Accent Expert Breaks Down 4 Amazing Things About Languages | WIRED
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День томуEver 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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Pirahã language footage courtesy of Daniel Everett
MRI recordings courtesy of the Seeing Speech project, University of Glasgow, Xhosa footage courtesy of Khaya Dlanga, & William Henry Egerton Tilley photo courtesy of the Tilley Family
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@cuchelo1 4 роки тому
Erik Singer: Would anyone like to know ab- World: Yes.
@Andrea-xs4ny 4 роки тому
Ha! Love it!
@melissapeterson1298 4 роки тому
Yep. I would like him to explain everything about anything ever
@homemacai 4 роки тому
Exactly
@juliadandy6019 4 роки тому
Yes! I clicked the thumbs up before the video even started.
@brookenjonas 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
when the disembodied female voice said "iɪeɛæaəɑɒɔʌoʊu" I felt that
@TimVolkovPhD 4 роки тому
Ahahah nice one
@yassi8814 4 роки тому
Hahahahaha
@cocohorselover8059 4 роки тому
Same
@brookenjonas 4 роки тому
Same though
@voldemortsshampoo4551 4 роки тому
Legend has it that's the sound you hear as your conciousness leaves your body when you die
@christianvasbinder1248 4 роки тому
Erik Singers shoulders must hurt, single handedly carrying Wired like this.
@matoflynn 4 роки тому
Christian Vasbinder lol
@watever1234dedoes 4 роки тому
When you had 999 likes and i switched it over to 1k
@sapphlree 4 роки тому
HAHAHAHAH
@roye6961 4 роки тому
no
@riveramnell143 4 роки тому
Look at those majestic shoulders, though. They can take it 😂.
@noseofsauron236 4 роки тому
Next episode: Erik Singer reads thirst comments...in 17 different accents.
@periodwizard 4 роки тому
YES
@MissSagittarian 4 роки тому
So much want
@NashaWriter85 4 роки тому
Omg, yes. I want him to read mine in my Bawlmere (Baltimore) accent. ^_^
@Morlock19 4 роки тому
trying to find money slot on monitor, please advise
@jorgea.carrazanagarcia4496 4 роки тому
Yes.
@jenniferhiemstra5228 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
So true
@MOLLYDOLLIGHT 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
$$$
@kai2860 4 роки тому
Yess! I’m so happy that they listen to us , I love these so much
@j0epark1 4 роки тому
I wouldn't be mad if y'all posted an Erik Singer dialect video EVERY DAY.
@seonaelizabethcoster8465 4 роки тому
In fact, I'm pretty sure thst the world NEEDS an Erik Singer video every day...
@vinceknox4425 4 роки тому
Seconded!!! I would love how-to accent videos, like Scottish or Australian.
@PinkPortraitDesu 4 роки тому
Yes
@mavsworld1733 4 роки тому
Please, yes, the world needs this.
@shell2835 4 роки тому
Yes he needs his own channel
@bugzzz012 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
william f buckley talks like that
@Toast0808 4 роки тому
Singer has it wrong. Tilly didn’t invent it. So much for the smug “expert”.
@janettejack7721 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
Official 80's Classics thank you
@crustaceandroolcube 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
I second this
@KelMonstah 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
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.
@LangTheBigWang 4 роки тому
Can we please get a video of him doing accents?
@Jennyfisch 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@Jennyfisch Which video was this? Was it another Wired video?
@marissapieper2676 4 роки тому
@Erin Lee It’s “Why Americans Suck at British Accents” by INSIDER. :)
@fresh7081 4 роки тому
omg YESSSSS
@changes2015 4 роки тому
Yessssssssssssss
@graceandglamor 4 роки тому
WIRED you know we need at least 40 mins of this guy. PAY THE MAN!
@w8an2 4 роки тому
nice to be 1000th like
@graceandglamor 4 роки тому
Thanks for all the likes! Y’all the real MVPs, hopefully their social media person relays the message ❤️
@---qy9uv 4 роки тому
someone called him the dialect daddy, and that’s all i call him now lol
@metatronatra 4 роки тому
I wonder if he's constantly aware of his own accent when speaking
@carlr458 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
I honestly hear the way I say words now because of Erik Singer
@pamelanobre6921 4 роки тому
metatronatra you can be sure he is hahahah
@FamousGirlfriend 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
Yes, linguistics will do that to you
@Jamie_kemp 4 роки тому
*PLOT TWIST* He's actually scottish, he's been doing an accent the whole time...
@cameronturnbow8004 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@cameronturnbow8004 Tell that to David Tennant & James McAvoy
@elioselectric468 4 роки тому
Awesome
@EngineMashups 4 роки тому
Tob1 Kadach1 And John barrowman
@Halinspark 4 роки тому
@@EngineMashups And Craig Ferguson.
@jackson15williams 4 роки тому
Oh gawd why doesn't he have his own channel?
@jackson15williams 4 роки тому
@Raul Victor he does have a channel actually. It's more of a promotion for his business so you're right
@zenith8417 4 роки тому
@Raul Victor Considering how knowledgeable and reliable he is, it makes sense why he'd charge for his lessons.
@uncomfortablecat 4 роки тому
He does have his own UKposts channel.
@Juli.29 4 роки тому
He has a little Twitter account which might be worth following for you :) twitter.com/accentvoiceguy
@luf4rall 4 роки тому
@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
@goldeneagle5085 4 роки тому
Eric: "happens all the TIME" Also Eric : *wheeze*
@abigaildrake3936 4 роки тому
me: has taken multiple language and phonetics courses also me: says wow every time erik says a basic fact about language
@brookenjonas 4 роки тому
Abigail Drake same😂
@MrsGlynn07 4 роки тому
SLP here. Same.
@magpie_vii 3 роки тому
Now I'm curious what you studied all those language courses for 🤔
@jono_jpg 4 роки тому
When are we going to get a compilation of Erik Singer nailing 100 different accents?
@22lilbean 4 роки тому
Just because you know how, dosen't mean you can.
@GreenDudeHC 4 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
I need this.
@hiimchrisj 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@22lilbean He did a really solid african one at one point. So he's probably fairly credible.
@JKatniss 4 роки тому
Can we have a video of him guessing what people's accents are?
@ethanolcarbonyl4025 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
Forget it! He will not only tell you, what accent you have, but also that you do it wrong!
@Bobbelebob 4 роки тому
He'd get every single one right lol
@camyxx991 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
SocietyNeedsToCrumble I was literally thinking this exact thing on the same channel and everything! Lol
@BoobsIndeed 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
@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 роки тому
Coincidentally, Brazilian Portuguese (at least in my region) has this same R, guess I was a little bit lucky there lmao
@matthewcowell 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
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. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fn92q4Vsb5eQ2Gw.html
@Good2GrowYT 4 роки тому
The end of Wired is when Erik starts his own UKposts channel.
@chocmilkshake24 4 роки тому
NERDTINGSS he already has one.
@samaraisnt 4 роки тому
@@chocmilkshake24 SHUT UP LINK OR I DONT BELIEVE YOU WHAT
@chocmilkshake24 4 роки тому
@@samaraisnt calm down bro: ukposts.info/the/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw.html You're welcome
@FiveFire555 4 роки тому
Y’all KNOW we love this man. Thank you.
@nomiromi3 4 роки тому
@crazymiles14 the only christ i know is my lord n saviour gaga
@mypal1990 4 роки тому
Dang. It's a shorter version of his usual episodes. But this will do.
@jackson15williams 4 роки тому
Go back to funhaus or Philly d... Why are you stalking me
@EverythingEverywable 4 роки тому
but it feels like a bonus since the last episode came out recently
@chrisjimenez2192 4 роки тому
Lol true Although bigger/longer may be better It's really more about how well you do with what you got 🤣😉
@In_time 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
in time 😂
@samaraisnt 4 роки тому
@@sluaghsidhe8384 So RP.
@SparklingSilverCurls 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
"I say, let's make an accent that both Brits and Yanks will understand, we'll make a million, ra-ta-ta!"
@brookenjonas 3 роки тому
Omg yes and I love Friends
@laITAebella 2 роки тому
Omg yes I love Katharine Hepburn.
@jo8895 4 роки тому
If this became Erik's personal channel I think everyone would be okay with that
@Bioshockerlol 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
Its what's stopping me subscribing... i don't want the rest of the stuff on my timeline, just these videos.
@thefox6862 4 роки тому
He does have his own channel. Its called dialect coach erik singer
@atomictraveller 4 роки тому
please use a phase vocoder based stretch process next time shudder why not use the word phoneme
@Bioshockerlol 4 роки тому
the Fox true but he hasn’t updated it in 2 years.
@airinghouse 4 роки тому
I want this guy to have a million videos talking about language. I'd make the popcorn.
@choicebarrelscrotes2732 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
Yes, but how do you SAY popcorn? :)
@arianathough2070 4 роки тому
I want three seasons and a movie
@airinghouse 4 роки тому
@@choicebarrelscrotes2732 thanks for the suggestion! i'll check it out!
@MegCazalet 4 роки тому
Nah I’ll skip the popcorn. It would get in the way of trying to imitate the sounds.
@normathb8999 4 роки тому
3:06 - Erik Singer giggling at some linguistic nerd joke. Press replay in case of depression
@kalki3060 3 роки тому
Thank you love :') I was your 69th like but then some eejit took their like back. 😔
@xiscaw 2 роки тому
its not a nerd lingustic joke is literally just a pun bro
@jorgea.carrazanagarcia4496 4 роки тому
I love this man and I will only accept videos over 20 minutes with him in them
@constipateddude1105 4 роки тому
He protecc He attacc But most inportantly... THE LANGUAGE DUDE IS BACC
@onamemmet 4 роки тому
Booooo.
@Chyja 4 роки тому
Lol awesome :D
@morglovesminecraft 4 роки тому
*a snacc
@thewishingpig 4 роки тому
Hey remember when this was funny in 2016?
@knox273 4 роки тому
I know it's random but i really like your profile pic .
@camilogarciaylasaari1857 4 роки тому
Two Erik Singer videos in the span of a couple of days? This is a greater gift than we deserve
@laurabrown8161 4 роки тому
Seriously. #blessed
@la-pantarana 4 роки тому
1:24 THEY SHOWED THE MAN WHO TAUGHT ME THE CLICKS OF ISIXHOSA, MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
@LoveMeAndMend 4 роки тому
It sounds like the Trans-Atlantic accent is essentially the American version of received pronunciation.
@zyaicob 4 роки тому
Historically that just makes sense
@LoveMeAndMend 4 роки тому
It totally does! I thought it was a really cool parallel.
@johneyon5257 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
yeah pretty much
@themermaidstale5008 4 роки тому
Great analogy. Broadcasters, radio announcers , etc. also learned a non-regional accent.
@osiriswocky7349 4 роки тому
WIRED: How many Erik Singer videos do you want? Internet: YES.
@onamemmet 3 роки тому
Boooooo.
@shannonoreilly4695 4 роки тому
That trans-Atlantic accent explanation is something I never knew I wanted but now am so happy I learned.
@jjc5475 4 роки тому
it's also quite sad and disgusting. accents are the best.
@jettrainbow 4 роки тому
@@jjc5475 Get a grip.
@gweilo8888 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
i legit thought it was some long lost american accent
@Alanpie314 4 роки тому
@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?
@CraigBass1988 4 роки тому
Love how Erik turns into Christopher Walken when he says “devised” just after 6mins.
@LaxM 4 роки тому
LOL... actually pausing to find this comment...
@MR-ek6yk 4 роки тому
Read this comment right when he said it lol, Christopher Walken is dead on
@MadamSteamfunk 4 роки тому
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" 😉
@user-zo5kh4zu8x 4 роки тому
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".
@Gumbocinno 4 роки тому
Yeah just keep him. This dude is great. Have him back as often as possible.
@katy4639 3 роки тому
Would love to see him make more videos! I LOVE learning about “correct speech”.
@TheAlps36 3 роки тому
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
@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 4 роки тому
Thumbnail: [contains Erik Singer] Everyone: **CLICK!!!**
@veronicam2006 4 роки тому
Parents with their kids: aw she’s learning to read! Erik as a parent: aw she’s pronouncing her hard R’s!
@lyllaphoenix 4 роки тому
V M you got that right
@funcats1999 3 роки тому
New jersey our her like RRRRRRERawr
@mattbroughton4940 4 роки тому
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.
@jadeyc1793 4 роки тому
The laugh after he explained ‘time’ 😍❤️
@mintyfresh9080 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
jomps spread the linguistic love ❤️🤘🏻
@hazelstratum 4 роки тому
Have you always thought you were good at analysing language? Asking since I'm considering to major in linguistic
@mintyfresh9080 4 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
Guessing you also watch native lang then? Otherwise go have a look, its fascinating (not a linguistics major what so ever),
@loveshot98 4 роки тому
as a translation and linguistics master’s degree student, my heart is full
@HistoryReplay 4 роки тому
Erik’s wheeze laugh when he made that reference to “Time” is why I’m here.
@AntonAdelson 4 роки тому
I didn't understand why he made it. Please help!
@tricia8054 4 роки тому
@@AntonAdelson I just watched that, its cause he said "time" lol!
@HitGirl20 4 роки тому
ukposts.info/have/v-deo/bZGJoYSjnGtnkZ8.html&t=185
@HistoryReplay 4 роки тому
HitGirl20 omg this is amazing, thank you 👀
@kians.1079 4 роки тому
@@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'".
@goblingunk_ 4 роки тому
This is so fascinating. I could listen to him talk about languages endlessly.
@elizabethrhodes4275 4 роки тому
The worst R word is “rural”. Being southern in Arkansas, the best I can do is say “rool”
@RaymondHng 4 роки тому
_Rural_ is difficult for many Americans all over, even professional broadcasters.
@Javer80 4 роки тому
If you ever serve jury duty, you'd be a rural juror.
@nichl474 4 роки тому
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"
@Jerenkauhhhh 3 роки тому
😂 thank you for this comment 😂
@provocase 3 роки тому
For me it's 'brewery'...
@seonaelizabethcoster8465 4 роки тому
Ok. People at WIRED, you absolutely need to make more of these videos. We all need more Erik Singer in our lives...
@superinformative3136 4 роки тому
Hit like if you want Erik Singer's own Netflix show!
@alicelu5691 4 роки тому
This can’t be entertaining though 😂
@GLERFUNKEL 4 роки тому
@@alicelu5691 Not everybody finds documentaries interesting, which are essentially the same idea, but they make plenty of those.
@halloweengirl200 4 роки тому
i love this series! I watch all of the accents and speech videos with this guy. I find it so fascinating
@crazy4beatles 3 роки тому
Finally! Been wondering for years why that accent in older movies but had a hard time finding anything on it.
@theharvardyard2356 4 роки тому
People in these comments talking about the video topic: 5% People crushing on the dude in the video: 95%
@chelyvo 4 роки тому
Well, I mean... look at him. He's so hot 😍
@HorribleSonofa 4 роки тому
They all sounding like: 0:40
@janaejones2927 4 роки тому
@asdfj asdfjk He looks good but him knowing a lot about language and accents makes him hotter.
@evanjacoby7805 4 роки тому
@asdfj asdfjk you don't
@kaashee 4 роки тому
the Harvard Yard NGL I’m so uncomfortable rn
@jameseglavin4 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
Exactly my thought! While we wait for that to happen I heartily recommend y'all listen to Lexicon Valley.
@alparsln123 4 роки тому
jameseglavin4 check out allusionist podcast
@ivanparas 4 роки тому
I could watch a 10 hour video of him talking about language and still be waiting for part 2.
@MrKajithecat 4 роки тому
Love your stuff Mr. Singer. You have such a wealth of knowledge. Thank you.
@ciadiac 4 роки тому
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.
@marcotuliofaria3629 4 роки тому
Holy crap, Erik. Start a channel, everything about language and accent is cool af. I that channel by tomorrow, because so.
@MilA-eh3gf 4 роки тому
He does have one ukposts.info/the/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw.html?view_as=public
@aliciaevans2012 4 роки тому
He has a channel
@yiotatort 4 роки тому
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.
@osiriswocky7349 4 роки тому
Erik Singer video lengths: 1st: 20m 2nd: 29m 3rd: 24m 4th: 27m 5th: 25m *6th: 6m* wth, WIRED
@holysecret2 4 роки тому
7th and onward: 1h-2h
@sappy.3xe 4 роки тому
My dumbass thought you were talking meters smh
@Hummabubba 4 роки тому
@@sappy.3xe That got a real chuckle out of me
@tiltil9442 4 роки тому
digestability
@Grinnar 4 роки тому
It's almost 7 minutes, though.
@jakdee1295 4 роки тому
Erik Singer is my favourite person on the internet. I could listen to him talk for hours.
@angelmora3660 3 роки тому
Him: "I'm a tongue." Me: "Yes."
@santiago_6280 4 роки тому
I really wanna hear him speaking different accents now .
@kristinpfanku3927 4 роки тому
You know he can do them all.
@lucilaruizdardes1184 4 роки тому
I studied linguistics in university and no language nerd looked like this, it's not fair.
@jauxro 4 роки тому
Become the hot language nerd you want to see in the world..! 😊
@alessandrosouza9237 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
One of my ling professors did, so I paid a lot of attention to his classes, lol.
@natalie8212 4 роки тому
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 .
@brandivelasqueznash8839 4 роки тому
These are my very favorite videos to watch on UKposts. I get so excited when I see that a new one is uploaded 😁
@thelibbyli2362 4 роки тому
If my lecturer were him, I would go to every class.
@GoodLifeMedicine 4 роки тому
You should say, If my lecturer were "he,"...
@-Danny 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
Looks, Brains, and Entertaining.
@emilyoliveira9869 4 роки тому
I will pay to have this channel taken over by Erik Singer
@martynkal.1248 4 роки тому
PETITION TIME
@avowitharms 4 роки тому
I honestly just need all the videos with Erik, always
@BRUXXUS 4 роки тому
I can't get enough of this speech and dialect stuff! It's super fascinating to me.
@MikeDolanFliss 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
Watch the NativLang channel. It has some good videos about exactly that.
@Dollfacedaeva 4 роки тому
“I’m a tongue” -Erik Singer 2019
@ThatRandomThing 4 роки тому
Erik Singer: "I'm a tongue" Me: 0:40
@VanK782 4 роки тому
😂
@Lorangebeatrice 4 роки тому
As soon as I finish these videos I need to see another one. Gosh, they are fun and informative
@24cameraman24 4 роки тому
Keep ‘em coming, I love these
@katielone5057 4 роки тому
as someone who studies languages as a major i appreciate the heck out of these videos along with the translator/interpreter videos~
@jjc5475 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
Why is everyone writing "I" as "i"? Has it changed? Am I missing something? I'm not being sarcastic...
@jvnapod 4 роки тому
@@anandadaquino3604 - They are probably forgetting to press the shift key for uppercase letters. :)
@lemonicowo 4 роки тому
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
@thecat_iswatching 4 роки тому
OK clearly we all want to attend his lectures.
@wazzasay 4 роки тому
So “Proper English” was created by an Australian, huh yeah nah mate good one.
@anaussie213 4 роки тому
It was created by upper class Londonders of the 18th century, and codified as standard English by the royalty (turning it into the kings English). Australia being founded in 1788 meant the accent was what “Australian English” was based upon. Australians didn’t invent it though, and in general do a poor job of it...
@girv98 4 роки тому
@@anaussie213 You're mixing up Transatlantic with posh RP
@scler8453 4 роки тому
transatlantic is not RP
@shobhitkukreti 4 роки тому
@@girv98 you're**
@fictionalhuman 4 роки тому
This is awesome! Please give us more!
@no.1appastan 4 роки тому
0:50 *me when I stub my toe on a piece of furniture*
@mundanemonday46 4 роки тому
un petit chat OH BOY U MADE ME LAUGH
@dethmaul 4 роки тому
lmfao
@Serena_Mueller 4 роки тому
aaaaaaahahaha Jesus same
@mason7031 4 роки тому
I choked on my tea
@yaraf.1108 4 роки тому
petition for erik to make his own channel ⬇
@yoonmikim5663 4 роки тому
He already has one. He just needs support and a good editor, I think. ukposts.info/the/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw.html
@ionlyeatbrainsdummy9858 4 роки тому
I honestly can't believe how interesting I find Erik Singers videos. He's very endearing, and classy. I like it.
@forfoxsake7972 4 роки тому
I've always wondered about that old time movie accent. Thank you so much for clearing that up :)
@clowntown1510 4 роки тому
Two Erik Singer videos in a week you're spoiling us, Wired.
@andicarusfell8387 4 роки тому
Clown Town But we ain’t complain’, give us more! 🤪
@msmilesftw 4 роки тому
Literally did a DOUBLE TAKE when this popped up on my list! Like an unexpected gift 🎁 😊
@Jennyfisch 4 роки тому
Same, wasn't expecting another one so soon. And as a rule I have to stop everything and watch the video immediatly.
@JT-Rebel 4 роки тому
Seriously, more of Erik please and thank you.
@MegCazalet 4 роки тому
I LOVE these videos, I just really wish there were more visual demonstrations of the tongue position. That one used here was wonderful. More please! Diagrams, etc. More visual elements for such an auditory subject. Edit: I acknowledge that Erik Singer himself is the best visual element of all of his videos.
@andybergman7009 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
Oooh! That'd be so cool!
@Jakelope1206 4 роки тому
Daniel Day Lewis would be my next pick
@Mabuheey 4 роки тому
Also, Michael sheen and david tennant
@emmanieemma8996 4 роки тому
Meryl Streep!
@Bewareofthewolves 4 роки тому
It would be a short episode if he did Michael Caine
@Cennti 4 роки тому
Can this guy just make his own channel already
@Andrea-xs4ny 4 роки тому
Centi - He already has one: ukposts.info/the/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw.html
@Halinspark 4 роки тому
@@Andrea-xs4ny Well, he needs to put videos up so we can learn things.
@Sanchara 3 роки тому
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.
@returninghero 4 роки тому
Love these videos! Thanks Eric!
@string1414 4 роки тому
Give this man his own channel and documentary series! I find all of his insights into language so fascinating!
@assassindelasaucisse.4039 4 роки тому
Would be great be he already has a job.
@Peasant_of_Pontus 4 роки тому
English writing before the vowel shift makes much more sense.
@choicebarrelscrotes2732 4 роки тому
Peasant of Pontus yep. English is riddled with historical spellings.
@Callsign_Prophet 4 роки тому
English really picked up on historical words and other languages and it's a weird mix now
@karstais 4 роки тому
yup. when english pronounciation was corect
@enomis5257 4 роки тому
Yes at least it makes more sense for me as an Italian, we read vowels like that
@a.carneirozhu8104 4 роки тому
@@enomis5257 English is 5 European languages thrown in a blender
@andrewwade785 4 роки тому
More Erik Singer! He's brilliant!
@sebastianmaharg 4 роки тому
These videos are amazing. Thank you!!
@GonzaloAroles 4 роки тому
This guy deserves a Netflix or HBO miniseries travelling the world and explaining different accents and languages.
@g.strobl4458 2 роки тому
I'd watch.
@wmm8715 Рік тому
Here for this 💁🏾♀️
@annabella_prinx 4 роки тому
Another one?! Yessssss. You're spoiling me, Wired.
@mufalo 4 роки тому
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.
@HunnyBunnyBaker 4 роки тому
i could watch these videos for days on end, this stuff is fascinating
@dcaouki 4 роки тому
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 роки тому
Dennis Caouki that would be a great video
@Tob1Kadach1 4 роки тому
It's easier to learn if you're English than if you're American
@msxoladyluckxo 4 роки тому
Okay beggars can’t be choosers, but... can we give Erik his chair back? This one is way too formal
@jadejaguar69 4 роки тому
Plus I like a good close up of this handsome man
@anatolyFct 4 роки тому
Good on ya bringing him back for more videos.
@jessespeer2323 4 роки тому
Keep this dude’s videos coming! Forever.
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