Accent Expert Breaks Down 4 Amazing Things About Languages

Accent Expert Breaks Down 4 Amazing Things About Languages | WIRED

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Ever wonder why we pronounce words differently than we did 100 years ago? Dialect coach Erik Singer breaks down four of the most mind-blowing facts we know about human language.
CORRECTION: The scan shown at 4:44 is an ultrasound image, not an MRI. We regret the error.
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@cuchelo1 4 жыл бұрын

Erik Singer: Would anyone like to know ab- World: Yes.

@Andrea-xs4ny 4 жыл бұрын

Ha! Love it!

@melissapeterson1298 4 жыл бұрын

Yep. I would like him to explain everything about anything ever

@homemacai 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@juliadandy6019 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I clicked the thumbs up before the video even started.

@brookenjonas 4 жыл бұрын

There will never be a time where I don’t want to watch a new Erik Singer video over and over again

@m_a_k_e_n_n_a 4 жыл бұрын

when the disembodied female voice said "iɪeɛæaəɑɒɔʌoʊu" I felt that

@TimVolkovPhD 4 жыл бұрын

Ahahah nice one

@yassi8814 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@cocohorselover8059 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@brookenjonas 4 жыл бұрын

Same though

@voldemortsshampoo4551 4 жыл бұрын

Legend has it that's the sound you hear as your conciousness leaves your body when you die

@noseofsauron236 4 жыл бұрын

Next episode: Erik Singer reads thirst comments...in 17 different accents.

@periodwizard 4 жыл бұрын

YES

@MissSagittarian 4 жыл бұрын

So much want

@NashaWriter85 4 жыл бұрын

Omg, yes. I want him to read mine in my Bawlmere (Baltimore) accent. ^_^

@Morlock19 4 жыл бұрын

trying to find money slot on monitor, please advise

@jorgea.carrazanagarcia4496 4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@christianvasbinder1248 4 жыл бұрын

Erik Singers shoulders must hurt, single handedly carrying Wired like this.

@matoflynn 4 жыл бұрын

Christian Vasbinder lol

@watever1234dedoes 4 жыл бұрын

When you had 999 likes and i switched it over to 1k

@sapphlree 4 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAH

@roye6961 4 жыл бұрын

@riveramnell143 4 жыл бұрын

Look at those majestic shoulders, though. They can take it 😂.

@jenniferhiemstra5228 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate WIRED for paying attention to the fact that somehow his videos just clicked with the masses, we all love him, and continue to make videos with him.

@itsartline 4 жыл бұрын

So true

@MOLLYDOLLIGHT 4 жыл бұрын

It must really tap into a pervasive curiousity or knowledge gap. We all speak without being able to question these details its lovely that we seek to understand

@jenniferhiemstra5228 4 жыл бұрын

MOLLYDOLLIGHT Could be both...there’s a revolution on the horizon and I think people are possibly starting to realize the key to a well functioning society is knowledge. And wow didn’t expect my comment to blow up 😜

@Connor-kd3mv 4 жыл бұрын

$$$

@kai2860 4 жыл бұрын

Yess! I’m so happy that they listen to us , I love these so much

@graceandglamor 4 жыл бұрын

WIRED you know we need at least 40 mins of this guy. PAY THE MAN!

@w8an2 4 жыл бұрын

nice to be 1000th like

@graceandglamor 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the likes! Y’all the real MVPs, hopefully their social media person relays the message ❤️

@greenLimeila Ай бұрын

I just want him to have his own channel at this point

@bugzzz012 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that one dude just invented that "old hollywood" accent is crazy to me, I really thought that's how everyone spoke before. Thanks Erik!!!!!!!!

@anaussie213 4 жыл бұрын

He didn’t invent it, it was the 18th and 19th century London upper class accent (also used by the royals). The “mid-Atlantic” version is when an American speaks it (Stewie griffin is a perfect example). He just promoted its use as a “standard” language for use in radio and then early film (so regional accents didn’t stick out to listeners/watchers).

@erikmclaren8477 4 жыл бұрын

william f buckley talks like that

@Toast0808 4 жыл бұрын

Singer has it wrong. Tilly didn’t invent it. So much for the smug “expert”.

@janettejack7721 4 жыл бұрын

That's way I always thought that Cary Grant sounded Australian !! Because the bloke who invented the "Old Hollywood " "movie star" accent was an Australian, it all makes sense now. 😅

@brookenjonas 4 жыл бұрын

Official 80's Classics thank you

@crustaceandroolcube 4 жыл бұрын

since erik's last name is literally singer, a video about how languages or accents change when singing vs speaking would be fire

@lucydoodles2020 4 жыл бұрын

I second this

@KelMonstah 4 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered about that. A lot of those great old New Wave bands of the 80's were British, but a lot of them masked, whether intentionally or not.

@petrathorsty3833 4 жыл бұрын

As a New Zealander who just became aware of the fact I sing with a very American accent, this would be very useful 😂

@QuailFare 4 жыл бұрын

@@petrathorsty3833 Hahaha, this would be a great discussion for Erik. Dude, when I heard Kimbra speak in an interview I was like "SHE'S A NEW ZEALANDER?" xD

@polliec8443 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of vowel pronunciation in singing isn't usually about air control. Changing how you form a vowel with your mouth can let out a lot, or little, air. It can also make the difference between hitting a note or not if someone is at the high or low end of their range.

@j0epark1 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be mad if y'all posted an Erik Singer dialect video EVERY DAY.

@seonaelizabethcoster8465 4 жыл бұрын

In fact, I'm pretty sure thst the world NEEDS an Erik Singer video every day...

@vinceknox4425 4 жыл бұрын

Seconded!!! I would love how-to accent videos, like Scottish or Australian.

@PinkPortraitDesu 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@mavsworld1733 4 жыл бұрын

Please, yes, the world needs this.

@shell2835 4 жыл бұрын

Yes he needs his own channel

@LangTheBigWang 4 жыл бұрын

Can we please get a video of him doing accents?

@Jennyfisch 4 жыл бұрын

YES! I saw him speak with a flawless english and welsh accent in another video very briefly and wanted to hear more ever since.

@erinlee5936 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jennyfisch Which video was this? Was it another Wired video?

@marissapieper2676 4 жыл бұрын

@Erin Lee It’s “Why Americans Suck at British Accents” by INSIDER. :)

@fresh7081 4 жыл бұрын

omg YESSSSS

@changes2015 4 жыл бұрын

Yessssssssssssss

@---qy9uv 4 жыл бұрын

someone called him the dialect daddy, and that’s all i call him now lol

@abigaildrake3936 4 жыл бұрын

me: has taken multiple language and phonetics courses also me: says wow every time erik says a basic fact about language

@brookenjonas 4 жыл бұрын

Abigail Drake same😂

@MrsGlynn07 4 жыл бұрын

SLP here. Same.

@magpye_mischief 4 жыл бұрын

Now I'm curious what you studied all those language courses for 🤔

@jackson15williams 4 жыл бұрын

Oh gawd why doesn't he have his own channel?

@jackson15williams 4 жыл бұрын

@Raul Victor he does have a channel actually. It's more of a promotion for his business so you're right

@zenith8417 4 жыл бұрын

@Raul Victor Considering how knowledgeable and reliable he is, it makes sense why he'd charge for his lessons.

@uncomfortablecat 4 жыл бұрын

He does have his own KZfaq channel.

@Juli.29 4 жыл бұрын

He has a little Twitter account which might be worth following for you :) twitter.com/accentvoiceguy

@luf4rall 4 жыл бұрын

@Raul Victor don't know if he gets paid or paid that much for these as these videos have made him very popular so it's good promotion

@Jamie_kemp 4 жыл бұрын

*PLOT TWIST* He's actually scottish, he's been doing an accent the whole time...

@cameronturnbow8004 4 жыл бұрын

Not true. It is a simple matter of fact that it is impossible for a scottish man to speak in anything but a scottish accent.

@Tob1Kadach1 4 жыл бұрын

@@cameronturnbow8004 Tell that to David Tennant & James McAvoy

@elioselectric468 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@EngineMashups 4 жыл бұрын

Tob1 Kadach1 And John barrowman

@Halinspark 4 жыл бұрын

@@EngineMashups And Craig Ferguson.

@metatronatra 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he's constantly aware of his own accent when speaking

@carlr458 4 жыл бұрын

You can hear him purposefully putting emphasis on things like his T's. He's definitely either been doing it so long it just happens or he's always aware.

@chknrsandTBBTROX73 4 жыл бұрын

I honestly hear the way I say words now because of Erik Singer

@pamelanobre6921 4 жыл бұрын

metatronatra you can be sure he is hahahah

@FamousGirlfriend 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he's constantly aware of other people's accents. Imagine how many uncomfortable dinner parties he must have attended. Awkward silence has never been more silent.

@Gdilse 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, linguistics will do that to you

@goldeneagle5085 4 жыл бұрын

Eric: "happens all the TIME" Also Eric : *wheeze*

@JKatniss 4 жыл бұрын

Can we have a video of him guessing what people's accents are?

@ethanolcarbonyl4025 4 жыл бұрын

I will add a like to make this 70 likes...... cause im a good person Edit: but suddenly while typing this comment..... someone just liked.............there are more good people in this world than i thought

@andreasbuder4417 4 жыл бұрын

Forget it! He will not only tell you, what accent you have, but also that you do it wrong!

@Bobbelebob 4 жыл бұрын

He'd get every single one right lol

@camyxx991 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I’ve always wanted to know if he would be able to tell what the person’s first language is just based on their accent when speaking English!

@Jesshit 4 жыл бұрын

SocietyNeedsToCrumble I was literally thinking this exact thing on the same channel and everything! Lol

@jono_jpg 4 жыл бұрын

When are we going to get a compilation of Erik Singer nailing 100 different accents?

@22lilbean 4 жыл бұрын

Just because you know how, dosen't mean you can.

@GreenDudeHC 4 жыл бұрын

@@22lilbean He has done a few accents himself through the videos including some very uncommon ones so I'm sure he has a decent amount he could showcase in a video.

@kelseysanchez3697 4 жыл бұрын

I need this.

@hiimchrisj 4 жыл бұрын

Well like he often says, doing accents is a really difficult thing. Like I noticed that he got a lot of flack for an english accent he did on one of the episodes but fact of the matter is it's an unfair criticism because what he was doing was both just on the spot and in an attempt to demonstrate a set of characteristics he was pointing out. He knows quite a lot about all the characteristic sounds of a lot of common languages and accents but it's a difference of being able to identify all those and hit all them correctly and actually prepping enough and basically "breaking in" the accent to actually nail it. If anything I'm sure given enough prep time he can do a full video in a different accent and make it sound completely natural but I don't think jumping between a bunch of different accents naturally is really an option unless he went for impressions which would defeat the purpose.

@AvauntVanguard 4 жыл бұрын

@@22lilbean He did a really solid african one at one point. So he's probably fairly credible.

@BoobsIndeed 4 жыл бұрын

As an American I find it so strange that our "R" is hard for other people, yet I can't roll an r in a Spanish word to save my life.

@mindral1289 4 жыл бұрын

@Alexis Hickman for YEARS I've struggled with rolling my r's. For my native tongue I went to speech therapy but that taught me one way of saying it but not how to roll it. You explained it perfectly and it just worked! Thank you! I'll keep practicing with that tip in mind!!

@dmboy1396 4 жыл бұрын

Coincidentally, Brazilian Portuguese (at least in my region) has this same R, guess I was a little bit lucky there lmao

@matthewcowell 4 жыл бұрын

It makes sense now. I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2017. My trail name was 'Tatters'. I STRUGGLED to say it properly around other Americans with my Australian accent. I'd say 'taddas', and then immediately have to try to roll the r sound out so it made sense, like taa-dderrrrrrs, and REALLY slow down how i said it.

@rociopaoloni5080 4 жыл бұрын

I'm Spanish native speaker, my very own name starts with a r (initial r sounds more stronger than an r in the middle of a word but less than a double r) and I can't say it quite properly unless paying attention to my tongue. I always had a 'lazy' tongue that did the r more akin to the English one that the proper Spanish one. It was more noticeable when I was a kid. There are people I know that just can say r at all, they used a 'ga' or 'gu' sound that make them appear as they were Frenchs trying to poorly perfom a Spanish r. So don't feel bad about it, it isn't something easy and given to some Spanish speakers either.

@RaymondHng 4 жыл бұрын

Try pronouncing the French _R_ . Japanese speakers try to say _girl_ , _rhythm_ , _rock 'n' roll_ , and _curry_ into smart phone speech recognition with hilarious results. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fLV1qrJmncfDp2w.html

@Good2GrowYT 4 жыл бұрын

The end of Wired is when Erik starts his own KZfaq channel.

@chocmilkshake24 4 жыл бұрын

NERDTINGSS he already has one.

@samaraisnt 4 жыл бұрын

@@chocmilkshake24 SHUT UP LINK OR I DONT BELIEVE YOU WHAT

@chocmilkshake24 4 жыл бұрын

@@samaraisnt calm down bro: kzfaq.info/love/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw You're welcome

@osiriswocky7349 4 жыл бұрын

WIRED: How many Erik Singer videos do you want? Internet: YES.

@onamemmet 4 жыл бұрын

Boooooo.

@constipateddude1105 4 жыл бұрын

He protecc He attacc But most inportantly... THE LANGUAGE DUDE IS BACC

@onamemmet 4 жыл бұрын

Booooo.

@Chyja 4 жыл бұрын

Lol awesome :D

@morglovesminecraft 4 жыл бұрын

*a snacc

@thewishingpig 4 жыл бұрын

Hey remember when this was funny in 2016?

@knox273 4 жыл бұрын

I know it's random but i really like your profile pic .

@In_time 4 жыл бұрын

5:48 I’m so impressed that _one_ guy could get everyone to speak the way he wanted. He probably could’ve made “Fetch” happen too 🤷🏼‍♀️

@brookenjonas 4 жыл бұрын

in time 😂

@samaraisnt 4 жыл бұрын

@@sluaghsidhe8384 So RP.

@normathb8999 4 жыл бұрын

3:06 - Erik Singer giggling at some linguistic nerd joke. Press replay in case of depression

@kalki3060 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you love :') I was your 69th like but then some eejit took their like back. 😔

@xiscaw 2 жыл бұрын

its not a nerd lingustic joke is literally just a pun bro

@jo8895 4 жыл бұрын

If this became Erik's personal channel I think everyone would be okay with that

@Bioshockerlol 4 жыл бұрын

Make it the Erik channel, or honestly bust open something like a Masterclass with 5 commonly used accents. I'd pay for that.

@TheBaldOne 4 жыл бұрын

Its what's stopping me subscribing... i don't want the rest of the stuff on my timeline, just these videos.

@thefox6862 4 жыл бұрын

He does have his own channel. Its called dialect coach erik singer

@atomictraveller 4 жыл бұрын

please use a phase vocoder based stretch process next time shudder why not use the word phoneme

@Bioshockerlol 4 жыл бұрын

the Fox true but he hasn’t updated it in 2 years.

@user-zo5kh4zu8x 4 жыл бұрын

Coming soon: "Accent Expert Just Speaks about How Awesome Linguistics Is In General, and the Audience Listens Completely Entrhralled, becuse This Accent Expert Is Erik Singer".

@SparklingSilverCurls 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite example of the Trans-Atlantic language is when Phoebe on Friends meets Mike's family for the first time. "So, where does everyone summer..." Spot on Katherine Hepburn!

@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын

"I say, let's make an accent that both Brits and Yanks will understand, we'll make a million, ra-ta-ta!"

@brookenjonas 3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes and I love Friends

@laITAebella 2 жыл бұрын

Omg yes I love Katharine Hepburn.

@la-pantarana 4 жыл бұрын

1:24 THEY SHOWED THE MAN WHO TAUGHT ME THE CLICKS OF ISIXHOSA, MY LIFE IS COMPLETE

@FiveFire555 4 жыл бұрын

Y’all KNOW we love this man. Thank you.

@nomiromi3 4 жыл бұрын

@crazymiles14 the only christ i know is my lord n saviour gaga

@camilogarciaylasaari1857 4 жыл бұрын

Two Erik Singer videos in the span of a couple of days? This is a greater gift than we deserve

@laurabrown8161 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously. #blessed

@jorgea.carrazanagarcia4496 4 жыл бұрын

I love this man and I will only accept videos over 20 minutes with him in them

@TheAlps36 3 жыл бұрын

What I really like about the Great Vowel Shift is how not all parts of the UK were affected by it which is the main reason why Southern, Northern and Scottish UK English sound so different

@mypal1990 4 жыл бұрын

Dang. It's a shorter version of his usual episodes. But this will do.

@jackson15williams 4 жыл бұрын

Go back to funhaus or Philly d... Why are you stalking me

@EverythingEverywable 4 жыл бұрын

but it feels like a bonus since the last episode came out recently

@chrisjimenez2192 4 жыл бұрын

Lol true Although bigger/longer may be better It's really more about how well you do with what you got 🤣😉

@shannonoreilly4695 4 жыл бұрын

That trans-Atlantic accent explanation is something I never knew I wanted but now am so happy I learned.

@jjc5475 4 жыл бұрын

it's also quite sad and disgusting. accents are the best.

@jettrainbow 4 жыл бұрын

@@jjc5475 Get a grip.

@gweilo8888 4 жыл бұрын

It's basically Received Pronunciation for Americans. (And I'm very surprised he didn't mention received pronunciation, as the parallel is so obvious.) Now I'm wondering if Canadians, Australians, Kiwis, South Africans etc. have their own equivalents of received pronunciation too?

@alexthomson6430 4 жыл бұрын

i legit thought it was some long lost american accent

@Alanpie314 4 жыл бұрын

@Costa Rica 411 Teddy Roosevelt wanted the Government Printing Office to use "simplified English"-- "foto" for "photo", "thru" for "through", etc, but Congress wouldn't let him. But Noah Webster created "American English" by simplifying "English English" -- "center" for "centre", "esophagus" for "oesophagus", for example. Spelling is arbitrary. Why not make it easier?

@MadamSteamfunk 4 жыл бұрын

me to dialect daddy: "so what that tongue do?" 😏 dialect daddy: "we're speaking english, so I got 42-44 distinct moves for you, baby" 😉

@ciadiac 4 жыл бұрын

I would be really interested if you could ever do something on how indigenous languages effect modern accents. For example, how/if Aboriginal language had an influence on modern day Australian accents.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 4 жыл бұрын

Thumbnail: [contains Erik Singer] Everyone: **CLICK!!!**

@airinghouse 4 жыл бұрын

I want this guy to have a million videos talking about language. I'd make the popcorn.

@choicebarrelscrotes2732 4 жыл бұрын

Airing House if this stuff interests you, check out NativLang’s channel. A lot of content to whet your appetite, and you’ll be a lot more well equipped to go into the next Singer vid. He has a great video on the vowel shift and how Shakespearean English is pronounced, actually.

@tiffanyhopkins4351 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but how do you SAY popcorn? :)

@arianathough2070 4 жыл бұрын

I want three seasons and a movie

@airinghouse 4 жыл бұрын

@@choicebarrelscrotes2732 thanks for the suggestion! i'll check it out!

@MegCazalet 4 жыл бұрын

Nah I’ll skip the popcorn. It would get in the way of trying to imitate the sounds.

@CraigBass1988 4 жыл бұрын

Love how Erik turns into Christopher Walken when he says “devised” just after 6mins.

@LaxM 4 жыл бұрын

LOL... actually pausing to find this comment...

@MR-ek6yk 4 жыл бұрын

Read this comment right when he said it lol, Christopher Walken is dead on

@LoveMeAndMend 4 жыл бұрын

It sounds like the Trans-Atlantic accent is essentially the American version of received pronunciation.

@zyaicob 4 жыл бұрын

Historically that just makes sense

@LoveMeAndMend 4 жыл бұрын

It totally does! I thought it was a really cool parallel.

@johneyon5257 4 жыл бұрын

i was a member of a mostly british messageboard years ago - and one of them commented on the "posh american" accents heard in the old american movies - ("posh" being a descriptive for received pronunciation or standard English)

@brookenjonas 4 жыл бұрын

yeah pretty much

@themermaidstale5008 4 жыл бұрын

Great analogy. Broadcasters, radio announcers , etc. also learned a non-regional accent.

@veronicam2006 4 жыл бұрын

Parents with their kids: aw she’s learning to read! Erik as a parent: aw she’s pronouncing her hard R’s!

@lyllaphoenix 4 жыл бұрын

V M you got that right

@funcats1999 3 жыл бұрын

New jersey our her like RRRRRRERawr

@Gumbocinno 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah just keep him. This dude is great. Have him back as often as possible.

@jadeyc1793 4 жыл бұрын

The laugh after he explained ‘time’ 😍❤️

@katy4639 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see him make more videos! I LOVE learning about “correct speech”.

@mintyfresh9080 4 жыл бұрын

As a linguistics major I shed tears of joy knowing that so many people love these videos with Erik. Always great to see a fellow language nerd getting the bag 🤘

@brookenjonas 4 жыл бұрын

jomps spread the linguistic love ❤️🤘🏻

@hazelstratum 4 жыл бұрын

Have you always thought you were good at analysing language? Asking since I'm considering to major in linguistic

@mintyfresh9080 4 жыл бұрын

@@hazelstratum I wouldn't say I was good at analyzing language, but I was constantly fascinated with foreign languages since freshman year of high school. But yeah, linguistics is super cool! The department at U of I is amazing and the classes are (mostly) very interesting. Definitely check out the ling programs at your nearby unis if you're interested in the field :D

@chris86simon 4 жыл бұрын

Guessing you also watch native lang then? Otherwise go have a look, its fascinating (not a linguistics major what so ever),

@loveshot98 4 жыл бұрын

as a translation and linguistics master’s degree student, my heart is full

@seonaelizabethcoster8465 4 жыл бұрын

Ok. People at WIRED, you absolutely need to make more of these videos. We all need more Erik Singer in our lives...

@jakdee1295 4 жыл бұрын

Erik Singer is my favourite person on the internet. I could listen to him talk for hours.

@mattbroughton4940 4 жыл бұрын

It's hard to stress just how fascinating a subject this is and how well Singer does to explain the various aspects of it. I could easily watch these for hours, eternal thanks for making them. Also, Erik - beard game is strong.

@HistoryReplay 4 жыл бұрын

Erik’s wheeze laugh when he made that reference to “Time” is why I’m here.

@AntonAdelson 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand why he made it. Please help!

@tricia8054 4 жыл бұрын

@@AntonAdelson I just watched that, its cause he said "time" lol!

@HitGirl20 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8eIoLGdypuaYJ8.html&t=185

@HistoryReplay 4 жыл бұрын

HitGirl20 omg this is amazing, thank you 👀

@kians.1079 4 жыл бұрын

@@AntonAdelson In that segment, he talks about how the pronunciation of the word "time" changed over the years, and he repeatedly uses phrases that contain the word "time" in that short segment, e.g. "'Time' over time became to be 'time'".

@lucilaruizdardes1184 4 жыл бұрын

I studied linguistics in university and no language nerd looked like this, it's not fair.

@jauxro 4 жыл бұрын

Become the hot language nerd you want to see in the world..! 😊

@alessandrosouza9237 4 жыл бұрын

You might have gone to the wrong university I suppose. Tu deve avere andata en la università sbagliata! Acho que vc foi à universidade errada. 🤷

@bandotaku 4 жыл бұрын

One of my ling professors did, so I paid a lot of attention to his classes, lol.

@goblingunk_ 4 жыл бұрын

This is so fascinating. I could listen to him talk about languages endlessly.

@crazy4beatles 3 жыл бұрын

Finally! Been wondering for years why that accent in older movies but had a hard time finding anything on it.

@jameseglavin4 4 жыл бұрын

This guy needs a podcast or something, linguistics through the lens of film and TV is endlessly fascinating and he’s got talent as a presenter and, obviously, as a speaker.

@Hattes 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thought! While we wait for that to happen I heartily recommend y'all listen to Lexicon Valley.

@alparsln123 4 жыл бұрын

jameseglavin4 check out allusionist podcast

@ivanparas 4 жыл бұрын

I could watch a 10 hour video of him talking about language and still be waiting for part 2.

@theharvardyard2356 4 жыл бұрын

People in these comments talking about the video topic: 5% People crushing on the dude in the video: 95%

@chelyvo 4 жыл бұрын

Well, I mean... look at him. He's so hot 😍

@HorribleSonofa 4 жыл бұрын

They all sounding like: 0:40

@janaejones2927 4 жыл бұрын

@asdfj asdfjk He looks good but him knowing a lot about language and accents makes him hotter.

@evanjacoby7805 4 жыл бұрын

@asdfj asdfjk you don't

@kaashee 4 жыл бұрын

the Harvard Yard NGL I’m so uncomfortable rn

@Sanchara 3 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to hear more about why accents change when people move to different countries or spend a lot of time talking to people with different accents.

@halloweengirl200 4 жыл бұрын

i love this series! I watch all of the accents and speech videos with this guy. I find it so fascinating

@santiago_6280 4 жыл бұрын

I really wanna hear him speaking different accents now .

@kristinpfanku3927 4 жыл бұрын

You know he can do them all.

@superinformative3136 4 жыл бұрын

Hit like if you want Erik Singer's own Netflix show!

@alicelu5691 4 жыл бұрын

This can’t be entertaining though 😂

@GLERFUNKEL 4 жыл бұрын

@@alicelu5691 Not everybody finds documentaries interesting, which are essentially the same idea, but they make plenty of those.

@anatolyFct 4 жыл бұрын

Good on ya bringing him back for more videos.

@angelmora3660 3 жыл бұрын

Him: "I'm a tongue." Me: "Yes."

@osiriswocky7349 4 жыл бұрын

Erik Singer video lengths: 1st: 20m 2nd: 29m 3rd: 24m 4th: 27m 5th: 25m *6th: 6m* wth, WIRED

@holysecret2 4 жыл бұрын

7th and onward: 1h-2h

@sappy.3xe 4 жыл бұрын

My dumbass thought you were talking meters smh

@Hummabubba 4 жыл бұрын

@@sappy.3xe That got a real chuckle out of me

@tiltil9442 4 жыл бұрын

digestability

@Grinnar 4 жыл бұрын

It's almost 7 minutes, though.

@thelibbyli2362 4 жыл бұрын

If my lecturer were him, I would go to every class.

@GoodLifeMedicine 4 жыл бұрын

You should say, If my lecturer were "he,"...

@-Danny 4 жыл бұрын

GoodLifeMedicine Reading back my previous comment, I think my tone was a bit too harsh. So I’ll end on a brighter note: It brings me joy to know that you have taken your time to help someone communicate better. But I want to let you know that there’s a more efficient way to help. You can help more people and help them faster by picking the right environment. Places like www.reddit.com/r/Grammar and english.stackexchange.com are chock-full of those actively seeking advice. I assure that you‘ll obtain less bickering and more thanks by redirecting your effort to those websites. I hope my advice is well received and that it helps you educate others.

@Epoch11 4 жыл бұрын

Is it because you think he is hot or because he seems like a good teacher? I am a dude, but I get it either way. English is a living language and things change.............things like sleep/slept change into sleep/sleeped over time because we want to create simple rules of speech. English is by FAR the dumbest language.........we write things one way and pronounce them another way. Sadly we can't just come up with new rules and make them the standard. I feel that as time goes on there will be significant changes to American English................and in the near future American English and possibly English over all will change significantly...........(Then again, who knows.................nothing might change and English will remain sTuPiid).

@ineshiairwin9764 2 жыл бұрын

Looks, Brains, and Entertaining.

@sebastianmaharg 4 жыл бұрын

These videos are amazing. Thank you!!

@natalie8212 4 жыл бұрын

Love this guy. Straight to the point, he's not trying to be goofy or over the top. It would be amazing to have him as a teacher .

@marcotuliofaria3629 4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, Erik. Start a channel, everything about language and accent is cool af. I that channel by tomorrow, because so.

@MilA-eh3gf 4 жыл бұрын

He does have one kzfaq.info/love/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw?view_as=public

@aliciaevans2012 4 жыл бұрын

He has a channel

@yiotatort 4 жыл бұрын

try John McWhorter, he's not an accent coach, but he is a linguist and does talk about accent some times. Though I've found him less on youtube than on audible. But you can certainly find a number of interviews and talks he's done on the topic.

@thecat_iswatching 4 жыл бұрын

OK clearly we all want to attend his lectures.

@elizabethrhodes4275 4 жыл бұрын

The worst R word is “rural”. Being southern in Arkansas, the best I can do is say “rool”

@RaymondHng 4 жыл бұрын

_Rural_ is difficult for many Americans all over, even professional broadcasters.

@Javer80 4 жыл бұрын

If you ever serve jury duty, you'd be a rural juror.

@nichl474 4 жыл бұрын

Luckily, things that are hard to say, usually disappear. Give it a few more decades and there might be a new word "townly", "grassly" or it might get simpler "roul"

@Je551kuhhh 4 жыл бұрын

😂 thank you for this comment 😂

@provocase 4 жыл бұрын

For me it's 'brewery'...

@fictionalhuman 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! Please give us more!

@emilyoliveira9869 4 жыл бұрын

I will pay to have this channel taken over by Erik Singer

@martynkal.1248 4 жыл бұрын

PETITION TIME

@clowntown1510 4 жыл бұрын

Two Erik Singer videos in a week you're spoiling us, Wired.

@andicarusfell8387 4 жыл бұрын

Clown Town But we ain’t complain’, give us more! 🤪

@MrKajithecat 4 жыл бұрын

Love your stuff Mr. Singer. You have such a wealth of knowledge. Thank you.

@brandivelasqueznash8839 4 жыл бұрын

These are my very favorite videos to watch on KZfaq. I get so excited when I see that a new one is uploaded 😁

@Dollfacedaeva 4 жыл бұрын

“I’m a tongue” -Erik Singer 2019

@ThatRandomThing 4 жыл бұрын

Erik Singer: "I'm a tongue" Me: 0:40

@VanK782 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@yaraf.1108 4 жыл бұрын

petition for erik to make his own channel ⬇

@yoonmikim5663 4 жыл бұрын

He already has one. He just needs support and a good editor, I think. kzfaq.info/love/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw

@jackoats4911 3 жыл бұрын

That laugh at 3:07 is why we all love this man. We stan a linguistic legend

@BRUXXUS 4 жыл бұрын

I can't get enough of this speech and dialect stuff! It's super fascinating to me.

@MikeDolanFliss 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a video on tonal languages like Mandarin or Cantonese, and the role tones play in supposedly non-tonal languages like English or Japanese.

@chris86simon 4 жыл бұрын

Watch the NativLang channel. It has some good videos about exactly that.

@Cennti 4 жыл бұрын

Can this guy just make his own channel already

@Andrea-xs4ny 4 жыл бұрын

Centi - He already has one: kzfaq.info/love/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw

@Halinspark 4 жыл бұрын

@@Andrea-xs4ny Well, he needs to put videos up so we can learn things.

@ps3shark 4 жыл бұрын

those accent/ language videos are just gold !

@avowitharms 4 жыл бұрын

I honestly just need all the videos with Erik, always

@andybergman7009 4 жыл бұрын

How about an episode where Eric breaks down all the accents performed by one actor/actress. Example all the accents done by Gary Oldman.

@chelyvo 4 жыл бұрын

Oooh! That'd be so cool!

@Jakelope1206 4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Day Lewis would be my next pick

@Mabuheey 4 жыл бұрын

Also, Michael sheen and david tennant

@emmanieemma8996 4 жыл бұрын

Meryl Streep!

@Bewareofthewolves 4 жыл бұрын

It would be a short episode if he did Michael Caine

@GonzaloAroles 4 жыл бұрын

This guy deserves a Netflix or HBO miniseries travelling the world and explaining different accents and languages.

@g.strobl4458 2 жыл бұрын

I'd watch.

@wmm8715 Жыл бұрын

Here for this 💁🏾‍♀️

@steffen5121 4 жыл бұрын

Very fascinating. Good job.

@ionlyeatbrainsdummy9858 4 жыл бұрын

I honestly can't believe how interesting I find Erik Singers videos. He's very endearing, and classy. I like it.

@Peasant_of_Pontus 4 жыл бұрын

English writing before the vowel shift makes much more sense.

@choicebarrelscrotes2732 4 жыл бұрын

Peasant of Pontus yep. English is riddled with historical spellings.

@Callsign_Prophet 4 жыл бұрын

English really picked up on historical words and other languages and it's a weird mix now

@karstais 4 жыл бұрын

yup. when english pronounciation was corect

@enomis5257 4 жыл бұрын

Yes at least it makes more sense for me as an Italian, we read vowels like that

@a.carneirozhu8104 4 жыл бұрын

@@enomis5257 English is 5 European languages thrown in a blender

@no.1appastan 4 жыл бұрын

0:50 *me when I stub my toe on a piece of furniture*

@mundanemonday46 4 жыл бұрын

un petit chat OH BOY U MADE ME LAUGH

@dethmaul 4 жыл бұрын

lmfao

@Serena_Mueller 4 жыл бұрын

aaaaaaahahaha Jesus same

@mason7031 4 жыл бұрын

I choked on my tea

@guilhermebotelho8691 3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh. Sooo nice. Ilove this man. Please get him back here more often

@sargeamigo123 4 жыл бұрын

Please make more videos like this!

@katielone5057 4 жыл бұрын

as someone who studies languages as a major i appreciate the heck out of these videos along with the translator/interpreter videos~

@jjc5475 4 жыл бұрын

as someone who just did a test and scored on academic levels for English (while i'm dutch and only need to do high school levels for school) i appreciate the heck out of these videos.

@Isagutto 4 жыл бұрын

I'm also doing a major in Linguistics and if i ever regret it, i'll just watch Eric to get my faith back in the decisions i make in life

@anandadaquino3604 4 жыл бұрын

Why is everyone writing "I" as "i"? Has it changed? Am I missing something? I'm not being sarcastic...

@jvnapod 4 жыл бұрын

@@anandadaquino3604 - They are probably forgetting to press the shift key for uppercase letters. :)

@lemonicowo 4 жыл бұрын

Ananda D'Aquino i reckon it’s merely an aesthetic choice! i prefer to write in all lower caps because i find it looks prettier! but, to be frank, some people are just quite lazy :p

@string1414 4 жыл бұрын

Give this man his own channel and documentary series! I find all of his insights into language so fascinating!

@assassindelasaucisse.4039 4 жыл бұрын

Would be great be he already has a job.

@AmandaaRose 4 жыл бұрын

This is so fascinating!!

@returninghero 4 жыл бұрын

Love these videos! Thanks Eric!

@msxoladyluckxo 4 жыл бұрын

Okay beggars can’t be choosers, but... can we give Erik his chair back? This one is way too formal

@jadejaguar69 4 жыл бұрын

Plus I like a good close up of this handsome man

@msmilesftw 4 жыл бұрын

Literally did a DOUBLE TAKE when this popped up on my list! Like an unexpected gift 🎁 😊

@Jennyfisch 4 жыл бұрын

Same, wasn't expecting another one so soon. And as a rule I have to stop everything and watch the video immediatly.

@24cameraman24 4 жыл бұрын

Keep ‘em coming, I love these

@HunnyBunnyBaker 4 жыл бұрын

i could watch these videos for days on end, this stuff is fascinating

@dcaouki 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do an entire episode breaking down everything about the transatlantic accent? I’ve been trying to learn it for some time

@brittanyblankenship5166 4 жыл бұрын

Dennis Caouki that would be a great video

@Tob1Kadach1 4 жыл бұрын

It's easier to learn if you're English than if you're American

@quasarito 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to interrupt. If you like what Erik has to say about languages, then I would recommend the podcast "Lexicon Valley". It covers a broad range of language topics that was discussed in an accessible way, and more. If you like Erik, then I think he should get his own podcast about languages. If you like looking at Erik, well, then just carry on... I'll, just, close, the door, behind, me.

@Fern635 4 жыл бұрын

I agree on all points! The early episodes of Lexicon Valley are my favourites, but I like John Mcwhorter too (and I'm sad that I haven't been able to find peach Jello at my local grocery store, or I would have bought some 😁) Also check out Lingthusiasm. It's a little more academic and obscure, but if you like Lexicon Valley, you will also enjoy Lingthusiasm.

@mufalo 4 жыл бұрын

More please. I want to hear all about different languages because it's a super interesting topic for me. Also this dude is kinda eye candy so yeah keep it coming.