What Your (Regional) Accent Says About You - a podcast by WNYC

Listeners call in to share how their relationship with their regional accents have evolved throughout their lives and dialect coach Erik Singer joins the discussion to break down the origins of the distinctive regional features of accents.

Yes. To save my life. Sounding more academic when speaking to people in positions of authority (police in particular) reduces the risk of their having a negative assumption of me.

— Manbauman (@CraigManbauman) January 26, 2022

I’ve heard Philly accent has southern origins. “Linguisticly Philly is the northernmost southern city” were the words I recall. (Native Philly here)

— The Left isn't divided the center is ?????? (@atmoore68) January 26, 2022

Just completed watching "the Shrink Next Door" found Will Ferrell's awful take on a NYC Jewish accent really distracting. I wish they had my dad as a dialogue coach.

— Otto Cosmop (@MichaelBernste4) January 26, 2022

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