Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part 2) | WIRED

Dialect coach Erik Singer once again takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik, along with a host of other linguists and language experts, takes 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
DP: Charlie Jordan
Production Manager: Morgan Winters
Editor: Estan Esparza
Post Production Manager: Nick Ascanio
Head of Programming for WIRED: Chris Conti
Linguists: Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, & Kalina Newmark
Dialect demonstrations: Amani Dorn
Oklahoma Indeginous Accent demonstration courtesy of Dennis Sixkiller
Miami English Demonstration courtesy of Christopher Mendoza
Native Lakota Accent Demonstration courtesy of Reg Charging
Special thanks to:
Pamela Vanderway
Eliza Simpson
James N. Stanford
Nacole Walker
Justin McBride
Zachary Cooper
Reg Charging
International Dialects of English Archive
The Language & Life Project
Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina
Dr. Walt Wolfram
For more reading and resources check out:
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:
Lots of accents:

00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Southern Louisiana
01:27 - Miami English
02:48 - New Orleans “Yat”
03:26 - Cajun
04:00 - Texas
05:35 - Oklahoma
06:38 - Ozarks
07:03 - Chicago
07:13 - Northern Cities Vowel Shift
09:27 - St. Louis & Memphis
09:55 - Minnesota
10:47 - Lakota, Dakota, Nakota
12:23 - Iowa
13:05 - The Rockies
13:32 - Utah


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[ryanmcclain]

The scary thing is that we'll never know Erik's real accent. Even when he introduces himself, he could just be putting that on as the "generic American" accent and meanwhile he could have grown up with a Russian accent.

[consciencecolmon]

I respect how he had other ethnicities cover their own accents.

[amdog]

I want a series where Erik guesses strangers' accents!!

[millyfiore]

it never ceases to amaze me how quickly he can change his accent

[ellobo]

"Erik Singer again"
LIKE IT'S AN ISSUE ERIK.

[SheBeCodingSht]

This is sooo impressive. I love to see someone that has studied their passion/profession so deeply and thoroughly. I am in awe of the brilliance. I wonder how long this took to master.

[joshhyman]

I feel like he's singlehandedly keeping this channel going

[boobax]

This guy really needs to stop giving all these views to WIRED. He needs his own channel.

[unchainthewolves]

I see Erik Singer, I click. This guy’s videos are so interesting.

[rlccar]

It's fair to point out that the vast majority of Latino people find the term Latinx incredibly insulting, though it continues to be forced on them by a small group (many of them non-hispanic white). Other than that, this is an amazing series.

[kush]

Why doesn’t this guy have his own channel, like it would be so successful

[Skydiggz]

“Let’s watch Erik’s channel”
“What’s it called?”
“Weird or Wired or something but it’s Erik’s channel”

[maxhydekyle]

He sounds exactly like Matthew Mcconaughey when he does the Texas accent. It's flawless.

[ComicPower]

He goes in and out of these accents so effortlessly. Its amazing

[laurensiusbretyaanindito]

"Can we talk about Minnesota for a minute?"

Why, yes, you absolutely can. In fact, take as many minutes as you need

[matmul]

There 100% has to be an outtake video of him getting the accents wrong 😅
Would love to see that

[zirkq]

the most anticipated sequel in recent history

[hudsonhaynie]

As a Utah resident, you got that dead on! I didn’t realize how smoothed out our accent was until you started talking. I will say though, there’s two different main accents in Utah, the general one that you gave, and the rural “crik” accent, with blurring between.

[thehopeofeden]

“Erik Singer. Again.” Like we’re not all here for Erik.

[andrielmouton]

Is no one going to talk about how much he sounded like Matthew McCoungahey with his Texas accent. And I’m actually pretty impressed with his Cajun Accent, being a Louisiana Creole, I wish he would’ve tried our accent out a little more. But this guy is amazing and I love him! A legend