Right! I imagine once you are a true expert on speech, you understand what is occurring in your mouth that makes the accent sound the way it does. Its amazing he knows all these different types of accents so well, down to small regions
@@Darius_Cyrus That's easier than accents for me. I can switch languages easily, but if I am trying to switch accents I often need a catalyst word or phrase to kick-start it.
I started growing up in eastern NC nearly 40 years ago and we saw the difference then. Us white folks talked different than the black folks and it wasn't just "urban influence" like was pointed out to us. It was two similar but distinct accents born of similar but distinct (at least in the 80's in my rural area) experiences.
@@nimue325 I think it brings them anything but comfort lol. Most Brits I’ve seen hate when Americans attempt (and fail) an English accent. Hahah it’s all in good fun though!
HOLY COW! As a military brat growing up all across America and then as an airline pilot listening to people all across America I am SO IMPRESSED with your linguistic skills. Many times, I have had to ‘translate’ dialog in a movie featuring regional accents to friends and family who ask how can I understand. I can’t wait for Part Two.
So true. It's almost jarring sometimes because it's something we all think of as being so personal, and yet he's just so totally convincing with every single one of them. It's the small details and mannerisms and little nuances he nails that really sell an accent.
It's mesmerizing! I love how he refers to actors as "living through an accent" because they "naturally" have that accent in them vs an actor "putting on"/"wearing" an accent. I've always been good at mimicking accents so this guy fascinates me
I was an American accent trainer. I never been to America. I can teach Chinese people to sound American in a period 2 to 3 months. My Chinese students are the best
Can you do a series like this but for decades as well? Like how accents have sort of changed over the years. Even the 80s and 90s, which weren’t super long ago, have such different accents
@@guyincognito8440 New York City Accents of people in their 60s and up are way different than people under 40. That's the most obvious one I can think of.
@@jackconnolly5308 And he did a lousy job with his "Balmorese". It's "....go downy Ocean ...." not down to the ocean. And actually, there is a large contingent who would actually say that they are "..... going down a shore ....", the ocean wouldn't even be alluded to. But that is more a vocabulary thing than accent.
As a Scot, I was particularly taken with the Okracoke Accent. The western isles accents here have some real twists in them too; a delight to listen to. It was lovely to hear that connection in the Okracoke speech. Like meeting distant family.
I was hoping that he would talk about Canadian accents, including Standard Canadian and Atlantic Canadian. "Standard Canadian" subgroups include Pacific Northwest, Aboriginal Canadian, Inland (Prairie), Ontarian, and Quebecois (though it sounds similar to Parisian). "Atlantic Canadian" subgroups include Lunenburg, Maritimer, and Newfoundland. Newfoundland English is the most difficult to understand as the speech rate is usually fast and its vocabulary is much different than the rest of Canada due to its Irish, Southwest English, and Bristol influences.
check out lingthusiasm! one of the experts here also featured on an ep of that podcast. they discuss all kinds of linguistics topics, not just accents, in an approachable way
Same! He had me rofl when that deep east coast accent said 'lots of lemon lollipops... I like to lick them" 😂😂😂 I can just see the stereotypical construction worker saying I like to lick them!
This was sick! Not only super fun and interesting to hear someone so in tune with linguistics all across North America, but the history of how some of these accents came to be was fascinating
This guy is one of the most diverse and accurate linguist I've ever heard when it comes to replicating accents. He is pretty much dead on and can switch between them almost instantly. Very highly skilled at his profession!
@Trickeration lol so he's native to New York, Boston, Rhode Island, North Carolina, etc? No he's just white so he's allowed to do those, but God forbid he observe and attempt to replicate how anyone with melanin in their skin talks. A bunch of clowns
That mindfvck moment when you realise he's subtly changing his narrating accent to match the content, lmfao. HE IS GOOOOOOD. But now I'm confused. How does this guy ACTUALLY sound?!
I had my coworker who speaks russian tell me she didn't think she had one And I was like honey literally EVERYBODY has an accent. I have a PNW/Idaho accent. You have a slight russian/pnw accent.
This video is an absolute delight! The accent expert does a fantastic job of showcasing the diversity of American accents and provides a fascinating insight into the various linguistic and cultural influences that shape them. I learned so much about the different regions of the United States and the unique characteristics of their accents. It's clear that a lot of research and effort went into making this video, and it really paid off. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in linguistics or just curious about the rich tapestry of American speech =)
I did phone (tech) support for a few years and I could start to identify people's locations by their accents. I love linguistics and this is an amazing thing to watch.
I know, it's fun. For some reason NY accents make me laugh, I'm so used to so many saracastic sounding comedians with that accent. I have a bad habit of mimicking foreign accents, makes me sound slightly racist . .
Bruh, as a speaker of different languages, student of many dialects, I wonder often what my own is. This is the continuous melding of language and the human experience.
@@joethecounselor I speak 4 languages pretty regularly. I have different tone and "persona" in each one. It gets freaky when people point out my mood change when I'm speaking to people.
@@krisostomoyabarrera2255 Yes! I see this time and again. Our language seems to emote our personality. Languages add meaning beyond our initial thoughts interpreted by others based on their own experiences. We assign meanings to words we place between languages that we might not have said that are implicit in the second. My wife and I decided a core concept to our marriage in English, "The nicer we are, the nicer we'll be." To my Spanish speaking clients, "Lo mas simpatico estemos, lo mas simpatico seremos"(add accents), means so much more. It really defines what I meant to say in the first place. Languages have meanings that go beyond our simple intentions.
@@krisostomoyabarrera2255 I’m fluent in spanish and english, in english I’m more proper but when I speak spanish things kinda just flow out of my mouth
It never gets old hearing Eric switch so fluidly between such distinct accents. It's one thing to understand accents and be able to explain plosives and fronting and all the other specifics of an accent, but it's a whole other thing to be able to actually pull them off, and it's yet another level of skill to be able to switch between them at will, with seemingly no thought, and stay so consistantly convincing. Absolutely brilliant.
You can always tell when someone is an expert when they take a complicated skill or concept and handle it like it’s simple and easy to do. He does this perfectly
Wired out here getting Erik Singer to say “I like to lick ‘em” AND then later actually lick his finger on camera. Single-handedly saving the union. Thank you for your service.
This is actually the first one of these “accent tour” videos that acknowledges the different black dialects instead of just treating them as a monolithic “AAVE”. Huge props
He did not hit my NC accent so that's great. I've got that "take all the NCs and try to mellow them out but then accidentally make them too country on words like For"
This is so fascinating. There's a lot more to North Carolina, too. Piedmont/central part of the state, and the coastal region. They each have their own accents. It's true that in bigger cities they tend to be less pronounced. I'm in Georgia right now, in the Low Country, and I really want to hear more accents around here, now. I love hearing all this history of locations and people! It's so much fun.
I have seen seasoned actors butcher the Southern accent time and again but Erik nails each and every nuance to the point of creepiness! This guy could infiltrate any region with impressions of being a local! This is absolutely brilliant!!
I'm a foreigner studying the English language as a second language for years because I always loved the sound of it. I like all English accents but the American English accent is favorite. I love listening to my American friends speaking it 😊
I would absolutely LOVE if Erik made a video breaking down the accent performances of all the TF2 mercs! They're such a varied and iconic cast with iconic voices and it would be fun to see someone picking the performances apart!
As a native North Carolinian, his NC accent was actually spot on. That was as good as the accent gets for a typical North Carolinian. Obviously, the more country you get in NC the thicker the accent but his accent was a perfect representation of the majority of NC.
I literally cannot get enough of Erik Singer’s expertise, but I really appreciate how Wired brought the diasporic element in too with the various professors/linguists. Very excited for the next part(s)!
Tbh, I'd bet some of it is that he doesn't want to be a white guy imitating various African-American dialects. There is no shortage of people that would offend, mostly for historical reasons.
Especially that they make a point of saying it's not all encompassing. It's a variation within a region. So there's many African, Latino, Native American varieties.
As a non native English speaker I've spent a lot of effort in trying to blend, and although I don't sound as most of my countrymen when speaking English I certainly sound foreign. That used to bother me but when I realized that even native English speakers can't fully imitate another accent I stopped worrying. I certainly try to pronounce the best I can but keeping an accent is part of my own identity.
Its already hard enough learning an entire new language but to try and sound as much like a native is such a difficult job to put on your shoulders. Pronunciation is obviously important for the purpose of understanding, but generally people get the jist of what you're saying even if you're pronouncing it a little wrong. Don't burden yourself with those pressures. It usually takes context to understand someone, a few missing words or pronunciation mishaps won't prevent too much understanding.
The short of it is - if people understand you and you have relayed whatever you are trying to communicate then the accent doesn't matter. ANyone judging you on your accent has bigger issues and it's not your problem.
Yep! Well said. Me: the Internet is full of memes and stupid people shouting at each other. Also me: The Internet is an incredible repository of knowledge.
Long Island is very different than the city. And its disappearing as the years go on.... my mother had some cassette tapes of her and her siblings recording fake radio shows and i was amazed how thick their accents were compared to now. Its an italian family. im sure i have a slight new york accent but i really think as time goes on, peoples accents kind of merge. at least here. and age is a factor.
@@aubreygraham5821 the standardisation of language at school and the internet and also entertainment really accelerate the dying of the accents, with the standardisation the kids learn the standardized english of their teacher that teach the correct pronunciation, and with the internet they are exposed to more accents and leaving their own features more and more and immigrants children will also develop that standard rather than making their own, and with entertainment they will be exposed and will pick up on the accent of their entertainment rather than their own region just like how some texan girl will have an valley girl accent because their media
@@aubreygraham5821 Why "sadly">? Why be attached to an accent? The purpose of language is to communicate and be understood, adapting towards the most common accent will make you successful in that regard.
@@rdizzy1 think of language as cooking a meal. You can choose different meals took cook (different languages) and within those meals you can add different spices/ingredients (accents) everyone knows what meal it is but it just adds to the flavor. It's the difference between boxed mac and cheese and grandma's mac and cheese
@@krystal4378 I still can't grasp why people have the attachment. I also don't get most traditions in general though. (Doing something simply because it has been done in the past)
Idk, but I do know he’s, in all seriousness, responsible for Wired’s technique critique series and the dozen copycat series other TH-cam channels rushed into production to capitalize off his popularity.
His ability to explain and convey various accents, switching gears even mid-sentence, is truly amazing. I'm a huge fan of accents and dialects and this is dizzying. Living and growing up in the NYC area you hear various subtleties between them. They could devote another 20 minutes to just the NYC/New Jersey accents.
He ignored the growing and substantial Asian population in NYC though, but this is an overview of the whole country and the effect will be more in the future. My neighborhood in Brooklyn is at least 50% Asian, mostly Chinese. Eventually their accent will soak in but not as much as it would have 100 years ago before films, tv, and internet. He missed the Jewish influence also on old NYC accents. But the video is not just about NYC!
@@emjayay it's because there aren't many Asians outside of major cities, they're like 2-5 percent of the population outside of cities. But their number are definitely growing.
One interesting thing I picked up is that the only time I could really tell he wasn't speaking an accent natively was when he was doing the "piney woods" accent that I grew up speaking (we just called it general southern when I studied linguistics in college). I'm curious if it was the same way for speakers of the other dialects where you might be able to tell someone is doing it (very well) as an affectation.
Fascinating, thorough, and the inclusion of all the different types of English, including creoles is exactly the approach to linguistics that has been needed for a long time. All the presenters are excellent and clear masters of their craft. I can't wait for Part Two.
His ability to switch accents in the middle of a sentence truly is a testament to his talent. Unbelievable.
It's also super distracting - I need to rewatch a few times because I keep getting blown away by his presentation.
Right! I imagine once you are a true expert on speech, you understand what is occurring in your mouth that makes the accent sound the way it does. Its amazing he knows all these different types of accents so well, down to small regions
still not sure why THOUGHTY2 sounds like FORTY2 ! :):)
Wait until you find out that some people can flat out switch languages mid-sentences!
@@Darius_Cyrus That's easier than accents for me. I can switch languages easily, but if I am trying to switch accents I often need a catalyst word or phrase to kick-start it.
when Wired is running low on views
Wired: *honey where's my Eric Singer*
I think you mean "where's Accents Daddy".
and they'll get me every time
And we are fine with that 😂
@@edgardomartin8299 Dialect Daddy (for the alliteration)
@@edgardomartin8299 OK, but it's true tho. Like, he's got some serious Daddy beard going on now. And I LOVE it 😍😍😍.
this dude is carrying wired.
Facts.
👌😂
Legit
only reason i subscribed.
It's also free exposure for him. He probably got a few gigs this way.
I've never seen an accent video that takes ethnicity, race, cultural and regional differences into consideration. Thank you for that!
@@Rob-iy2rt kind of sus, what are you? A l1btard?
100% agree. Never seen it considered either. They always focus on the white version.
I started growing up in eastern NC nearly 40 years ago and we saw the difference then. Us white folks talked different than the black folks and it wasn't just "urban influence" like was pointed out to us. It was two similar but distinct accents born of similar but distinct (at least in the 80's in my rural area) experiences.
iirc ethnicity, race, cultural differences map on to regions.
@@Rob-iy2rt if you think black and white New Yorkers spoke the same in the 90’s, do I have news for you….
give this man his own netflix show or something id literally watch hours of his content
Please.
Yes! Too many cooking shows. Need something different.
I'd prefer we just get hours of his content here. We get it for free and he gets payed through the channel
Id watch him do anything
I too would absorb his material as if it was the blood our lord Jesus Christ
I feel like I attended an expensive and professional class for free.
We all do
Got to watch. Can't miss good deal. Bang for my buck. What a bargain. Satisfied customer.
"My name is Erik Singer, and this is my MasterClass"
yeah, this is a+ content
Honestly this is Quality Content. I feel TH-cam is worth it just for video like these. AND THERE IS A PART 2! Yaaaas.
As a Brit my blood ran cold around the 2 minute mark when he does three perfect British regional accents in the same sentence. Uncanny skills....
Let’s say that’s why Americans keep doing those bad British accents...for y’all’s comfort. 😉
@@nimue325 I think it brings them anything but comfort lol. Most Brits I’ve seen hate when Americans attempt (and fail) an English accent. Hahah it’s all in good fun though!
That island accent though!! Tell me what wasn't a weird mix of Irish and west country/norfolk!
MDR ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
He sounds Western European in general
HOLY COW! As a military brat growing up all across America and then as an airline pilot listening to people all across America I am SO IMPRESSED with your linguistic skills. Many times, I have had to ‘translate’ dialog in a movie featuring regional accents to friends and family who ask how can I understand. I can’t wait for Part Two.
I find it SOOOO trippy how he just shifts accents like it’s nothing
So true. It's almost jarring sometimes because it's something we all think of as being so personal, and yet he's just so totally convincing with every single one of them. It's the small details and mannerisms and little nuances he nails that really sell an accent.
@@ObeyCamp right! I aspire to be like that! I really wanna nail accents in different languages that I speak but it’s taking a lot of practice 😅😅
It's not hard once you practice enough lmao
It's mesmerizing!
I love how he refers to actors as "living through an accent" because they "naturally" have that accent in them vs an actor "putting on"/"wearing" an accent.
I've always been good at mimicking accents so this guy fascinates me
@@btewb yeah to me it is
It's so impressive how he immediately jumps between accents
Try watching this high
I was an American accent trainer. I never been to America. I can teach Chinese people to sound American in a period 2 to 3 months. My Chinese students are the best
I agree....I LOVED this video but at times (only 2 or 3) the jumping between confused me when he continued talking about the same area.
the way it is so seamless just blows my mind
You're missing all the video cuts. He's very good. It's just the appearance of perfection.
i’m literally obsessed with this mans ability to just pull out any accent he wants
I felt like his Southern accents were all a bit bland and hard to differentiate between certain areas.
By the time I recognize that the accent changed he's on to another.
@JonMwan G you are talking about the bunny right? 😳
Oh yeah well I'm so bad at accents that I can accidentally speak about 6 at once, so there, Erik!
@JonMwan G This is not an appropriate place to make unsolicited comments about someone appearance.
Can you do a series like this but for decades as well? Like how accents have sort of changed over the years. Even the 80s and 90s, which weren’t super long ago, have such different accents
@@guyincognito8440 New York City Accents of people in their 60s and up are way different than people under 40. That's the most obvious one I can think of.
Ok dude live in your own reality.
@@guyincognito8440 Bang!
I want to agree to an extent but I suspect that films and TV may play a role in how we perceive accents over the decades.
@Guy Incognito do you just come to TH-cam to argue?
The way he effortlessly shifts his accent to whatever accent he is discussing is making my brain jumpy.
At this point he's just flexing on us, and I love it
This guy is a wizard - he's studied this heavily for a long time, and now he can perform magic.
to be fair his accent impressions aren't very good. Especially his Boston accent
@@jackconnolly5308 And he did a lousy job with his "Balmorese". It's "....go downy Ocean ...." not down to the ocean. And actually, there is a large contingent who would actually say that they are "..... going down a shore ....", the ocean wouldn't even be alluded to. But that is more a vocabulary thing than accent.
It got me messed up 😂
Erik: Hi my name is Erik Singer
Everyone: We know Erik. That is the only reason why we're here.
😂 I think he knows it too, he’s just too humble to admit it. I don’t know how else to explain the tongue thing 😂
we are team Erik lol
Me who just found this video in my recommendations:
Here for Erik Singer.
@@kealabeam who is he?
These are my "drop what you're doing and watch immediately" videos
I agree. Exams can wait, when I see Erik, I click.
You got a playlist of such videos?
Sooo muuuch!
Doing that now.
Erik Singer: the Ryan George of Wired TH-cam.
As a Scot, I was particularly taken with the Okracoke Accent. The western isles accents here have some real twists in them too; a delight to listen to. It was lovely to hear that connection in the Okracoke speech. Like meeting distant family.
When the world needed him most
*He returned with friends*
yasss
“He does have my respect. When I’m done, half of humanity will still be alive. I hope they remember him.” -Thanos
Accenters, Assemble!
"Hi, I'm Erik Singer and today, I'm going to make aspiring actors cry."
I didn't expect this vid to be so impressive. This guy is an accent wizard.
He’s a wot?
@@jtgd a wizard, J
I was hoping that he would talk about Canadian accents, including Standard Canadian and Atlantic Canadian.
"Standard Canadian" subgroups include Pacific Northwest, Aboriginal Canadian, Inland (Prairie), Ontarian, and Quebecois (though it sounds similar to Parisian).
"Atlantic Canadian" subgroups include Lunenburg, Maritimer, and Newfoundland.
Newfoundland English is the most difficult to understand as the speech rate is usually fast and its vocabulary is much different than the rest of Canada due to its Irish, Southwest English, and Bristol influences.
Newfound land is absolutely identical to Irish speaking
I could do that too, i just don’t want to.
Watching him switch between accents so smoothly is like watching a magic trick...
Not even kidding, get me a podcast or a monthly special on WIRED of Erik and his fellow linguists discussing accents and speech trends.
check out lingthusiasm! one of the experts here also featured on an ep of that podcast. they discuss all kinds of linguistics topics, not just accents, in an approachable way
Great idea
Better than Amy Walker?? 🤣🤣🤣
There are a lot out there!
Yessssss yes yes a weekly podcast please. There is so much to learn!
I am continously forgetting how his voice originally sounds
Same! He had me rofl when that deep east coast accent said 'lots of lemon lollipops... I like to lick them" 😂😂😂 I can just see the stereotypical construction worker saying I like to lick them!
He probably does too 😂
yes lmaooo 🤣
Because he is so handsome.
He changes so fluidly.
This dude is literally at the point of understanding accents where he can just mix and match inflections like a smoothie
he certainly does a great impression of the generic suburban US white-guy accent... the accent that nobody wants to talk about.
@@willritter4076 lol I think that's his native accent
This was sick! Not only super fun and interesting to hear someone so in tune with linguistics all across North America, but the history of how some of these accents came to be was fascinating
This guy is one of the most diverse and accurate linguist I've ever heard when it comes to replicating accents. He is pretty much dead on and can switch between them almost instantly. Very highly skilled at his profession!
Add on to that his willingness to defer to colleagues and native speakers when he does not have the expertise.
@Trickeration lol so he's native to New York, Boston, Rhode Island, North Carolina, etc? No he's just white so he's allowed to do those, but God forbid he observe and attempt to replicate how anyone with melanin in their skin talks. A bunch of clowns
I was just thinking that. too. Talented .
He even gets New Orleans right!
That mindfvck moment when you realise he's subtly changing his narrating accent to match the content, lmfao. HE IS GOOOOOOD. But now I'm confused. How does this guy ACTUALLY sound?!
I wonder if even he has trouble
He does slip back into what I *think* is his normal accent, which is very generic.
Generic. And it probably switches based on who he's talking to.
however he wants to, apparently
@Paul Stejskal Kansas is so flat that it's affected the accent
"Hi, I'm Erik Singer, and everyone watches this channel because of me"
That's what he should have said in the intro lol
Couldn't agree more!
Yup!!! I’m here for it... 😍
Yeah, that would be realy good intro😊👍
@@Chyja that chapter
Man y’all are desperate
i love how we have side explanations for the other race/ethnicity accents! it's been said asian american accents are an emerging study!
He shifts accents so fluidly, like turning a dial on an FM radio.
Everyone in America: “I don’t have an accent.”
@KingAlex21 - every single person who speaks, ever, has an accent.
hahahahahahahha America Stupid hahahahahahahahhahah
I grew up in western PA. I'm well aware of the Yinzer accent.
I had my coworker who speaks russian tell me she didn't think she had one And I was like honey literally EVERYBODY has an accent. I have a PNW/Idaho accent. You have a slight russian/pnw accent.
You don’t hear your accent cause everyone around you speaks like you.
Can’t even remember what his normal voice sounds like now
Nor does he
@@は私です彼の名前 its what I wanted to say. Dude sounds like he struggels to hold his own accent:P
ik im confussed, I dont know if he is using a accent or not
@@Cowatude lol
This video is an absolute delight! The accent expert does a fantastic job of showcasing the diversity of American accents and provides a fascinating insight into the various linguistic and cultural influences that shape them. I learned so much about the different regions of the United States and the unique characteristics of their accents. It's clear that a lot of research and effort went into making this video, and it really paid off. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in linguistics or just curious about the rich tapestry of American speech =)
when everyone in the group project does their part
_r a r e_
😂💯
Without leaving their contribution to the eleventh hour.
We love to see it!
THIS is the best comment LOOOOL
I did phone (tech) support for a few years and I could start to identify people's locations by their accents. I love linguistics and this is an amazing thing to watch.
I do too
YES!!!!
You should have done this video man!!
And this guy is very talented to get them right and be able to do it on command like that.
I know, it's fun. For some reason NY accents make me laugh, I'm so used to so many saracastic sounding comedians with that accent. I have a bad habit of mimicking foreign accents, makes me sound slightly racist . .
I can't believe I've had to wait this long to finally see this man actually show off his accent skills.
This is the coolest video I’ve seen in a long time. Would love other countries if Erik is up for it!
I bet homie has forgotten what his own voice actually sounds like.
Bruh, as a speaker of different languages, student of many dialects, I wonder often what my own is. This is the continuous melding of language and the human experience.
@@joethecounselor I speak 4 languages pretty regularly. I have different tone and "persona" in each one. It gets freaky when people point out my mood change when I'm speaking to people.
@@krisostomoyabarrera2255 Yes! I see this time and again. Our language seems to emote our personality. Languages add meaning beyond our initial thoughts interpreted by others based on their own experiences. We assign meanings to words we place between languages that we might not have said that are implicit in the second. My wife and I decided a core concept to our marriage in English, "The nicer we are, the nicer we'll be." To my Spanish speaking clients, "Lo mas simpatico estemos, lo mas simpatico seremos"(add accents), means so much more. It really defines what I meant to say in the first place. Languages have meanings that go beyond our simple intentions.
@@krisostomoyabarrera2255 I’m fluent in spanish and english, in english I’m more proper but when I speak spanish things kinda just flow out of my mouth
Standard American, or he lives in Certain parts of Florida
Now, you need to get recordings of people with all of these accents saying "I don't have an accent."
🤣🤣🤣
Ha!
Hahahaha 🤣
Reminds me of this video th-cam.com/video/2qKBRnyWleU/w-d-xo.html
I live in sc and have a really strong accent, even for sc, so ppl always tell me my accent is strong but that is always my reply 🤣
He spoke with accents so often I forget what he actually sounds like.
He probably forgot too
When he speaks without an accent, your in Ohio.
I definitely knew accent knowledge was a thing…but you all brought the interest in it full fledged 100%. Thank you!
The way Erik can change his accent on command is actually terrifying
if by terrifying you mean attractive then yes, consider me frightened.
He could rob a bank in each dialect location and confuse the country.
@@oliviachavez6896 😂👏🏻
spy status
Terrifying? Lol
It never gets old hearing Eric switch so fluidly between such distinct accents. It's one thing to understand accents and be able to explain plosives and fronting and all the other specifics of an accent, but it's a whole other thing to be able to actually pull them off, and it's yet another level of skill to be able to switch between them at will, with seemingly no thought, and stay so consistantly convincing.
Absolutely brilliant.
You can always tell when someone is an expert when they take a complicated skill or concept and handle it like it’s simple and easy to do. He does this perfectly
What is his own accept though :D
Wired out here getting Erik Singer to say “I like to lick ‘em” AND then later actually lick his finger on camera. Single-handedly saving the union. Thank you for your service.
I love how he just rolls into a new accent and speaks it so well.
When he briefly does an Italian styler New York accent, he uses his hands more than in any other accent
U 🫲🏾 can’t 🫱🏾 help 🤌🏾 it 😂😂😂
See the Offensive Translator video.
I believe that if you go to Italy and speak with an Italian accent, and talk with your hands, they will understand you. >;^D
@@chrisrussell63 😄
@Lina S ya, my family moved up to be northerners so they don't use their hands at all.
This is actually the first one of these “accent tour” videos that acknowledges the different black dialects instead of just treating them as a monolithic “AAVE”. Huge props
LOVE it!!!! I need so much more of them!
I bet he could do black and latino accents himself but it might be like sonic black face?
@@hannahep5148 It's definitely not but to avoid people thinking that, that's what he did.
He did not hit my NC accent so that's great. I've got that "take all the NCs and try to mellow them out but then accidentally make them too country on words like For"
I was like “WOOOOOW”
I feel like this guy could play Matthew McConaughey in a movie
I also heard a little Matthew McConaughey in this guy...i was hoping i wasn't wrong until i found your comment.
i was just about to comment this! his voice during some of his southern accents sounds EXACTLY like matthew mccounaughey if you closed your eyes.
Alright alright
10:20
Lol I thought the same thing
A hand to the editors of this video, they did an incredible job 👏👏
"My name is Erik Singer, and this is my MasterClass"
I feel lucky to get this content for free.
I would pay for this.
Yeah for sure. Eric is awesome
This is about 1000x times better than anything MasterClass has produced.
Listening to him switch accents is like seeing a gymnast on uneven bars. So impressive.
omg that's such a great way to put it. sick visual!!!
I am in awe, its flawless & effortless. Very impressive!!!!
Respectfully; this man is getting positively jacked. Respectfully.
At least someone is using lockdown season to make some gains
it was the "Respectfully" for me lol
I wish you hadn't pointed out. But I see it. Respectfully ;)
He looks like a great seat, if I'm allowed to be respectfully disrespectful.
@shmoney vibes Major projecting. This kind of outlook isn't going to solve your self-esteem issues and fear of being the cringy one, Bud.
This is so fascinating. There's a lot more to North Carolina, too. Piedmont/central part of the state, and the coastal region. They each have their own accents. It's true that in bigger cities they tend to be less pronounced.
I'm in Georgia right now, in the Low Country, and I really want to hear more accents around here, now.
I love hearing all this history of locations and people! It's so much fun.
I just want to talk to this man and have him dissect my accent
@@deechonada that actually sounds pretty cool
@@deechonada you better delete this comment and call someone important... That's a million dollar idea right there.
@@HJ-fb8uu HAHA I'll take your advice
@@deechonada I'm serious! lol
Yes!!!😭😭
Dudes like "I'm not about to imitate black people, allow my black friends do it"
@@o0TheKillerFish0o Transatlantic slave trade is false now? I suppose my history degree is worthless.
Smart dude
@@o0TheKillerFish0o everything she says is related to what caused these dialects
It’s classy and smart. His black and Latino colleagues are more accurate than he would likely be.
@@o0TheKillerFish0o You cannot be this dense.. smh
I have seen seasoned actors butcher the Southern accent time and again but Erik nails each and every nuance to the point of creepiness! This guy could infiltrate any region with impressions of being a local! This is absolutely brilliant!!
I hate when actors attempt the Boston accent. Cringeworthy
@@williamberry4615 Who I think kinda nailed it was Lawrence Fishburne in Mystic River.
Nicholas cage totally mutilated the southern accent on con-air.
Bendick cumberbatch 🤦♂️
I'm a foreigner studying the English language as a second language for years because I always loved the sound of it. I like all English accents but the American English accent is favorite. I love listening to my American friends speaking it 😊
Which one?
honestly his ability to switch seamlessly between accents mid sentence and not screw up is reeeally impressive
Give this man a series, this content is so interesting.
The man, the myth, the accents legend.
I would absolutely LOVE if Erik made a video breaking down the accent performances of all the TF2 mercs! They're such a varied and iconic cast with iconic voices and it would be fun to see someone picking the performances apart!
9 minutes in and I literally can't tell if he's speaking with a base American accent or if he's still in Plymouth mode
same lmao
he is bouncing alllllll over the place, changing between phrases and words
I think he can't decide either.
He’s speaking in whichever accent he’s talking about...
@@sisforsurfing shockingly enough I understand the concept of the video
He has such control over his voice, to immediately move between all these accents in fluent speech. An amazing talent!
Voice has nothing to do with it lol. He has control over the positions of his tongue.
@@illillyillyo also known as his voice
*Me after watching the video*: "I've forgotten how to speak my own accent"
Every time I listen to him switching accents every few seconds I just stare with my mouth open. Fascinating and impressive lol
"Why did he stop doing an accent?" -when he gets to where you live.
He got to Philly and i sat there thinking "wtf kind of accent is that??"
Aye, whereupon he got to the Pilgrims I was all in confusion
When he got to Virginia confusion hit me
I guess O-How (Ohio to ya'll) and the Midwest isn't much to talk about 'eh?
As a native North Carolinian, his NC accent was actually spot on. That was as good as the accent gets for a typical North Carolinian. Obviously, the more country you get in NC the thicker the accent but his accent was a perfect representation of the majority of NC.
I literally cannot get enough of Erik Singer’s expertise, but I really appreciate how Wired brought the diasporic element in too with the various professors/linguists. Very excited for the next part(s)!
Its absolutely fascinating and so important to talk about not just the white accents ❤️
I like that they put the diverse languages in, but the linguist talking about politics was kinda off-key and random.
I wish you were as enthusiastic for word meaning as you are for accents. Please research how to use the word “literally”.
Tbh, I'd bet some of it is that he doesn't want to be a white guy imitating various African-American dialects. There is no shortage of people that would offend, mostly for historical reasons.
@@user-gu1ed1kb8x The history was necessary to understand the different accents within Black communities. I saw nothing wrong with this inclusion.
Giving you BIG kudos for not overlooking African, Hispanic, and Native American accents.
Yea that was cool hopefully they show the latino influence in the southwest portion
Facts! That's so important
Hispanic accents are so heavily under looked, I had knew Hispanics had a bit of an accent, but didn’t know what they were called until now.
Especially that they make a point of saying it's not all encompassing. It's a variation within a region. So there's many African, Latino, Native American varieties.
Agreed, but wish they hadn’t used the slur form of Latino
Oh my gosh, this series is vital.
This dude is my favorite guest they have on here
As a non native English speaker I've spent a lot of effort in trying to blend, and although I don't sound as most of my countrymen when speaking English I certainly sound foreign. That used to bother me but when I realized that even native English speakers can't fully imitate another accent I stopped worrying. I certainly try to pronounce the best I can but keeping an accent is part of my own identity.
Its already hard enough learning an entire new language but to try and sound as much like a native is such a difficult job to put on your shoulders. Pronunciation is obviously important for the purpose of understanding, but generally people get the jist of what you're saying even if you're pronouncing it a little wrong. Don't burden yourself with those pressures. It usually takes context to understand someone, a few missing words or pronunciation mishaps won't prevent too much understanding.
The short of it is - if people understand you and you have relayed whatever you are trying to communicate then the accent doesn't matter. ANyone judging you on your accent has bigger issues and it's not your problem.
This was a free masterclass
Yes
Yep! Well said. Me: the Internet is full of memes and stupid people shouting at each other. Also me: The Internet is an incredible repository of knowledge.
This is the best thing I've seen on TH-cam in a while - so incredibly interesting! Thank you Wired.
At the turn of the tide, he returned, when we needed him the most.
This would have gone absolutely crazy as a “one guy 100 accents” video 10 years ago
oh my gosh yes
Male Amy Walker lol
I know he's an accent expert but the smooth transition is just
erik singer doing a video analysing the accents found in shetland would make my life
Isn't Eric tired of carrying wired on his back all these years?
All that weight has clearly made him swole
These are the only wired videos I watch
Well, it’s his channel now haha
EriK
@@lefleurdulmal I was about to say, good thing his shoulders are broad enough to carry all that wait
I wonder if Erik even remembers how his natural accent sounded.
Erik
@@erikomalley818 Thank you.
Erik
He probably does. Though I imagine he's had to rehearse it a few times. I play around with mine so much it morphs mid conversation.
Erik
I wrote "accent daddy" and this was the third video. Not disappointed.
2nd video for me.
🤣🤣🤣
Accurate
And what were you intending to search for...might i ask? :P
@@Ebiru2387 EXACTLY THIS a friend told me "accent daddy made a new video" so hey
Erik: "Southern Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Northern Florida"
Me: OOOH Here comes the best part
Now you know why they use the hard 'r', cause they're rhotic!!
Alright
@@franchisejman595 Oh, cmon bro HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Major props to them for differentiating the areas of Florida
How do we know he's not actually British and just really good at his job?
WE. DON'T.
That's the problem with dialect coaches. You never know D:
Plot twist: he's South African
Kiwi for sure.
For all we know he could be Japanese.
The Return of the King
@Rogal Hokk i still don't quite know why you posted this, but thank you for your service to humanity
I love the care for diversity in the video!
You misspelled "fear of being cancelled"
The fact that he mentioned Rhode Island is great. It’s like NY and Boston had a child.
My family has a gravely Boston accent.
It's a very cursed accent lol
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Agreed lol
Long Island is very different than the city. And its disappearing as the years go on.... my mother had some cassette tapes of her and her siblings recording fake radio shows and i was amazed how thick their accents were compared to now. Its an italian family. im sure i have a slight new york accent but i really think as time goes on, peoples accents kind of merge. at least here. and age is a factor.
Boston accents are dying out too sadly. People are conforming and just speaking with generic American accents.
@@aubreygraham5821 the standardisation of language at school and the internet and also entertainment really accelerate the dying of the accents, with the standardisation the kids learn the standardized english of their teacher that teach the correct pronunciation, and with the internet they are exposed to more accents and leaving their own features more and more and immigrants children will also develop that standard rather than making their own, and with entertainment they will be exposed and will pick up on the accent of their entertainment rather than their own region just like how some texan girl will have an valley girl accent because their media
@@aubreygraham5821 Why "sadly">? Why be attached to an accent? The purpose of language is to communicate and be understood, adapting towards the most common accent will make you successful in that regard.
@@rdizzy1 think of language as cooking a meal. You can choose different meals took cook (different languages) and within those meals you can add different spices/ingredients (accents) everyone knows what meal it is but it just adds to the flavor.
It's the difference between boxed mac and cheese and grandma's mac and cheese
@@krystal4378 I still can't grasp why people have the attachment. I also don't get most traditions in general though. (Doing something simply because it has been done in the past)
Is this guy single handedly responsible for the decline of comically bad accents in movies?
personally i was impressed & intrigued in his ability to do the different accents.
Literally some of the most accurately portrayed accents I've heard...
Dude said screw Tony Montana
Ehh. His Boston is just okay
Idk, but I do know he’s, in all seriousness, responsible for Wired’s technique critique series and the dozen copycat series other TH-cam channels rushed into production to capitalize off his popularity.
Born and raised in southeastern coastal north carolina never realized how diverse the states accents were!! What a great video
His ability to explain and convey various accents, switching gears even mid-sentence, is truly amazing. I'm a huge fan of accents and dialects and this is dizzying. Living and growing up in the NYC area you hear various subtleties between them. They could devote another 20 minutes to just the NYC/New Jersey accents.
When I think of New York accent, I can never help but hear Archie Bunker. 😆
Well that IS his job
As a Gullah/Geech you don't know how happy I am to see our language/dialect get some light! We outchya fuh reel!!
Stacey, this needs to be highlighted more.
Finally! A video on American accents that doesn't completely ignore black people. Thank you.
If its on American then it'll include all . no need to seperate or categorize
Ugh 😒
He ignored the growing and substantial Asian population in NYC though, but this is an overview of the whole country and the effect will be more in the future. My neighborhood in Brooklyn is at least 50% Asian, mostly Chinese. Eventually their accent will soak in but not as much as it would have 100 years ago before films, tv, and internet. He missed the Jewish influence also on old NYC accents. But the video is not just about NYC!
@@emjayay don't worry, they'll get replaced by Hispanics.
Welcome to being White.
@@emjayay it's because there aren't many Asians outside of major cities, they're like 2-5 percent of the population outside of cities. But their number are definitely growing.
One interesting thing I picked up is that the only time I could really tell he wasn't speaking an accent natively was when he was doing the "piney woods" accent that I grew up speaking (we just called it general southern when I studied linguistics in college). I'm curious if it was the same way for speakers of the other dialects where you might be able to tell someone is doing it (very well) as an affectation.
i feel like this man could find my address by just having a conversation with me
i cant, this man is attractive AND he can do a million accents
I've seen this comment on every critical role video.
Agreed
@@MrSmithers So people just tell the truth...
@@MrSmithers yeah, if he was plain looking he would not be as talented....cough
"Honey wake up, WIRED just uploaded a new Erik Singer video."
Sounds like something my future husband will say
I totally would have become a linguist if I had seen this video in college. Great video.
don't even know what his "real" accent is anymore
He does not either
He doesn’t really have an accent
@@beautifulbeaner wtf does that even mean
@@beautifulbeaner That's literally not possible
I would like but I'm gonna let it stay at 666
"Diversity in this diverse city"
This man is goood
As opposed to traverse city, michigan.
Fascinating, thorough, and the inclusion of all the different types of English, including creoles is exactly the approach to linguistics that has been needed for a long time. All the presenters are excellent and clear masters of their craft. I can't wait for Part Two.
Love that almost a quarter of this video is dedicated to North Carolina. This guy rules.
I've been dying to hear him actually use the accents he talks about. This was a lot of fun.