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

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What it is

Dialect coach Erik Singer tours a range of accents across North America with linguists in Part 2 of WIRED's accent series. It covers regional distinctions such as Southern Mississippi, Miami and Utah English.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as an enjoyable, accessible tour of US accents and cite it in threads on vowel shifts and dialects.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “I loved this video which does a tour of US accents.”

    Tour of US accents

    tstrimple, 2025-03 · Strong recommendation · in “The US island that speaks Elizabethan English”

  2. “wired did a pretty good series on accents in the US recently on youtube”

    Series on US accents from Wired

    AbsoluteDestiny, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “The Pin-Pen Merger (2020)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: accents, dialects, linguistics, erik singer, regional english

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