born there but could barely understand them.

  608. Joel Visentin

    February 21, 2021 at 5:58 pm

    When you get to Canada next time don’t forget black people in Toronto there’s a really specific thing going on here

  609. Jonny Sinclair

    February 21, 2021 at 6:18 pm

    This is amazing, you’re awesome my guy

  610. Chad Johnson

    February 21, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    fascinating

  611. ZombiBunni

    February 21, 2021 at 8:10 pm

    Dude 🥺 I love this video so much!! I’m autistic and linguistics are my special interest, so hearing all of these dialects and accents that I’ve never heard spoken or broken down before is SO COOL!! American accents are so varied and interesting and even beautiful! I love things like this video that really embrace & celebrate the non-English and non-Eurocentric influences on our accents 💖

  612. John Smith

    February 21, 2021 at 8:16 pm

    Because of the implication………

  613. Erin Tarket

    February 21, 2021 at 8:16 pm

    Hehe. Diversity and diverse city. I see you, Eric, I see what you did there.

  614. John Smith

    February 21, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    latinx,lol.

  615. Esther Migo

    February 21, 2021 at 9:00 pm

    8:22 *reevaluating*

  616. Bella Andryczka

    February 21, 2021 at 9:47 pm

    I’m in love with this video! <3 I'm impressed how simple it can be for a regular person thanks to you, Erik & other linguists. Thanks for making it! Accents are what I like to listen about 🙂 If I'm not wrong, you change the accent each time you name it. Incredible!

  617. Marcus Danchision

    February 21, 2021 at 10:08 pm

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  618. Molly Elton

    February 21, 2021 at 10:31 pm

    will you do one of these for british accents? i would be sooooooo fascinated

  619. Megan Burbage

    February 21, 2021 at 10:32 pm

    The Ocracoke Island accent kind of sounds like the English West Country accent to me.
    Edit: he literally mentioned this after I typed this. And then did the accent perfectly. Amazing!!!

  620. Temple Charles

    February 21, 2021 at 10:36 pm

    The spooky quart karunagappally rule because show accidentally raise amid a certain sister. loose, alcoholic authorisation

  621. EveryDayImDukkerin

    February 21, 2021 at 11:01 pm

    You can’t fool me, Glenn Howerton! Get back to Always Sunny!

  622. daniel mccurry

    February 21, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    I dont like how Nicole Holliday talks visually its really weird

  623. Al Dunn

    February 21, 2021 at 11:34 pm

    That one gal speaks with a tongue thrust. Ironic.

  624. Driver2616

    February 22, 2021 at 12:35 am

    I keep hearing Matthew McConaughey here……..🤣

  625. Darren

    February 22, 2021 at 12:59 am

    Sub sandwich, hoagie , hero

  626. WalkingCorpse111

    February 22, 2021 at 4:23 am

    Latin x people….. UGH! Whoever came up with that words needs to stick their head in a freezer for a week

  627. Harry Mortock

    February 22, 2021 at 4:27 am

    Do this for the big GB

  628. Tom V

    February 22, 2021 at 4:28 am

    you are really hot.

  629. E O

    February 22, 2021 at 5:54 am

    So glad they brought the people of color linguists, as a New Yorker I have never even heard white people speaking Italian like accenrs

  630. no se

    February 22, 2021 at 6:00 am

    The Appalachian is my favourite!!

  631. GrubbyZebra

    February 22, 2021 at 9:55 am

    So sad he missed Tangier Island in Virginia. It has a VERY unique accent and dialect that traces back to Elisabethan English.

  632. TheAmtwhite

    February 22, 2021 at 10:22 am

    At the beginning of the video he said he was going to talk about North American English accents. Outside a 1/2 sentence on Canadian accent, it was all American 🙁

  633. EinApoStein

    February 22, 2021 at 11:19 am

    Do German accent please.

  634. Knife Fight in the Big City

    February 22, 2021 at 12:19 pm

    *Guess my accent ladies and gentlemen.*
    *”Hey bebi gurl mama show Bobs n vegana”* 🌚

  635. Adam Holliday

    February 22, 2021 at 12:35 pm

    He nailed the real yinzer portion of Pittsburgh

  636. Nicholas Holiday

    February 22, 2021 at 1:33 pm

    I love this series of videos but the pacing seems a bit fast, like he’s rushing through the material.

  637. Michael Ives

    February 22, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    Detroit ?

  638. aspen echoes

    February 22, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    Bro, Pittsburg sounds like a kiwi accent

  639. Daniel Lee

    February 22, 2021 at 4:13 pm

    Can you do British accents next? That’d be cool 👍

  640. WiggyWoz

    February 22, 2021 at 4:35 pm

    This is amazing 👍🤩 I’m speechless 🤩

  641. Jason Brink

    February 22, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    “North America” aka America? By the way, there is a whole other country above it with a whole variety of other english speaking accents. North America does not = America. All very interesting but don’t forget about Canada!

  642. James Clay Garrison

    February 22, 2021 at 5:37 pm

    As a voice coach and accent specialist for commercials, industrials, etc… I can tell you for a fact that the “classical southern accent” you speak of??? We call that the “Hollywood Southern accent” ….because it never existed in the south. It existed in “Gone With the Wind” and it still exists in Netflix’s “House of Cards” since Kevin Spacey cannot master a real Georgia accent.

  643. Evan Ayres

    February 22, 2021 at 6:26 pm

    Dude was Finna get canceled if he did the African American accents 😂

  644. GrandmaChelle23

    February 22, 2021 at 6:51 pm

    Weren’t the blacks in Africa enslaved by other Africans and sold to European slave traders?

  645. Linuxman777

    February 22, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    Nice Pittsburgh Accent. But it is more of a Gen X and Boomer Pittsburgh Accent. The younger generation has an accent as well but it is less though.

  646. Justin Arledge

    February 22, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    South Carolina

  647. fata morgana

    February 22, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    Just waiting for someone to call this racist.

  648. Nancy Main

    February 22, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    I have a California valley girl accent and I absolutely hate it

  649. Nathaniel Smith

    February 22, 2021 at 11:31 pm

    Eric is not gonna be caught on camera imitating any non-white English speakers 🤣

  650. H W

    February 23, 2021 at 1:22 am

    I would love for him to do a UK/GB video. There’s so many different accents in London alone. Bengali London accents, Turkish London accents …. East London, Islington…. it goes on.

  651. dave miller

    February 23, 2021 at 4:09 am

    So he starts in on the general American accent and then abruptly goes somewhere else without finishing?

  652. J C

    February 23, 2021 at 4:58 am

    Great to see him include the Delmarva peninsula! The southern accent nuances of this area are often overlooked by many videos.

  653. Rodríguez Cordero Daniel

    February 23, 2021 at 5:17 am

    i have learning the language for years and now i remember how much i needed thisssssssssssssssss

  654. keyboard_slap

    February 23, 2021 at 7:37 am

    8:03 It’s “latino”

  655. Elisha Malisha

    February 23, 2021 at 8:53 am

    Would love to hear an Amish accent. Where we eat feesh and trim the booshes.

  656. Wayne Igoe

    February 23, 2021 at 9:27 am

    What, no Pennsyl-Tuckey, Pennsylvania Dutch, or whatever accent I have that causes me to merge the word “shower” into “sharrr” (Shah-rer would be the easiest way to describe how its pronounced)

  657. Jalu3

    February 23, 2021 at 10:22 am

    No Asian Americans?

  658. 0rnery

    February 23, 2021 at 10:52 am

    My God, Erik has certainly settled in the right career. Quite an amazing talent! I find it interesting that he defaults to what I consider my own “accent”, or lack of accent, here in Northeast Ohio. For some reason I personally am guilty of saying dis & dat instead of this & that, but my fellow NE Ohio citizens do speak “correctly”.

  659. Ahmed Hamid

    February 23, 2021 at 11:52 am

    I probably needed this when I moved to the US. In high school I got made fun of my accent.

  660. anthony domene

    February 23, 2021 at 12:24 pm

    omg you butchered Philly. close tho. haha

  661. Anita Backrub

    February 23, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    Pittsburgh Pa. – You don’t know what you missed Eric! 🤣

  662. Lowkey Sykes

    February 23, 2021 at 5:10 pm

    Best content on this channel

  663. Jonna Makkonen

    February 23, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    Canadian raisin(‘) sounds like a healthy snack.

  664. Brendan Rathier

    February 23, 2021 at 7:07 pm

    Finally someone brought up the Rhode Island accent.. everyone thinks it’s the same as Boston

  665. Raymond Harnack

    February 23, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    She’s not even black.

  666. Thomas Larsen

    February 23, 2021 at 7:39 pm

    Having lived in Austin all my life, I always felt like our accent was the most plain vanilla in existence.

  667. Fabian

    February 23, 2021 at 9:57 pm

    holy mother of out of focus

  668. LoyalDogProductions

    February 24, 2021 at 12:08 am

    the okracoke island accent sound like the Letterkenny guys

  669. John Smith

    February 24, 2021 at 12:18 am

    There are a lot of problems with the subtitles. Pigeon instead of pidgin? Come on…

  670. Kendra Howell

    February 24, 2021 at 12:31 am

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  671. FCgrl

    February 24, 2021 at 3:22 am

    In Connecticut we have mostly a “General American” accent I think, though my teacher also pointed out we eat our Ts in the middle of words. The glottal stop thing?

  672. TJ Fletcher

    February 24, 2021 at 3:54 am

    I live in northern Virginia and literally no one I know that lives near me have southern accents

  673. Jeff Guarino

    February 24, 2021 at 4:30 am

    It is a complex topic, I don’t know how anyone would take such an in depth interest in this, I couldn’t study this stuff, I would drop it. There is not only English that has all these things going on but every language has this complex nature and changes happening, it is a bunch of endless rabbit holes.

    Go to Guyana if you want to hear a new language. After a few days you will realize they are speaking English. When the cops stop you for speeding say ” me a know, me first time a tong” or “I don’t know , it’s my first time to town” and speaking to your friends ” Meh vil gaf vid ya tamara” or “I will talk with you tomorrow.” To say “leave it alone” ” left it” They didn’t understand what I was saying until I was joking around trying to imitate them.

  674. mfehp

    February 24, 2021 at 5:07 am

    This is just so informative. I am really pleased to see this video be so inclusive of different races and cultures! Awesome and so informative. Kudos.

  675. Finch Rest

    February 24, 2021 at 7:06 am

    Fascinating! Thank you – very enjoyable!!!!

  676. Justin Boner

    February 24, 2021 at 7:54 am

    I’m no accent expert, but I’ve spent the vast majority of my life in philly and the philly suburbs. I’ve never heard anybody pronounce “hoagies” with that goat diphthong

  677. azolot11

    February 24, 2021 at 8:57 am

    white spot on shirt can’t hear anything

  678. Saylor Twift

    February 24, 2021 at 11:23 am

    I love how you fought racism by racially segregating the accents. Kudos!

  679. Animock

    February 24, 2021 at 7:29 pm

    Wtf is latinx

  680. Kendra Knicely

    February 24, 2021 at 8:04 pm

    I wanna hear him talk about Shenandoah Valley, VA

  681. Cartier231

    February 24, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    Minnesota Accents

  682. Dre Brown

    February 25, 2021 at 1:39 am

    What about Californians lol

  683. FrancesBaconandEggs

    February 25, 2021 at 1:58 am

    Um why would you do this to us at 20:55

  684. bookgirl810s

    February 25, 2021 at 2:31 am

    He can describe the Pittsburgh accent but can’t imitate it worth a darn. LOL Just look up Pittsburgh Dad for a better representation.

  685. RookInCharge27

    February 25, 2021 at 2:46 am

    This makes sense why I said “breafas” instead of “breakfast.” I’m Black and never noticed I dropped the end of the word until I went to a dominantly white college and people pointed it out.

  686. father_hezekiah

    February 25, 2021 at 3:26 am

    STOP USING LATINX!! its infuriating !

  687. Curtis ToastyPants

    February 25, 2021 at 5:58 am

    The boston one wasnt that great

  688. Vikki Brown

    February 25, 2021 at 6:48 am

    I have literally been wondering out loud how accents developed for about six months now. My inner nerd is loving this!

  689. Autumn Dantzler

    February 25, 2021 at 8:02 am

    I’m a Lumbee who lives in Charleston, SC. This is the best video I’ve ever stumbled upon.

  690. Shota Toriumi

    February 25, 2021 at 8:07 am

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  691. Grey Notes

    February 25, 2021 at 8:41 am

    I’m south African. Thanks YouTube algorithm…

  692. Blaze Infernus

    February 25, 2021 at 8:46 am

    I see Erik Singer, I click.

  693. Cigar Surgeon Reviews

    February 25, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    As a Canadian I’m fascinated that the Virginia dipthong sounds are closest to the Canadian dipthongs.

  694. Internet Man

    February 25, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    also his piney belt accent is way off, he sounds like he watched a couple episodes of house of cards and decided that was the “southern” accent

  695. Ivan Kelly

    February 25, 2021 at 3:37 pm

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  696. Jet Reyes

    February 25, 2021 at 4:14 pm

    I know he’s an accent expert but the smooth transition is just

  697. Deanna Banman

    February 25, 2021 at 4:28 pm

    Can you please do a series on Canada!! In my linguistics course in university I heard that our major cities have the same accent even though we are so far apart (except for Quebec, it’s always except Quebec). Growing up in Calgary Alberta I thought I had a very plain accent and then I learned that infact we do! If you could explain this and go over Indigenous accents would be ao fascinating ☺️

  698. Trippodubh

    February 25, 2021 at 5:10 pm

    5:19 they sank Newfoundland and the Isles

  699. Harvey Herrera

    February 25, 2021 at 5:27 pm

    As an non native english speaker and a language student I find this topic the most fascinating

  700. Brandon Bryson

    February 25, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    You handled race very well thank you!!

  701. Justin Winsbro

    February 25, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    One thing that I’ve learned is a southerner is if you were raised in the south no matter where you are raised you can go to another southern state and pretty much understand what they’re saying even if your accent is a little bit different

  702. ManWithPants

    February 26, 2021 at 1:08 am

    Mom: Why are you talking to yourself in your room??

  703. Eric Hagen

    February 26, 2021 at 2:04 am

    dont think i mentioned it but im so glad to see what yer doin here with mixing other races into these videos.

  704. Carl Bruce Froehlich

    February 26, 2021 at 2:09 am

    Here in Central Connecticut we are surrounded by states with distinct accents without having our own… that and professional sports teams…

  705. 0leander410

    February 26, 2021 at 2:25 am

    9:10 Did Dennis Reynolds grow a beard?

  706. inês guebel

    February 26, 2021 at 2:44 am

    the southern accent triggers me sm

  707. Jacob Lara

    February 26, 2021 at 2:49 am

    His name should be Erik talker

  708. Terrie Haggey

    February 26, 2021 at 3:02 am

    I really like these, the subtle differences in sound is interesting. I only have one pet peeve, he seems to have subscribed to the seemingly common belief that the United States ends at Massachusetts lol

  709. DLø Whösoever

    February 26, 2021 at 3:31 am

    Black people were sold by other black people. Fact.

  710. Kia Aoki

    February 26, 2021 at 4:39 am

    I would love to hear you do a breakdown of Long Island vs. NYC. Having spent my whole life in both places, some of the differences can be dramatic if you really listen, but also interchangeable. I’ve noticed myself drift between the two accents depending on who I’m talking to.

  711. AidMcNade

    February 26, 2021 at 4:59 am

    You can’t tell me his New York City doesn’t sound like Sylvester Stallone

  712. Kris

    February 26, 2021 at 5:09 am

    Wow 🤩 I love this
    🦋💚🤩🧡💔💙❤️💛

  713. John Morales

    February 26, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    That’s not a New York City accent, that’s just an Italian accent. How many Italians live in New York City? About 5% of the population? That’s how many New Yorkers talk like that.

  714. Prettyful Brown

    February 26, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    I’m just really shocked to hear the trenton accent on here….everytime ppl bring up jersey accents they only reference the harder accent in North jersey.

  715. PeterPaul175

    February 26, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    What is up with background music to a linguistics video?

  716. Tracy Frederick

    February 26, 2021 at 11:30 pm

    That southern example was like nothing I’ve ever heard except on TV. Although he does do a mean southern accent himself .

  717. Alolan Donald Trump

    February 27, 2021 at 12:13 am

    I’ve waited so long to finally hear this man speak in different accents, and boy he didn’t disappoint. I seem to have situation in my pants now.

  718. dmaster225

    February 27, 2021 at 1:39 am

    My favorite english accent is when they say, “ey I’m walking here!” and “fuggetaboutit”

  719. Soulem

    February 27, 2021 at 1:57 am

    tfw they say North America but it is actually just about the states ( ͠• ェ ͠• )

  720. Andrew Lavan

    February 27, 2021 at 2:16 am

    Hearing the Gullah segment makes me want to rewatch Gullah Gullah Island to see if that dialect appeared in the show.

    • N. Anderson

      February 27, 2021 at 5:20 pm

      Check out his website and social media, or here on YouTube, for many more great videos about Gullah.

    • N. Anderson

      February 27, 2021 at 5:21 pm

      ⬆️ Sunn m’Cheaux that is.

  721. Joseph Campese

    February 27, 2021 at 3:46 am

    @wired, since you’re obviously tripping over yourselves to be politically correct I’m wondering if you could explain something. The graphic you post at the 4:50 mark definitely implies that the slave trade only went to North America. Why would you do that? Brazil especially, imported nearly ten million slaves for their coffee commodity.

  722. Eric B

    February 27, 2021 at 4:07 am

    people are stupid enough to need this ? I feel bad for the planet with so many willfully-ignorant people.

  723. astrid vvv

    February 27, 2021 at 4:09 am

    Austin TX and Raleigh NC HAD regional accents for both white and black communities until top many commiefornian whites invaded.

  724. Davy Jones

    February 27, 2021 at 6:23 am

    Who cares about all these weird places. Talk about Colorado.

  725. Mahat 'ma nigga' ndhi

    February 27, 2021 at 9:52 am

    4:15 that’s what i call the stallone accent

  726. Mahat 'ma nigga' ndhi

    February 27, 2021 at 10:05 am

    for the love of god please do this with other english speaking countries this video was insane🙏

  727. Tube Guy

    February 27, 2021 at 10:59 am

    so dumb, had to be sure to throw in the “slavery = bad” message there

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  731. Your Mom

    February 27, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    i hate ohio

    • Fayth Osborn

      February 27, 2021 at 11:47 pm

      I hate Michigan soooooo we are in the same boat

  732. Rob French

    February 27, 2021 at 9:41 pm

    This is terrible- his analysis could be correct, but his performance of these are not good. Had to shut it off.

  733. Epiphannie1

    February 27, 2021 at 10:17 pm

    Really appreciate your thoughtfulness in including other professional voices in your video!

  734. C. Y. Hollander

    February 28, 2021 at 12:19 am

    Can Erik not do a non-White accent or is he just afraid of blowback because of his skin colour?

  735. jdryak

    February 28, 2021 at 12:42 am

    Outstanding series!!!

  736. Ben Gully

    February 28, 2021 at 1:01 am

    This was amazing. This could be a course I would pay for

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  738. zadidoll

    February 28, 2021 at 1:57 am

    The Boston accent is too clean & doesn’t sound like a Boston accent. Worcester has a terrible accent. Too harsh.

  739. Terri mewmew Dash73

    February 28, 2021 at 4:42 am

    I’m very rhotic lol

  740. Nancy Olson

    February 28, 2021 at 5:28 am

    I’ve always liked linguistics.

  741. Kyle Reese Incel From The Future

    February 28, 2021 at 9:36 am

    You through imitation of the accents so fast I could no grasp them.

  742. Peri Pheral

    February 28, 2021 at 11:55 am

    Fantastic free video, amazing times.

  743. W8KJR

    February 28, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    Great video. But at least 4 of these could have been simplified to “The Matthew McConaughey”

  744. Pablo Rivera

    February 28, 2021 at 3:36 pm

    This video is awesome, lovec

  745. Joshua Espinales

    February 28, 2021 at 5:55 pm

    “Ten tired turtles talk about dentists.”

  746. francisco varela

    February 28, 2021 at 6:25 pm

    I was on a boat in the Arabian Sea on a scuba dive trip. One of the other divers had a good ear and, though she grew up in a different part of the country, pegged my Bronx accent nearly down to the neighbourhood I grew up in. My daughter kids me about my accent to this day. It’s true, you can take the boy out of the Bronx but you can’t take the Bronx out of the boy.

  747. GG666

    February 28, 2021 at 7:27 pm

    the only accents that I distinguish: UK English and US English

  748. Judge Greg Mathis

    February 28, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    Im high as balls

    • Judge Greg Mathis

      February 28, 2021 at 8:32 pm

      lmao same

  749. Kim wright

    February 28, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    Interesting

  750. Shining Stars Farm

    March 1, 2021 at 12:48 am

    I wonder if WIRED knew that Erik would be such a hit when they posted the first video that featured him. I can’t get enough!

  751. Lizz Alkula

    March 1, 2021 at 1:22 am

    I am a transplanted transplant (Born GA, lived in Florida twice and “grew up” – 10 to 23 – in middle NC)
    I have been told : you don’t have an accent
    you have a strange accent

  752. nyangata gaming

    March 1, 2021 at 2:00 am

    Diphthong sounds like an insult.

  753. 金城武

    March 1, 2021 at 4:13 am

    latinex people? lol and they claim to be linguists 😂

  754. Vin Ellis

    March 1, 2021 at 7:21 am

    Everyone in America: “I don’t have an accent.”

  755. aquarius

    March 1, 2021 at 11:10 am

    That latina american english sounded like cardi b

  756. Jimmy A

    March 1, 2021 at 11:51 am

    Please don’t say “latinex”, it sounds silly , specially when you know that Spanish needs a gender distinction in order to make sense.

  757. Elizabeth Cochran

    March 1, 2021 at 2:08 pm

    What a great source of representation!

  758. Kisame Hoshigaki

    March 1, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    completely skips over the entire midwest and acts like missouri doesn’t exist 🙄

  759. Lottarandomness

    March 1, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    Eric Singer is my IDOL! When this baby linguist sees Eric in the thumbnail, she clicks faster than a Texan can say “y’all”!

  760. SuperDayv

    March 1, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    I thought he was about to teach us the D.E.N.N.I.S. system.

  761. Mike Bartello

    March 1, 2021 at 9:31 pm

    ive nvr heard anyone in philly sound like that lol

  762. Nate Levinson

    March 1, 2021 at 9:59 pm

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  763. Dan Nave

    March 1, 2021 at 10:23 pm

    How would you characterize the accent you are using here when you aren’t demonstrating a regional accent?

  764. Don West

    March 1, 2021 at 10:29 pm

    Nope

  765. Katelyn Rose

    March 1, 2021 at 11:52 pm

    I love that they’re putting this info out there but I wish they used native speaker examples for everything cause some of these emulations dont really sound authentic

  766. Ryan J

    March 2, 2021 at 12:54 am

    Skipped over Long Island accent 😔

  767. gluna

    March 2, 2021 at 12:56 am

    “latinex” crying rn

  768. Libertine852

    March 2, 2021 at 1:13 am

    Wow. This was grim. Everyone is preaching at you these days. You should think of other non-nefarious ways to AUDITION. (Nola)

  769. Katie Garcia

    March 2, 2021 at 1:15 am

    Thanks for pronouncing Appalachia properly!! I don’t hear that often enough. 🤗

  770. Ray Pellerin

    March 2, 2021 at 1:45 am

    I lived my whole life in western Massachusetts. Everywhere I go people ask me why I don’t sound like “Ted Kennedy”. Boston is just 80 miles east of me and we sound nothing like them.

  771. Gensan Living

    March 2, 2021 at 2:17 am

    So he’s not allowed to do accents of non-white people. So stupid.

  772. hunkosaurusrex

    March 2, 2021 at 2:37 am

    “white”

  773. hunkosaurusrex

    March 2, 2021 at 2:41 am

    “Latinx people…”
    Megan called millions of people gender confused. Super offensive.
    Hate this video. Made by diverse hipsters.

  774. Lilac Jasmine

    March 2, 2021 at 6:12 am

    I liked this very much! 😁

  775. aa aa

    March 2, 2021 at 7:45 am

    Gosh , God – you gave me an eternity to learn all the languages and dialects of the world

  776. daniel alfieri

    March 2, 2021 at 8:52 am

    born and raised in southern Ontario and my mom is the only person i knew growing up saying “waursh” instead of wash. she claimed it was something her Welsh relatives used, there were are few other words but that was the most obvious. just sayin’

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  778. Matthew Durden

    March 2, 2021 at 10:57 am

    Latinx?

  779. StarMonkies

    March 2, 2021 at 12:38 pm

    Would love to see a similar video on the accents of the British and Irish isles next. Also a great excuse to get more of Erik Singer

  780. Stephanie :

    March 2, 2021 at 2:03 pm

    dilf

  781. Z H

    March 2, 2021 at 2:23 pm

    Does anyone think of Dennis and a golden god?

  782. Christopher

    March 2, 2021 at 4:28 pm

    I’ve lived in Europe since the ’90s and have noticed that pronunciation, stateside, have evolved (or devolved) to where mid-word “t’s” seemed to have disappeared (The word, “important” is now pronounced as “impor-an”, without even the final ‘t’ pronounced .. Or Vladimir “Pu-in”) I find it particularly ugly sounding.

  783. reagsful

    March 2, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    Can we have a YouTube channel of just this?

  784. John Jay Bonstingl

    March 2, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    As a native Pittsburgher and professional speech coach, trust me, this guy’s Pittsburgh accent is waaayyyy off base.

  785. MeltedButterPrincess

    March 2, 2021 at 6:48 pm

    The flowing through the NYC accents is mesmerizing

  786. Seth Reaves

    March 2, 2021 at 9:35 pm

    Don’t say Latinx

  787. Shlomo K

    March 2, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    Man he looks like Glenn Howerton. He should be on a Sunny episode

  788. Silvia Calahatian

    March 2, 2021 at 10:36 pm

    Hey have you thought about focusing on the Miami accents ?

  789. Farzana Mughal

    March 2, 2021 at 10:49 pm

    Man said latinx

  790. Chungwei Wang

    March 2, 2021 at 11:06 pm

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  792. Willa Wolfe

    March 3, 2021 at 6:25 am

    This video has been amazing to watch and absolutely wonderful

  793. SupraNaturalTT

    March 3, 2021 at 6:27 am

    Really, you couldn’t even talk about accents without divulging into a race baiting apology tour🤦. Enough with the pandering, it’s so pathetic trying to shoe kiss for a non sequitur issue.

  794. SupraNaturalTT

    March 3, 2021 at 6:32 am

    Are we just not going to talk about the way people say ‘so’ in Colorado, they say ‘sew’ but with an elongated ew sound. It’s really weird.

  795. Lifes Lessons

    March 3, 2021 at 8:46 am

    not going to lie…. the boston was so bad……………. like i see the attempt…. but i give it a 6/10.

  796. Drezperado

    March 3, 2021 at 10:23 am

    He looked pretty ashamed he had to give examples of accents of people with white skin.

  797. Stefanie H

    March 3, 2021 at 10:55 am

    I’d love for you to analyze my accent. It’s kind of different because I lived in numerous places. I used to live in Hawaii but I’ve been in Southern California since 1990…so of course I’m influenced by the Southern Californian accent. I’ve also been influenced by the British accent as a child.

  798. ׁ

    March 3, 2021 at 1:50 pm

    “Hey, Matt, can you take me to the Piney Woods Belt?”

    ❞𝓐𝓵𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽, 𝓪𝓵𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽, 𝓪𝓵𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽.❞

  799. Haeun Kim

    March 3, 2021 at 1:55 pm

    That was actually really impressive- how do you switch your accent in the middle of your sentence? Also I never realized that the United States had so many different accents. Very cool video!

  800. Kristian Cannon

    March 3, 2021 at 3:51 pm

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  801. Ebenezer Sam

    March 3, 2021 at 4:29 pm

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  802. Sydney Salter

    March 3, 2021 at 5:10 pm

    I want this guy to evaluate my accent and see if he can identify the influences. After an international move, I think it would be interesting to know what’s persisted.

  803. Mike & Gayle McCullars

    March 3, 2021 at 5:13 pm

    In regards to “Smoothing”, it is quite common in Arkansas, especially northern hill portion of Arkansas, to hear this such as hearing a flat “Hi” or “High” without a dipthong as in “Hah” instead of “Hi” or “High” as in the dipthong “Hah-ee”. You end up hearing a person went to ‘Hah” School rather than “Hah-ee” School. And this is heard by both blacks and whites in many parts of the state. To further this unique sound, some (especially Blacks) will drop the “L” at the end of “school” so you end up with they went to “Hah Skoo” rather than “Hah-ee Skoo-el”. Perhaps this is a combination of “Smoothing” and “Monophthongization”. Others may can explain it better than my attempt.

  804. Zozo Mozo

    March 3, 2021 at 5:25 pm

    am I the only one who finds him attractive?

  805. A R

    March 3, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    YERRRRRRR

  806. Jordan Crosby

    March 3, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    I grew up on the sea islands of South Carolina and my accent has been heavily influenced by my Gullah neighbors. I am so thankful that this video highlights the beauty and intricacies of the Gullah Geechee language 🙂 It’s all too often overlooked when people talk about southern accents

    • N. Anderson

      March 4, 2021 at 1:55 am

      For more great Gullah content, check out Sunn m’Cheaux’s website and social media (or here on YouTube), if you haven’t already.

  807. James Ni

    March 3, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    Do people in the Phili area say wrter instead water?

  808. Xoreign

    March 3, 2021 at 10:03 pm

    As a linguist, I am absolutely ecstatic that you are bringing this to the general population’s attention. The linguistics field in general is pretty bad at transmitting new knowledge to the general population.

  809. Patty Dunn

    March 3, 2021 at 10:37 pm

    Love this

  810. Dan B.

    March 3, 2021 at 10:44 pm

    That was awesome!! 👍

  811. netbookeater

    March 3, 2021 at 11:16 pm

    I don’t know why I watched the whole thing

  812. Dove de Tapia

    March 3, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    Listening to Sunn speak is so calming

    • N. Anderson

      March 4, 2021 at 1:51 am

      Check out his website and social media (or here on YouTube) for many more great videos of him speaking, if you haven’t already.

    • N. Anderson

      March 4, 2021 at 1:52 am

      ⬆️ Sunn m’Cheaux that is!

    • Dove de Tapia

      March 4, 2021 at 1:54 am

      @N. Anderson oh sick thank u I will

  813. Pitty Pat

    March 3, 2021 at 11:51 pm

    This Alabama gal loves this:)

  814. Lil Cloudy Ass

    March 4, 2021 at 12:54 am

    It would be great to see full episodes on Black American dialects and the evolution of the dialects!❤️

    • N. Anderson

      March 4, 2021 at 2:02 am

      For more Gullah content specifically check out Sunn m’Cheaux’s website and social media (or here on YouTube), if you haven’t already. He has a lot of great lessons posted!

  815. Caity Alison

    March 4, 2021 at 1:06 am

    fred armisen does such a good job (at least of the white accents) in his comedy special

  816. Ted A. Moreno

    March 4, 2021 at 1:09 am

    OMG Nicole Holliday is so beautiful.

  817. Theorphanlpsociety

    March 4, 2021 at 1:33 am

    Nice, just keep your agenda away.

  818. solangelo lover

    March 4, 2021 at 2:38 am

    Anyone else just curious what his real accent is?

  819. Raptexalicious

    March 4, 2021 at 3:35 am

    The moment you realize why they brought the other people to help with the video….

  820. Jay Jackson

    March 4, 2021 at 6:55 am

    American southerner here and all that New England sound the same to me. I can tell the NY/Boston dialects though.

  821. Jeff Locke

    March 4, 2021 at 8:08 am

    He needs to visit the UP

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  823. Joshua GC Wong

    March 4, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    His knowledge is so comprehensive, I doubt even people who have the accents in this video know this stuff 😳

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  825. Debbie Cook

    March 4, 2021 at 9:28 pm

    In Philly it’s “Down the shore” You really glossed over the “Delaware Valley” It’s a big area. And we don’t pronounce “Hoagies” the way you said it.

  826. Larissa Bionda

    March 4, 2021 at 9:30 pm

    I can’t stop smiling looking at Nicole, such a friendly face!❤️
    This is Gold. Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and English here!

  827. jaylecia davila

    March 4, 2021 at 10:41 pm

    He changes his accent so many times I start to forget how he actually talks. LOL

  828. blacklite911

    March 5, 2021 at 2:30 am

    Definitely missed the chance to talk about the Black Baltimore accent. It’s so unique

  829. d b

    March 5, 2021 at 4:06 am

    could anyone explain that particular mouth movement Nicole Holiday has that seems reminiscent of Emma Stone?

    • Mariah Bobo

      March 6, 2021 at 12:24 am

      Also Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez

  830. Garret Oien

    March 5, 2021 at 4:09 am

    How long did it take this man to learn all of these accents? I’m truly impressed.

  831. Tom F

    March 5, 2021 at 4:20 am

    Well done video In so many ways

  832. CommentCop 666

    March 5, 2021 at 5:17 am

    “Latin x” Give me a break.

  833. lia abigail

    March 5, 2021 at 5:51 am

    not me analyzing this video at 1am for a homework project on accents due this morning- ;-;

  834. bs932

    March 5, 2021 at 7:02 am

    I’m curious what people think of his ability to mimic accents you are very familiar with. He discussed a supposed “German accent” in another video and it was pretty clear to me he didn’t really know what he was talking about. It makes me really distrust a lot of the specifics of what he says.

  835. Anna Karénine

    March 5, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    Pretty stoked to have stumbled on the best video on yt

  836. CrowdControlQueen

    March 5, 2021 at 7:17 pm

    Price Smoothing sounds like Matthew McConaughey lol

  837. Nemo Nepersonne

    March 5, 2021 at 10:12 pm

    A Tour de Force!

  838. Andrew Roberts

    March 5, 2021 at 11:02 pm

    The inclusion of the variations seen in different ethnic groups made this even more fascinating

  839. Hyperspace2

    March 6, 2021 at 12:36 am

    im american interested to see what he says

  840. The Only Joke Here Is Me

    March 6, 2021 at 1:56 am

    Really wish he just did the “blaccents” considering accents aren’t racial but all depend on who you hang around and listen too so I don’t think It’d be racist and I’m black

    • FangsFirst

      March 6, 2021 at 2:04 pm

      I think he (or Wired, or whoever) is trying to bring other voices up so that he doesn’t totally dominate, allow particular expertises to shine (I suspect none of them has the collective expertise of all of them), particularly on history of the dialects.

      That said: yeah it would definitely still be interesting to hear him spread his range that much further!

  841. Liesbeth de Vries

    March 6, 2021 at 1:57 am

    I grew up in the Noordoostpolder in the Netherlands. It was a new polder. The a is spoken as an ai.

  842. M D Adams

    March 6, 2021 at 2:07 am

    The reason why Raliegh NC does not sound like North Carolina is that the northerners took it over It might as well be another northern state (most there are first-gen immigrants)

  843. keone young

    March 6, 2021 at 4:49 am

    Well you totally ignored the millions of Asians who live in the eastern part of North America who have their own unique English dialect. Chines, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, etc all have their own English accents. But I get it. Its too difficult to handle.

  844. Sho Nuff

    March 6, 2021 at 6:17 am

    He’s good at explaining accents and describing them but he is not very good at imitating them.

  845. Sara Maki

    March 6, 2021 at 6:18 am

    Listening to this makes me feel dizzy

  846. Maradona Jr

    March 6, 2021 at 7:50 am

    Virginia doesn’t sound like that 😅

  847. Olivia Hayano

    March 6, 2021 at 8:33 am

    This man gets better looking every time I see him 😂

  848. Aussie 아빠 in Korea

    March 6, 2021 at 9:53 am

    Longer beard looks fantastic on you Erik!

  849. The Universal Raid

    March 6, 2021 at 10:20 am

    I can do 2 accents. Weird pirate, and A Hopeful 50% British

  850. D. L. Mag

    March 6, 2021 at 10:37 am

    Too many ads to watch the whole thing

  851. Jasper118

    March 6, 2021 at 4:09 pm

    Didn’t even talk about Maine or far NE?! Crazy accents up there

  852. Martha AustinWhite

    March 6, 2021 at 4:25 pm

    This is FASCINATING!!!! I love it!

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    March 6, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    The second female had hella progressive social justice warrior undertones

  854. Stephanie Thomas

    March 6, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    amazing.

  855. Cody DeLaney

    March 6, 2021 at 6:28 pm

    Latinx people? That’s ideological linguistic imperialism.
    Deja el idioma en paz.

    • Cristina DeCisneros

      March 8, 2021 at 12:47 am

      okay latine…if you wanna be all proper…

      latinx is word coined by often 2nd or 3rd gen latins that don’t understand the full grammar….

  856. Sarah Hunter

    March 6, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    I feel like north Carolina has everything, you can’t pin point it

  857. Jacob Longwell

    March 7, 2021 at 1:25 am

    I had no idea how little I knew about accents.

  858. Jacob Faughnan

    March 7, 2021 at 2:32 am

    The map at the start showing all the accents in Britain has a label for Ireland. It should say Northern Ireland. It’s a separate county for one (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are two different countries that is), but more so that if you wanted to include all of the different accents on the island of Ireland, you’d need a much longer list.

    Just saying

  859. Megz DubV

    March 7, 2021 at 3:28 am

    If ya can get down the Pittsburgh and/or Upper Ohio Valley dialect down you’re well diversified in your field.

  860. Amy Bella

    March 7, 2021 at 4:05 am

    LORD… the liberalism is showing. 🙄

  861. Cinnamon Smiles

    March 7, 2021 at 4:10 am

    I lower my voice when asking a serious question like, “are you feeling okay?” but make my voice higher when asking a non-emotional question

  862. Joe DiMarra

    March 7, 2021 at 6:57 am

    What was the difference between the north and the south? And who voted for the slaves to be freed?

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  864. Kidyugi1

    March 7, 2021 at 1:36 pm

    My Philly friend loves to use the word jawn jawn.

  865. Christine Mason

    March 7, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    I found the Canadian reference highly offensive. It was incorrect and we also have a huge variety of accents.Shows typical American ignorance.

  866. juliana neimann

    March 7, 2021 at 4:03 pm

    I want this man to marry me, so I can teach him my Brazilian accent 😌

  867. Mary S

    March 7, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    I have a huge crush on this guy!

  868. Monkey D. Luffy

    March 7, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    As a Hungarian, I’d like to talk to him and have him examine my accent in detail.

  869. Sweet Toother

    March 7, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    This guy is awesome. What a great video. I will disagree about the English dropping their ‘r’s. They simply added it to words that end in ‘a’. e.g. China => Chiner; Canada => Canader lol

  870. Corliss Crabtree

    March 7, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    Thank you. Excellent

  871. The Bruce Channel

    March 7, 2021 at 10:39 pm

    Quit calling it African American, that’s got to be the dumbest term I’ve ever heard…just like calling myself Scottish-American, I’m an American and that’s it.

  872. Magician Rex Official

    March 7, 2021 at 11:18 pm

    Very good insight!

  873. Jonny Boy

    March 7, 2021 at 11:24 pm

    😂😂 it’s hilarious to me when people try to do a baltimore accent. They always get it wrong. They put too much emphasis on the accent. It’s there. But it’s not that severe. It’s WAY over exaggerated.

  874. SteamEngine Watt

    March 8, 2021 at 1:09 am

    Dis, dat, dem, and doughs… all of e’m … not just sum of dem… !

  875. Christan Punk Rocker 02

    March 8, 2021 at 6:40 am

    The North Carolina one was really accurate where I’m form.

  876. Beatriz Reyes

    March 8, 2021 at 6:55 am

    Didn’t be have a wedding band before??? 😳😳

  877. C.H.A.D The Change

    March 8, 2021 at 7:20 am

    the story of Babylon

  878. Graeme Paine

    March 8, 2021 at 7:36 am

    > Entire video on the various different accents in the US
    > Implies there’s one accent in all of Canada.

    Ok bud

  879. MrVinnyVp

    March 8, 2021 at 8:48 am

    Really enjoyed this!

  880. Sean Stanton

    March 8, 2021 at 2:46 pm

    You should do Buffalo NY, I like to think we have a pretty interesting and unique accent.

  881. Agnetė Butkevičiūtė

    March 8, 2021 at 4:16 pm

    “Said all their R’s”
    People whose native language has rolling r’s: -_-

    Fun fact: my English (as a second language) teacher taught us to say English vowels with our tongues between our teeth. You could still probably see my tongue when I say those now

  882. c4sh3w

    March 8, 2021 at 4:34 pm

    Ain’t nobody got time fo dat!

  883. Scott Dunn

    March 8, 2021 at 5:05 pm

    Fascinating, and well done.

  884. Jessie

    March 8, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    Erik’s face as he says, “ten tired turtles talk about dentists” is priceless

  885. noitall man

    March 8, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    Was he trying to sound like Matthew McConaughey

  886. Sean Morrow

    March 8, 2021 at 10:26 pm

    The white accents sound best 😍

  887. Good Yeoman

    March 8, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    Stopped watching the second politics got shoehorned in.

  888. Sue Koppers

    March 9, 2021 at 12:47 am

    This is really interesting, but Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, Manhattan really are different different and distinct.

  889. oh ok

    March 9, 2021 at 1:50 am

    lost me on the first ‘guest’ bye.

  890. MirrorzCFW

    March 9, 2021 at 2:03 am

    If you close your eyes and imagine Matthew McConaughey each one of the voices he’s does sounds just like Matthew McConaughey.

  891. Timothy B

    March 9, 2021 at 6:49 am

    I’m so intrigued! You’re brilliant! In Atlanta, we laugh about north ATL, and south ATL accents…

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    March 9, 2021 at 12:55 pm

    I’m a linguistic anthropology major so I’m a bit biased, but this top-notch content. Top. Notch.

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  896. Rett Rizzo

    March 9, 2021 at 9:09 pm

    Exited it out when the one chick said latinx lmao

  897. WysteriaGuitar

    March 9, 2021 at 10:38 pm

    That was fascinating…

  898. WysteriaGuitar

    March 9, 2021 at 10:50 pm

    Native Virginian?

  899. Charles Claude-Ennin

    March 9, 2021 at 11:31 pm

    You are spot on with the English originated accents. I recognise all of them. This is unbelievably precise and accurate.

  900. fumblerooskie

    March 10, 2021 at 1:27 am

    I’m pretty dang sure the first English speakers in North American were in St. John’s, Newfoundland, founded 1497. The 13 colonies came MUCH later.

  901. fumblerooskie

    March 10, 2021 at 1:27 am

    I’m pretty dang sure the first English speakers in North America were in St. John’s, Newfoundland, founded 1497. The first PERMANENT English speaking settlement in North America was Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, founded 1583. Roanoke wasn’t founded until 1585. Please stop assuming EVERYTHING starts with the United States.

  902. AveryIncognito

    March 10, 2021 at 3:33 am

    I live in Pittsburgh and have never heard that accent

  903. Cee Risse

    March 10, 2021 at 8:13 am

    Wow! Anybody else start repeating and talking out loud to see if you hear the sounds?!? Lol

  904. Ryan Betschart

    March 10, 2021 at 9:49 am

    why is the audio so bad on a video where the audio is most important?! Has a hollow almost telephone sound, I don’t know which frequencies the audio person cut but this is pretty bad

  905. Sumi Kim

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  906. wijcik

    March 10, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    Do you have any videos about the various Canadian accents?

  907. eRc

    March 10, 2021 at 8:08 pm

    10:48
    I just hear pat mcafee

  908. Libido Kamen

    March 10, 2021 at 9:36 pm

    Some of those New York accents you did were distinctly Jewish and Italian, not white.

  909. Googie Gress

    March 10, 2021 at 11:16 pm

    Nicole’s face is so animated and interesting, I could watch / listen to her all day.

  910. John DeSantis

    March 10, 2021 at 11:44 pm

    Pittsburgh – the ‘Galapagos Islands’ of American accents!!!

  911. Aaron Haag

    March 11, 2021 at 12:05 am

    I wish Erik had his own channel.

  912. OlliFrank

    March 11, 2021 at 12:47 am

    Compared to most of Europe (except France and Russia) the US have very little variety of accents. In Germany, Italy or even little Belgium, you can travel 20 miles and you don’t understand what people want to say. In the UK it’s less dramatic but still pretty diverse, specially in the North of England, Scotland and the West. In the US, there is a generally accepted “American Accent” of English across the country, and except maybe some Appalachian or Southern varieties, all Americans can understand each other. That’s maybe a reason why we are less picky with foreigners, since our own accents and varieties are so diverse.

  913. UcantTakeAjoke

    March 11, 2021 at 1:03 am

    I can only pay attention to her tongue and lisp when she talks

  914. Christina Azarian

    March 11, 2021 at 2:03 am

    Forehead vs farhead still kills me inside when talking to friends in other states

  915. La Dulcesita

    March 11, 2021 at 3:02 am

    He literally shifts so effortlessly, that’s so cool😍

  916. LauraRN713

    March 11, 2021 at 8:33 am

    He did a good job, but needs to practice his NJ/Philadelphia accent a little more lol.

  917. BigJoe2354899

    March 11, 2021 at 11:26 am

    How does a Bostonian pronounce “parka”? I know one guy who says “pahker”. Semi-rhotic…

  918. Lucas anderson

    March 11, 2021 at 11:51 am

    You my friend could be Australian….

  919. stéfan hoïmes

    March 11, 2021 at 12:10 pm

    I didn’t think I had an accent until I went to the Midwest for a week. It was just woah for a Philly guy who use to have a thick Greek accent that now only comes out when I’m drunk and I revert to it.

  920. Rebekah Spears

    March 11, 2021 at 1:03 pm

    When he was talking about the Boston accent, all I could think of was the Hyundai commercial with John Krasinski, Rachel Dratch, and Chris Evans.

  921. Llama Del Fid

    March 11, 2021 at 1:31 pm

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  922. Gerald K

    March 11, 2021 at 3:13 pm

    Y’all should hear a Toronto mon accent only place where a white boy will say bomboclatt and a black guy will say wallahi😭🤣

  923. Jordan

    March 11, 2021 at 5:48 pm

    Being in pittsburgh…..sentences become a sound. Like just one sound for an entire sentence.

  924. Youniquely Erika

    March 11, 2021 at 6:42 pm

    I ❤️ Erik! I graduated with a degree in French and a minor in English and linguistics and phonetics are my JAM.

  925. Ron Klimoff

    March 11, 2021 at 9:08 pm

    Great video. As a life-long Philadelphian, it makes me so angry when the actors in movies that are supposedly set here all have New York City accents. It’s really annoying. Maybe they should call you next time.

  926. Dadasha

    March 11, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    Dude looks like Mr Foamer simpson long lost brother!

  927. Rachel Kim

    March 11, 2021 at 11:28 pm

    This man’s got freakin’ periwinkle eyes

  928. Raymond Meyers

    March 12, 2021 at 2:42 am

    How he can just subtly shift accents astounds me.

  929. christopher pham

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  930. Lucifer

    March 12, 2021 at 9:26 am

    11:00 so Virginia is basically Canada?

  931. Marvin Henlock

    March 12, 2021 at 10:16 am

    Latinx is not a thing, lady. Please stop because you sound ridiculous.

  932. webster brambles

    March 12, 2021 at 3:55 pm

    Thanks for being thorough and inclusive!

  933. Ora D

    March 12, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    When Eric got to North Carolina, that was the moment when I heard Rhett & Link speaking through him 🤣🤣🤣

  934. Molly Lankford

    March 12, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    Aaaand in the North Carolina section, he sounded like three of my exes….

  935. Molly Lankford

    March 12, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    That Gullah section IS SO COOL!

    • N. Anderson

      March 13, 2021 at 12:38 am

      Check out his (Sunn m’Cheaux’s) website and social media, or here on YouTube, for much more great Gullah content. He has a lot of lessons posted.

  936. Gary Johnson

    March 12, 2021 at 9:04 pm

    Baltimore urban accent is unique also..

  937. allseeing ry

    March 12, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    There’s only 3 accents in North America
    Southern Alabama / surfer dudes / and elevator voice (this is 4/5ths of the country)

  938. Edward Festor

    March 13, 2021 at 1:37 am

    My family has lived in the Pittsburgh area since the 1850s. I would not mistake his example of Pittsburgheze for being that of a native. Only a native can do it, like Joe Mangianello, though he exaggerates it for comedic effect. If you listen to interviews of baseball manager Chuck Tanner, IMHO he had a very pure Pittsburgh accent.

  939. Kayla Hoffman

    March 13, 2021 at 3:02 am

    Woah, a lot u can unpack here.

  940. Rancid Jane

    March 13, 2021 at 3:41 am

    This video was astoundingly interesting. Thank you.

  941. AngeliqueSabrina

    March 13, 2021 at 4:20 am

    As a Bahamian, the Gullah speaker got me SO excited.🇧🇸 definitely long lost cousins

    • N. Anderson

      March 13, 2021 at 3:46 pm

      If you haven’t already, check out his website and social media (or here on YouTube) for many more great videos. He even talks about the relation between the two.

    • N. Anderson

      March 13, 2021 at 3:47 pm

      ⬆️ Sunn m’Cheaux that is

    • AngeliqueSabrina

      March 13, 2021 at 4:13 pm

      @N. Anderson I definitely will, thank you!

  942. Joseph Perreault

    March 13, 2021 at 5:40 am

    Woarder is how I pronounce water. The girls name is not Wendy it’s Windy . A tidewater accent with some DC Baltimore and inflections. But I can speak fluent Dundalkian.

  943. SCN8IVE

    March 13, 2021 at 5:51 am

    He does a pretty good job with the Appalachian accent but I can tell he’s putting it on. There’s something that’s not quite right to my ear.

  944. Karen Bartlett

    March 13, 2021 at 8:12 am

    Well, it’s North Florida, not Northern Florida, and “Carolina” is pronounced “Care’lina”, that is, in the Piney Woods Belt as far as I know.

  945. shihancheng

    March 13, 2021 at 5:31 pm

    The Gullah guy sounds so dreamy

  946. Harry Sunderland

    March 13, 2021 at 6:20 pm

    Ocracoke sounds very like a cornish accent and bit like a south east Irish accent too

  947. Faithless Hound

    March 13, 2021 at 7:10 pm

    Erik Singer shows us that it is next to impossible to convincingly replicate many other accents as an actor. That’s why, in earlier centuries, there were distinct “theatrical” dialects and accents for each language so that travelling players could be understood by most people in different parts of the same country. The cinema did that too: the “Mid-Atlantic” accent in serious Hollywood films and the “cut glass” accent in old British films such as “Brief Encounter.” But amateur actors did replicate local accents, especially in comedies.

    The problem with rural speech is that it varies so much and most of it is not widely intelligible, so there used to be standard ways of speaking for yokels, workmen, servants, etc on the stage and in early cinema. Hollywood still does that for children, who all speak some form of ‘Murcan.

  948. vera

    March 13, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    Very interesting, can’t wait for part 2.

  949. logan Jones

    March 14, 2021 at 12:49 am

    did anyone notice the trans Atlantic slave map at 5:19 just completely says nope to the British Isles

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  951. Rob Roeder

    March 14, 2021 at 1:59 am

    Turned it off and downvoted it when the woman called Americans “The colonizers”

  952. Live Laugh Stuck

    March 14, 2021 at 3:26 am

    The first accent, the rhoetic (sp?) English accent for the first settlers just reminds me of the first Fable game

  953. Moses Embrey

    March 14, 2021 at 8:08 am

    As a Virginian, I’ve never heard the Virginia accent, but I’ve heard the North Carolina accent amongst many other Virginians.

  954. Eve

    March 14, 2021 at 1:17 pm

    When he said “North Florida” I knew he was misguided. Then when he mimicked an old, Mississippi/ Louisiana White accent, it just confirmed that this guy has no idea what he is talking about.

  955. Igwe productions

    March 14, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    I thought she was saying thot

  956. Stephen Haws

    March 14, 2021 at 3:35 pm

    Some of this sounds more like BS. The cast was not that convincing, especially the main host.

  957. AB

    March 14, 2021 at 5:40 pm

    It’s crazy that I still have to code switch multiple times a day between AAVE (African American English) and standard white English. It’s subconscious and necessary for survival in a white centered and controlled country.

    • C.L. Moore

      March 15, 2021 at 8:20 pm

      That’s the burden of being in a minority group. BUT, when you code switch to AAVE most whites will have no clue what you are saying. Almost like a *secret* code

  958. Philip Rudy

    March 14, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Would really like you to master baby boomer Detroit accent

  959. 1234qwer

    March 14, 2021 at 10:50 pm

    I stopped the video when the race BS started

  960. Paul Briggs

    March 14, 2021 at 11:05 pm

    Only 5% of Africans taken into slavery were brought to the US. It would be fascinating to see how the languages of the other 95% affected the pronunciation of Spanish and Portuguese in Central and South America.

  961. darnellminajlyrics25

    March 15, 2021 at 12:36 am

    Gullah/Geechee accent is amazing

    • N. Anderson

      March 15, 2021 at 2:45 am

      Check out Sunn m’Cheaux’s website and social media (or here on YouTube) for much more great Gullah content, if you haven’t already. He has a lot of lessons posted.

  962. Dionne Dunsmore

    March 15, 2021 at 5:25 am

    My God this is interesting!! Wow!!

  963. DisasterMIDI

    March 15, 2021 at 6:03 am

    Aw I wanted to hear about my Minnesotan accent and what is wrong with me haha

  964. WapajeaWalksOnWater

    March 15, 2021 at 3:20 pm

    Thanks I really enjoyed this.

  965. poe12

    March 15, 2021 at 5:09 pm

    So cool! Thank you! Looking forward to parts 3 and 4…

  966. Jeff Jordan

    March 15, 2021 at 5:37 pm

    Nice Pittsburgh accent!

  967. James Wolverton

    March 15, 2021 at 6:43 pm

    The Lumbee aren’t Natives.

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  969. Carsonian The Great

    March 15, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    Please don’t use the word “Latinx.” It is linguistic imperialism and is a colonizer word. It is a pseudo-slur!

  970. HX

    March 15, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    What could be more American than a dance around a bunch of American-centric racial sensitivities while referring to “English North America” and ignoring all of the non-American colonies , many of which predate the American ones.

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  972. Jadrian Miles

    March 16, 2021 at 2:59 am

    The Central New York accent is fascinating; I’d love to hear that covered in one of his videos. It has really distinctive prosody, a kind of warbling sing-songiness that I’ve never heard anywhere else.

  973. XxXUdiXxX

    March 16, 2021 at 3:18 am

    Awh I was they talked about regional dialect for black English speakers in Baltimore!

  974. Reggie Dabbs

    March 16, 2021 at 4:04 am

    His new york accent was all over the place. it was like a Van Gogh painting.

  975. Maria Laura Tambasco

    March 16, 2021 at 5:13 am

    rly dnt like this guy i cant explain it….

  976. Maria Laura Tambasco

    March 16, 2021 at 5:23 am

    uh u werent gonna talk abt baltimore and aaon’s iron urn?

  977. Commish/Flock Baltimore productions

    March 16, 2021 at 1:03 pm

    dude this is so funny I thought this guy was the best until I heard him do my cities accent
    lol I don’t think that was a Baltimore accent but hey I could be wrong

  978. Ari

    March 16, 2021 at 5:54 pm

    I find it SOOOO trippy how he just shifts accents like it’s nothing

  979. Abhimannue R.Sreekishan

    March 16, 2021 at 8:08 pm

    Dude’s been working out

  980. A Quiet Pour

    March 16, 2021 at 10:16 pm

    Latinex, thumbs down, you can just say, Latin and its unisex.

  981. greg thomas

    March 16, 2021 at 10:39 pm

    His Georgia accent is terrible. He sounds like a Yankee actor attempting to talk like a wealthy southern plantation owner in a bad movie. That is not how anyone talks in Georgia.

  982. Barbara Smith

    March 16, 2021 at 10:46 pm

    The Pennsylvania dialect bears some resemblance to the stereotypical surfer dialect in California.

  983. Eulayses Perry

    March 17, 2021 at 12:04 am

    I don’t care how many expert studies you have. There is definitely a Brooklyn and Bronx accent. Full stop

  984. Priscilla Saravia

    March 17, 2021 at 1:32 am

    The Gullah geechee was the most intriguing to me. I have heard it when I lived in south Florida, due to much Caribbean influence. I may have even adapted some of it as a kid, along with my Spanglish.

    • N. Anderson

      March 17, 2021 at 3:53 am

      Check out Sunn m’Cheaux’s website and social media (or here on YouTube) for much more great Gullah content, if you haven’t already.

  985. Rose Smith

    March 17, 2021 at 1:40 am

    I could just listen to you guys all day. Fascinating ☮️❤️

  986. carlosmante

    March 17, 2021 at 1:52 am

    You missed the accents of other American English speaking countries like Canada, Belize, Jamaica, and British Guyana.

  987. Wizdom Dropz Astrology

    March 17, 2021 at 9:31 am

    You all are so amazing, thank you for being such a high vibe group of deeply intelligent individuals and bright souls! So impressive.

  988. Samantha

    March 17, 2021 at 1:23 pm

    You should do a video on Audrey Hepburns accent. When I think of accents she one of the first people who come to my mind

  989. Makuiru

    March 17, 2021 at 2:20 pm

    I came here because of the Red Dead Redemption series.

    Kudos to the voice actors of that game. 100/100.

  990. Lucifer C

    March 17, 2021 at 2:52 pm

    Blacks were sold into slavery as prisoners’ of war and sold to slavers by the Black chiefs that captured them.

  991. Paul Teti

    March 17, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    Wow Philly gets three word for a few seconds.

  992. hmm ok

    March 17, 2021 at 6:26 pm

    We’ve all adopted a variety of African American accents. Especially the more recent generations.

  993. Henry Jones

    March 17, 2021 at 7:22 pm

    Great video(s)! Please, please, please do one like this on the British isles!!

  994. appraised

    March 17, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    very interesting

  995. Baron Black Dragon

    March 18, 2021 at 2:39 am

    It’s really cool realizing how accented my voice is and I don’t even notice

  996. Dylan Cooper

    March 18, 2021 at 4:14 am

    So basically at 20:40 you’re Matthew McConaughey??

  997. Amanda Ahoko

    March 18, 2021 at 2:27 pm

    How did I just learn this guy was in YuGiOh GX?

  998. Andrew Conway

    March 18, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    6:18 oh God this is cringy

    • Kendrah Martinez

      March 20, 2021 at 2:42 am

      Ewww what was that edit 🤭🤭

  999. Kathy D

    March 18, 2021 at 8:07 pm

    I think the white New Yorkers don’t even sound like that anymore though , and if they do they’re pretty old lml . Can you please talk about this ? I find it interesting how New Yorkers kind of sound more cali or “proper” , like they actually sound a little more relaxed and pronounce more . But that’s just me . The hispanic/black community way of talking is spot on though, this was very nice to watch !

  1000. Jerry Glen

    March 18, 2021 at 11:31 pm

    The generation of socialism is upon us. History always repeats. They will unknowingly through thier Supreme confidence and woke knowledge, will create a society that will destroy individual freedom and create death and destruction upon America to solve past generations sins. 1920’s all over again. The next generations will judge them for the destruction of the American Experiment.

  1001. D. D.

    March 19, 2021 at 12:04 am

    Trentin! I was raised in the suburbs of Trentin where we don’t drink the township wooder.

  1002. Colleen Pinckney

    March 19, 2021 at 1:14 am

    This video was the most satisfying thing I’ve seen in a long time.

  1003. Carol Crowley

    March 19, 2021 at 3:14 am

    Black americans do not have the ole
    Brooklyn accent, only white NYers.

  1004. Bryan k

    March 19, 2021 at 11:49 am

    i’m conviced americans speak another language

  1005. Mr. Pavone

    March 19, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    Again, the focus is on the NYC accents only. Take a trip up north and you’ll hear a wide variety of accents. Up on the border it has a heavy french influence and out by Rochester and Buffalo it becomes more Middle american english.
    Thanks for forgetting that NYS is not NYC.

  1006. mark friedman

    March 19, 2021 at 3:09 pm

    I bet you are not aware of the Philadelphia accent or if you are you probably are doing it totally wrong because most people who are on YouTube are doing a New York accent and passing it off as a philly accent

  1007. Ross Thompson

    March 19, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    I used to live in South Carolina and I worked in Pawley’s Island. Learning about Gullah was so interesting.

    • N. Anderson

      March 22, 2021 at 8:55 pm

      Sunn m’Cheaux is one of my favorite people to follow for the same reason. If you haven’t already, check out his website and social media (or here on YouTube) if you’re interested in learning more. He has a lot of great lessons posted.

    • Ross Thompson

      March 22, 2021 at 9:48 pm

      @N. Anderson great! Thanks I’ll check it out

  1008. ana k/

    March 20, 2021 at 6:56 am

    i would love for erik to break down johnny depp’s accent and how it’s changed over the years. it’s very unique, for an american i’d say. it’s like a combination of every character he’s ever played. i imagine it’s common for actors who fully immerse themselves in roles to have rollercoaster-like accents, but i only know of his specifically. it’s shocking to hear him speak in interviews. i don’t expect to know how he’ll sound like i can with actors whose accents are consistent.

  1009. George Greaves

    March 20, 2021 at 10:06 am

    I refuse to believe that he is not Dennis doing his Philly accent in Chardee McDennis

  1010. Barton Marks

    March 20, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    Erik’s been hitting the gym during the pandemic.

  1011. famas

    March 20, 2021 at 7:42 pm

    all those new york accents i just hear italian

  1012. Louis Rosen

    March 20, 2021 at 10:57 pm

    Great. Low Country South Carolina here. Excellent expression of the accents.

    • N. Anderson

      March 22, 2021 at 9:00 pm

      It’s such a beautiful accent. Following Sunn m’Cheaux led me to many more great follows in the Gullah Geechee community.

  1013. Ana Tejada

    March 21, 2021 at 1:22 am

    As a New Yorker…they were all spot on !

  1014. lachlan edwards

    March 21, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    accent dilf !

  1015. Sarah Margaret

    March 21, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    Yo this is so interesting and I’m not even halfway through yet

  1016. nicolas escamilla

    March 21, 2021 at 7:03 pm

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  1017. kingsteeven

    March 22, 2021 at 12:12 am

    nobody talks like us lumbees ✊🏾❤️

  1018. Elizabeth Elliott

    March 22, 2021 at 12:20 am

    In ALL of the Southern accents you take on except the ones peculiar to the islands, all I hear is Matthew McConaughey — a Texan.

  1019. c walt

    March 22, 2021 at 1:05 am

    My ancestors and I have lived on the lower Eastern Shore of MD. DE. and VA. for over three hundred years. I had a girl friend that always wanted to hear me read Shakespeare out loud. Now I know why.

  1020. NJ Pat

    March 22, 2021 at 6:30 am

    Wtf is latin x

  1021. x

    March 22, 2021 at 3:35 pm

    Fascinating

  1022. arthur Cadaver

    March 22, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    Yooo he the okracroke

  1023. Rebecca Corley

    March 23, 2021 at 12:06 am

    This is fascinating. Even worth the ads!

  1024. R S

    March 23, 2021 at 12:23 am

    .

  1025. Laara Yaghujaanas

    March 23, 2021 at 12:34 am

    Can’t find your part 3. Can you please share the link?

  1026. Galloway Music

    March 23, 2021 at 2:50 am

    That was fantastic!

  1027. Hamelins Ghost

    March 23, 2021 at 3:13 am

    Is it just me or does his natural speech pattern sound just like Matt Mercer

  1028. mike j

    March 23, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    nacole holliday and erik singer in the same video!!! All my linguistic dreams are coming true rn

  1029. T-PiN! Muscle Therapy

    March 24, 2021 at 1:25 am

    Jeez! What about the differences between MA, NH, VT and ME?? These are very obvious to New Englanders and very interesting! How ’bout a video on them?

  1030. Andrea Sikora

    March 24, 2021 at 4:05 am

    Now the only one missing is Hawaiian Pidgin English!
    If can can. If no can, no can. Called Pidgin Philosophy. Means: If I can get to it I will. If not I can not. Often shortened to “if can can” . Eh brah, you going to Aunty’s for suppa? I stay working but if can can. 😄🤙🌴

  1031. Samuel Cyr-Lucas

    March 24, 2021 at 4:32 am

    “Latinx”
    I guess being a linguist and language expert doesn’t make you a grammar expert. Spanish, just like French, gender all their nouns. Im more familiar with French, but we don’t use “the” or “a/an”, but rather “le/la” and “un/une”, which indicates that the following word is either masculine or feminine. And one of the grammar rules is basically masculine wins. If there are latinos and latinas in a room, we’ll say the latinos. Latinx is word invented and used by people who don’t understand or respect the Spanish language, and prefer to virtue signal

    • RED RED

      March 26, 2021 at 12:16 am

      Who TF cares?

  1032. Lawanda Johns

    March 24, 2021 at 6:37 am

    The superficial train lily hook because tea alternately crash via a bouncy bestseller. ill-fated, previous outrigger

  1033. Dynasty1K

    March 24, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    This guy is awesome to watch and listen to.

  1034. Laxmi Laxmi

    March 24, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    Best Datting Click 🔽

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    來調味食物煮的時候

  1035. mrs Macca

    March 24, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    Megan has WICKED voice fry.

  1036. mrs Macca

    March 24, 2021 at 6:53 pm

    Why does ANYONE pronounce “AUNT”, “ ANT”??????????????? Drives me crazy. Not literally.

  1037. onvduuen2

    March 24, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    Why do some African-Americans and Caribbean peoples say Aks and not Ask?

    • Brokkr Varangian

      March 25, 2021 at 6:59 am

      The short answer is: That’s the original way of saying the word.

      Google has a good rundown on the etymology of it.

    • N. Anderson

      March 25, 2021 at 4:27 pm

      Sunn m’Cheaux also has a video about it. Check out his website and social media, or here on YouTube.

  1038. JG Da Monsta

    March 24, 2021 at 7:27 pm

    Dear Millenials, was there a survey given to all Latino/a people to say it was ok to “X” out our label? I’m curious cuz as a Latino, I was never as asked. Did you just take it upon yourselves to be like “let’s just say it and it’ll catch on”

    • nate wharram

      March 25, 2021 at 8:29 pm

      I read about surveys in Latino communities that came out like %90 – %95 against using the “x.” So, yeah I guess no one bothered to ask you guys. Go figure.

  1039. xo xo

    March 24, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    his hands are hugeeeee — love that

  1040. mayena

    March 24, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    4:27-7:07 it is estimated that 45 ethnolinguistic groups were enslaved in the Atlantic Slave Trade (1517-1851), a conservative figure of 10-15 million was shipped to the Western Hemisphere/Americas. Regarding what his comtemporary United States a highest end of the estimated 645,000 captured Subsaharan African slaves was transported mostly between 1619-1808. The leading ethnic groups were the Bantu (Bakongo, Mbundu, Ovimbundu), Igbo, Mande (Madinka/Malinke, Mende, Temne), Wolof, Akan (Twi, Fanti), Fon, Makua. Great migration (1910-1930) – 1.6 million, Second Migration (1940-1970) – 5 million. 7:11-7:31 according to the United States Census (1/4/2010) the largest Latino/Latinx national groups in New York City are Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians, Mexicans, Peruvians.

  1041. mayena

    March 24, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    4:27-7:07 it is estimated that 45 ethnolinguistic groups were enslaved in the Atlantic Slave Trade (1517-1851), a conservative figure of 10-15 million was shipped to the Western Hemisphere/Americas. Regarding what his comtemporary United States a highest end of the estimated 645,000 captured Subsaharan African slaves was transported mostly between 1619-1808. The leading ethnic groups were the Bantu (Bakongo, Mbundu, Ovimbundu), Igbo, Mande (Madinka/Malinke, Mende, Temne), Wolof, Akan (Twi, Fante), Fon, Makua. Great migration (1910-1930) – 1.6 million, Second Migration (1940-1970) – 5 million. 7:11-7:31 according to the United States Census (1/4/2010) the largest Latino/Latinx national groups in New York City are Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians, Mexicans, Peruvians.

  1042. Jane Zielenbach

    March 25, 2021 at 11:07 am

    On a highway near Boston a sign literally read : “DON’T FORGET TO USE YOUR BLINKAH”

  1043. Jane Zielenbach

    March 25, 2021 at 11:15 am

    Could you imagine if we all started pointing out and describing things as “Really Black” ?!
    I imagine it similar to “You People”…

  1044. Michael

    March 25, 2021 at 3:29 pm

    I’m glad they brought up the difference in accents between races in the same areas

  1045. RagdollRalph

    March 25, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    Now this is how you diversify and integrate! These guest speakers are fascinating 🙂

  1046. pixelilly

    March 25, 2021 at 5:23 pm

    Thanks for spotlighting the Philly accent. I feel like very few people get it right!

  1047. nohbody987

    March 25, 2021 at 5:42 pm

    Great video but audio quality is trash compared to part 2 and 3

  1048. RobloxBoy4375

    March 25, 2021 at 9:04 pm

    3:04 Me: *turns on autogenerated subtitles*
    Subtitles: *B O W E L S O U N D*

  1049. Austin Yoder

    March 25, 2021 at 9:08 pm

    He got buff

  1050. Mccann Antonette

    March 26, 2021 at 5:18 am

    The racial anger behaviourally exercise because cauliflower acutely trouble over a tasteless acknowledgment. necessary, salty pakistan

  1051. Gene Whitman

    March 26, 2021 at 9:12 am

    Erik Singer- you da main dog!

  1052. Dailyday

    March 26, 2021 at 11:15 am

    20:54 yea im straight BUT…

  1053. Frank Roselli

    March 26, 2021 at 12:00 pm

    This is so fascinating.

  1054. Chelsea McCurley

    March 26, 2021 at 2:07 pm

    Do you do alabama in one of these videos? I’d love to see your take on my accent. Lol

    • Chelsea McCurley

      March 26, 2021 at 2:34 pm

      Awhh he didn’t cover alabama much. But, yes that is exactly what we sound like down here.

  1055. Amy Clutter

    March 26, 2021 at 4:57 pm

    Who else is here to figure out what kind of accent they have? It isn’t easy for those of us who have moved a lot.

  1056. TalTaledBandit

    March 26, 2021 at 7:29 pm

    Erik Singer FUCKS, we all know it.

  1057. Zachary B

    March 26, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    >latinx
    Dislike
    -.-
    No Latino says LatinX.

  1058. ellen jo roberts

    March 27, 2021 at 12:33 am

    This is fascinating. Thank you.

  1059. Young King

    March 27, 2021 at 2:56 am

    You highlighted every County with Native tribes except the ones with the Coharie in it 🙁

  1060. aakksshhaayy

    March 27, 2021 at 3:44 am

    I’ve happened to meet thousands of Appalachian folk over the last 6 years.. these accents sound nothing like them. Well Eastern Kentucky anyway

  1061. Joshua Taylor

    March 27, 2021 at 4:28 am

    Do UK

  1062. HaHa Too Slow

    March 27, 2021 at 4:43 am

    I’m in NJ don’t have an accent but get a pretty good kick out of people with a NY accent because most of the time it’s fake. A lot of fake backwoods accents in south western NY, north western and south central NJ, and north eastern PA. One guy I went to school with had strong southern accent like you’d hear in TN. I asked if he grew up in the south. Born and raised in northern NJ.

    • millionsparks96

      March 28, 2021 at 6:04 pm

      By definition, you cannot NOT have an accent. Everyone has an accent

  1063. -—

    March 27, 2021 at 4:59 am

    Imagine we non-native English speakers have to study all these accents. Not only American but also British, Irish, Scottish, Australian…

  1064. Will O'Connor

    March 27, 2021 at 6:03 am

    The military beam originally undress because step-father iteratively deliver over a glamorous paper. purple, colossal nickel

  1065. Alex Benedict

    March 27, 2021 at 9:27 am

    This is hugely interesting to me. Looking at dialects shows how our history lives on. I find it curious that Nicole and Meghan have huge vocal fry. Sad to me the linguists have this.

  1066. creinstein

    March 27, 2021 at 9:28 am

    Absolutely love this!

  1067. pepin

    March 27, 2021 at 11:02 am

    This idiot didn’t even talk about the Dutch background of the NY accent…Instead only the Irish and Italian influences. The fact that he didn’t mention this, means he ain’t got no clue what he’s talking about…

  1068. j w

    March 27, 2021 at 11:51 am

    Gullah is incredibly interesting

    • N. Anderson

      March 27, 2021 at 3:09 pm

      I agree. If you haven’t already, check out Sunn m’Cheaux’s website and social media (or here on YouTube) for much more great Gullah content.

  1069. Lee Joel Beasley

    March 27, 2021 at 1:50 pm

    4:52 Not “brought to” Imported

    • Quinn Nosbod

      March 27, 2021 at 8:47 pm

      What?

    • Lee Joel Beasley

      March 27, 2021 at 9:07 pm

      @Quinn Nosbod slave were not brought to America.our ancestor were imported like Cattle or as said in a very infamous court ruling “a Chair”

  1070. Noah Groves

    March 27, 2021 at 4:03 pm

    Do northern Appalachia!!

  1071. fransebelle

    March 27, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    his trenton accent was a little off. while some people do pronounce the middle ‘n’ in trenton, most people that i’ve heard drop the ‘n’ entirely and just use a glottal t

  1072. JIMMY HUES AND THE HOUSEROCKERS

    March 27, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    You seem way too intelligent and clean cut to have a tattoo

  1073. megan m

    March 27, 2021 at 11:28 pm

    Park your car in harvard yard

  1074. Optimum Music

    March 28, 2021 at 1:17 am

    this man looking like winco foods version of abraham lincoln

  1075. MrSirFluffy

    March 28, 2021 at 3:39 am

    Great video, but PLEASE stop saying latinx people. As a latin american I have NEVER met another latino/latina use it. We all mostly hate the term.

  1076. Lane Smith

    March 28, 2021 at 5:01 am

    I switch between general American and my southern accent depending on who I’m talking with or the situation

  1077. findmurdock

    March 28, 2021 at 7:21 am

    I love watching these, but isn’t it obvious that Singer could have easily (and dare I say, better) covered the part dealing with African accents, but Wired decided that would be cultural appropriation?

    • N. Anderson

      March 28, 2021 at 3:24 pm

      I don’t think so, I see it as hiring experts in a field to speak on their subject of study. This is very common say with science and medicine.

  1078. Selina Kyle

    March 28, 2021 at 12:39 pm

    lol hes so awkward

  1079. Jung Boi

    March 28, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    This would have gone absolutely crazy as a “one guy 100 accents” video 10 years ago

  1080. Jeremy Washington

    March 28, 2021 at 5:29 pm

    Lol, a Spanish linguist trying to de-gender one of the most gendered languages by saying “Latinx”. That’s really dumb.

    • 26Neko_Artist26

      March 28, 2021 at 8:22 pm

      I was about to say something about it lol.

    • dragons are lit

      March 28, 2021 at 10:21 pm

      Lmao, I heard that and was just like……what?

  1081. Vadalia

    March 28, 2021 at 5:30 pm

    The non-white accent/dialect stuff is especially fascinating.

  1082. Holly Eldridge

    March 28, 2021 at 6:10 pm

    The hurt girl endoscopically drip because warm constitutively slap versus a political turnip. early, volatile floor

  1083. Tony G

    March 28, 2021 at 7:20 pm

    Nicole’s mouth when talking looks exactly like Drew Barrymore’s.

  1084. Eunice Chung

    March 28, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    So interesting!!

  1085. Jonathan Stensberg

    March 28, 2021 at 9:19 pm

    FYI: offensive term for Latin Americans will be used for the duration of this video series.

  1086. zamplify

    March 28, 2021 at 9:42 pm

    This is the best content on YT 🙏

  1087. Zander Tirabasso

    March 29, 2021 at 2:12 am

    Wtf is a Baltimore accent

  1088. Koret Mulder

    March 29, 2021 at 6:48 am

    Just fascinating, beginning to end.

  1089. Ava Allore

    March 29, 2021 at 6:58 am

    this guy the goat for including north carolina and outer banks accents, aint anyone ever include NC accents even though theyre so unique

  1090. Ava Allore

    March 29, 2021 at 7:00 am

    lmaooo i lost in when he mentioned warsh for wash, my mom say that often

  1091. Tomcat Churches

    March 29, 2021 at 1:59 pm

    Man, this was so interesting.

  1092. Fallon Searcey

    March 29, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    The careful treatment opportunely afford because panty currently joke down a noiseless tenor. aback, maniacal volcano

  1093. Joelle Perez

    March 29, 2021 at 7:41 pm

    i love this series!! I love how you guys went into depth about how race/ethnicity plays a huge factor in these American accents. Very refreshing

  1094. Peter Corless

    March 29, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    Pittsburgh: “car needs warshed.”

  1095. Peter Corless

    March 29, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    The Okracoke accent sounds a lot like a Somerset accent.

  1096. Mark Preslar

    March 30, 2021 at 12:29 am

    The starbuck adds are broken – the do not allow a return to the video but keep looping forever. Dudes! Fix it!

  1097. Sean Of The Head

    March 30, 2021 at 1:23 am

    If this was England, you’d need at least 10 videos 😂

  1098. Kim Pierson

    March 30, 2021 at 7:29 am

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  1099. yousef al q

    March 30, 2021 at 12:12 pm

    3:45 that’s Trump right there

  1100. Mr. Eugene Abernathy

    March 30, 2021 at 3:23 pm

    They were sold by other africans

  1101. Elton Zhang

    March 30, 2021 at 4:15 pm

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  1102. Holy Spirit Frequency

    March 30, 2021 at 7:54 pm

    “Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom
    of its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by
    organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. We have seen the last of
    neutrality in such circumstances,”
    (Wilson).
    “To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that
    we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and
    her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping
    her, she can do no other,” (Wilson).

  1103. Cad Chamberlain

    March 30, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    did she just say latinx?

  1104. RugbyRyan’s Reviews

    March 30, 2021 at 10:29 pm

    Ayy the lowcountry!!!

    • N. Anderson

      March 31, 2021 at 1:33 pm

      If you haven’t already, check out Sunn m’Cheaux’s website and social media (or here on YouTube) for much more great Gullah content.

  1105. Nick C

    March 31, 2021 at 12:50 am

    It never gets old hearing Eric switch so fluidly between such distinct accents. It’s one thing to understand accents and be able to explain plosives and fronting and all the other specifics of an accent, but it’s a whole other thing to be able to actually pull them off, and it’s yet another level of skill to be able to switch between them at will, with seemingly no thought, and stay so consistantly convincing.
    Absolutely brilliant.

  1106. Daniel Alves

    March 31, 2021 at 3:18 am

    His ability to switch between the accents is impressive. I know he´s a linguist, but still…
    And by the way, he went through so many accents I don´t even know what´s his.

  1107. Micah J

    March 31, 2021 at 7:39 am

    Erik Singer. His name is Singer. Speaks about the way people speak. Makes sense to me.

  1108. Jeff Goddin

    March 31, 2021 at 7:41 am

    The falling tone question as a fundraiser assumes a yes answer, so you support the environment (up tone) leads to a no answer, so you support the environment (down tone) leads to a yes answer, of course you do. Interesting that this is a part of black dialect.

  1109. NickEvershedMusic

    March 31, 2021 at 8:39 am

    14:12 sounds like a Bristol accent haha

  1110. Domzi

    March 31, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    The video seems good, but I stopped after 1:39 minutes. The sound is so terrible. Very shallow, as if you are talking into a box. Sorry, could have been a great video, but since it’s about speaking, the audio has to be “bearable”, which is not

  1111. melody Hart

    March 31, 2021 at 6:09 pm

    Why does Hollywood always get New Orleans wrong. It should sound closer to new Jersey.

    • betenoireindustries

      April 1, 2021 at 11:38 pm

      IMO the Yat accent is one of the most difficult in the US.

  1112. melody Hart

    March 31, 2021 at 6:13 pm

    Her mouth does some strange movements!

  1113. John Lee

    March 31, 2021 at 6:30 pm

    Wish you had spent more time on Southern accents which is the most beautiful and easiest on the ears of all American accents. Hollywood, most of the time, does not do a good job on Southern accents. Have never heard the typical “Hollywood Southern accent” spoken anywhere in the South. Marilyn had a great Southern accent in Bus Stop and so did Vivian in Streetcar. Thought Vivian overdid the accent in Gone with the Wind. Once heard Burt Reynolds use a phony Hollywood Southern accent in a movie and he’s a Southerner altho he did ok in Deliverance.

    BTW, your Southern accent was passable.

  1114. Natalie Rosamond

    March 31, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    North Carolina is definitely how most people in Mississippi talk

  1115. tootired4thiscrap

    April 1, 2021 at 1:16 am

    you should do a vid on CT. stuck between mass, RI and NY. Some folks say we don’t have one

  1116. Sayed

    April 1, 2021 at 3:48 am

    rhode island we in the house

  1117. Teara Peeples

    April 1, 2021 at 4:50 am

    I would have loved more on DC. In the African American community here we often replace alot of -th ending words with F. (ex: North = Norf or South = Souf) Also, words like Mother and Father, we would say it as (Muva or Fava). We also pronounce words such as “Carryout” as “Curryout”

  1118. Lori Riley

    April 1, 2021 at 7:03 am

    Eric, we fracking love you! Glad you mentioned Pittsburgh. It is such a unique dialect, and I rarely hear voice actors do the accent properly. When you hear it, legit, though, you can spot a Pittsburgher a mile away.

  1119. Random Guy

    April 1, 2021 at 4:53 pm

    8:04 “Latinx” bruh

  1120. Princess Diana Rollerskating

    April 1, 2021 at 5:06 pm

    I loved that he showed diversity by inviting people of those cultures who are experts in their field!! That’s how you do it.

  1121. Bean

    April 1, 2021 at 6:49 pm

    yah rlly dont know how to talk abt ebonics so jus stop it

  1122. Elizabeth Pellicone

    April 1, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    You need to do the English Quebec (aka “anglophone”) accent! We don’t sound like any other English Canadians in other provinces!

  1123. Atomsk0192

    April 1, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    I have one complaint about the way they covered New York City. Like everyone else, they forgot that there’s an entire state attached to it.

  1124. Brenna Hokanson

    April 1, 2021 at 11:24 pm

    Thank you so so so much for the handoffs to regional/cultural experts in this video. PLEASE more of this.

  1125. betenoireindustries

    April 1, 2021 at 11:48 pm

    honestly internal glottal stops mid-word drive me far, far crazier than any vocal fry on earth.

  1126. Eric Jimenez

    April 2, 2021 at 2:05 am

    I stopped watching when it got racial.

  1127. Connor Leach

    April 2, 2021 at 3:29 am

    Lol, Midland always gets skipped or danced around or combined with another accent.

  1128. Joe Lawrie

    April 2, 2021 at 1:33 pm

    I think Sisqó said it best when he said “Let me see that mouth diphthong”

  1129. alex nator

    April 3, 2021 at 10:51 am

    When someone tells me I have an accent, I just laugh.

  1130. Stanislav Cincibuch

    April 3, 2021 at 12:16 pm

    Latinx

  1131. Pine Cedar

    April 4, 2021 at 4:32 am

    Wow this guy is amazing holy Ff

  1132. Conner R

    April 4, 2021 at 5:39 am

    Dialect daddy

  1133. Petrus' Clip Archive

    April 4, 2021 at 6:07 am

    “Latinx” lol

  1134. uwu boi

    April 4, 2021 at 8:58 am

    Its killing me how similar to Jared Keeso this guy sounds

  1135. Julie

    April 4, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    Forgot Wisconsin accent 😀

  1136. Walter LeBlanc

    April 5, 2021 at 1:04 am

    Most annoying people in the world are in this video

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Musician Megan Thee Stallion visits WIRED to answer her most searched for questions on Google. Where did Megan Thee Stallion get her name? What’s her favorite anime? What is Megan Thee Stallion’s typical workout routine? What does Megan Thee Stallion call her fans? Answers to these questions and many more await on the WIRED Autocomplete Interview.

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Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: Daniel Poler
Talent: Megan Thee Stallion
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White; Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Talent Booker: Jenna Caldwell
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds

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Urban Designer Answers More City Planning Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Former Chief Urban Designer of The City of New York Alex Washburn returns to WIRED to answer another round of the internet’s burning questions about city planning. How should cities accommodate electric bikes? Can urban planning mitigate over-gentrification? How can urban planning prevent crimes? What does the future of public transportation in urban centers look…

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Former Chief Urban Designer of The City of New York Alex Washburn returns to WIRED to answer another round of the internet’s burning questions about city planning. How should cities accommodate electric bikes? Can urban planning mitigate over-gentrification? How can urban planning prevent crimes? What does the future of public transportation in urban centers look like? Can a city ever reach population capacity? How’s it possible for a city to run out of water? Alex Washburn answers these questions and many more on City Planning Support, Vol. 2.

0:00 City Planning Support Rd. 2
0:15 How to accommodate electric bikes in cities
1:05 Gentrification
2:29 Living in the sprawl
3:43 Can urban planning reduce crime?
4:08 Booooring
4:58 Trees
5:51 If you build it will they come?
6:42 The future of public transportation
7:25 The Big Dig was a Big Dub
8:24 Sustainable cities
8:59 Why do taxpayers subsidize stadiums?
9:59 Hyperloop/Maglev
11:02 Concrete was a poor choice
12:23 Windmills on every building
13:08 Superblocks/Tartan Grid
14:40 Looks familiar!
15:31 Can a city reach capacity?
16:14 Favelas
17:12 please bro, just one more parking lot
18:22 NYC housing costs
19:25 Congestion pricing
19:58 Hall of Fame: Brasilia
20:55 Running out of water

Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Constantine Economides
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Alex Washburn
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Kalia Simms
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

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Scammer Payback Answers Scam Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest scammer red flags? Do they ever get caught? How many scams are out there? Should I mess with scammers for fun if…

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Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest scammer red flags? Do they ever get caught? How many scams are out there? Should I mess with scammers for fun if I identify one? What software and hardware does Scammer Payback use? How can those creepy sex bot internet commenters lead to a scam? Pierogi answers these questions and many more on Scambaiting Support.

0:00 Scambaiting Support
0:27 Scammer red flags
1:12 Scammers and Gift cards
1:39 How many scams are out there?
2:13 Messing with scammers for fun
3:54 Scambaiting: Origins
4:24 Random scam texts
4:57 Most scammed social media platform
5:23 Can scam texts track your phone?
6:16 Amazon scam LIVE
7:03 The most absurd scam call ever
7:42 Voice changing/Scammer Payback Setup
8:41 Phone number spoofing—how?
9:08 Scammed out of your crypto
10:13 Benefits? PTO? How about a 401K Match?
11:06 How do the creepy bots make money?
12:18 Programs
12:41 …….
13:08 Some common senior citizen scams
14:35 How do scam call centers work?
15:37 Money mule address
17:50 Someone hacked my amazon account! But…
18:58 How did they get past my 2FA?
19:56 Is public wifi safe? Is VPN good?
20:42 Gaining access to scammers machines
21:36 The epicenter of call centers?
22:48 Pierogi > Police?
23:21 Let’s move this convo over to WhatsApp
23:59 Scam Likely
24:19 Fake shopping sites/The Cat
25:27 Do scammers ever get caught?
26:00 Caught in a PayPal scam
26:31 I want my money back
26:45 Meet the team

Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Mark Denney
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Pierogi
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Talent Booker: Mica Medoff
Camera Operator: Franz Criscione
Sound Mixer: Mark Cochran
Production Assistant: Reed Vrooman
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Special Thanks: The Entire Scammer Payback Team

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