About this episode

This episode features sociolinguist Valerie Fridland discussing accents and pronunciation differences between Americans and Brits.

Why do Americans and Brits have the accents they have? Sociolinguist, professor and author Valerie Fridland joins Rob and Jess this week to discuss why we talk funny. 🍮 Does 'caramel' have one or two syllables? 🪶 Do Americans sound more like Shakespeare than Brits? 🎩 Why do some accents sound 'posher' than others? These questions answered, an many more, in another gloriously nerdy episode of Words Unravelled. 📘 VALERIE'S BOOKS 📕 Why We Talk Funny: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744046/why-we-talk-funny-by-valerie-fridland/ Like, Literally, Dude: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671558/like-literally-dude-by-valerie-fridland/ 👕 OUR MERCH 👚 US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/ EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/ 🎥 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/t71jZBSfack

People in this episode

Hosts: RobWords, Jess Zafarris

Guest: Valerie Fridland

Topics covered

• accents
• sociolinguistics
• American English
• British English
• pronunciation
• cultural differences

Keywords

• caramel
• accents
• sociolinguist
• pronunciation
• cultural differences
• Valerie Fridland
• American English
• British English

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Why We Talk Funny, Like, Literally, Dude

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