amy walker

Are you prepared to hear some impossibly awful accent impersonations? In this themed episode Juan and Kyrin discuss the topic of 'Accents'. These are defined as 'a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class.' They differ from dialect, which a particular form of language using different words. Isolation and evolution contribute to a common baseline language developing different accents, then different dialects before transitioning into a completely different language.

Juan showed his information research power this episode coming up with some doozies. These ranged from the accents apparently developed in Philadelphian sign language, waking up one day and speaking in a completely foreign accent and the changing accents of the mythical Dutch and Scottish chimpanzees. We had a lot of fun this episode and hope you enjoy as much as we did. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:

0:00 - Introduction & Mere Mortal Moments

5:03 - Definition and etymology

6:51 - Difference between accent and dialect

8:16 - Stories of terrible accents

12:37 - Did you know sign language can have accents?

15:18 - Has your accent ever changed?

19:47 - Strange accents can get you killed

21:32 - Languages develop through isolation & evolution

24:33 - Crying contains melodies of speech patterns

27:55 - Foreign accent syndrome

30:13 - Mechanical Spanish vs American Spanish

33:33 - Dutch and Scottish chimpanzees

34:59 - Accents are all about input

36:02 - Amy Walker and 21 Accents

40:10 - Outro and more MM impersonations

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