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  • Ever wonder why we pronounce words differently than we did 100 years ago? Dialect coach Erik Singer breaks down four of the most mind-blowing facts we know about human language.
    CORRECTION: The scan shown at 4:44 is an ultrasound image, not an MRI. We regret the error.
    Check out more from Erik here: www.eriksinger.com/
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  • @cuchelo1
    @cuchelo1 Před 4 lety +6569

    Erik Singer: Would anyone like to know ab-
    World: Yes.

    • @Andrea-xs4ny
      @Andrea-xs4ny Před 4 lety +7

      Ha! Love it!

    • @melissapeterson1298
      @melissapeterson1298 Před 4 lety +70

      Yep. I would like him to explain everything about anything ever

    • @homemacai
      @homemacai Před 4 lety +5

      Exactly

    • @juliadandy6019
      @juliadandy6019 Před 4 lety +20

      Yes! I clicked the thumbs up before the video even started.

    • @brookenjonas
      @brookenjonas Před 4 lety +16

      There will never be a time where I don’t want to watch a new Erik Singer video over and over again

  • @jenniferhiemstra5228
    @jenniferhiemstra5228 Před 4 lety +8253

    I appreciate WIRED for paying attention to the fact that somehow his videos just clicked with the masses, we all love him, and continue to make videos with him.

    • @itsartline
      @itsartline Před 4 lety +22

      So true

    • @MOLLYDOLLIGHT
      @MOLLYDOLLIGHT Před 4 lety +156

      It must really tap into a pervasive curiousity or knowledge gap. We all speak without being able to question these details its lovely that we seek to understand

    • @jenniferhiemstra5228
      @jenniferhiemstra5228 Před 4 lety +23

      MOLLYDOLLIGHT Could be both...there’s a revolution on the horizon and I think people are possibly starting to realize the key to a well functioning society is knowledge.
      And wow didn’t expect my comment to blow up 😜

    • @Connor-kd3mv
      @Connor-kd3mv Před 4 lety +8

      $$$

    • @kai2860
      @kai2860 Před 4 lety +3

      Yess! I’m so happy that they listen to us , I love these so much

  • @noseofsauron236
    @noseofsauron236 Před 4 lety +5407

    Next episode: Erik Singer reads thirst comments...in 17 different accents.

  • @christianvasbinder1248
    @christianvasbinder1248 Před 4 lety +7769

    Erik Singers shoulders must hurt, single handedly carrying Wired like this.

  • @LangTheBigWang
    @LangTheBigWang Před 4 lety +2580

    Can we please get a video of him doing accents?

    • @Jennyfisch
      @Jennyfisch Před 4 lety +92

      YES! I saw him speak with a flawless english and welsh accent in another video very briefly and wanted to hear more ever since.

    • @erinlee5936
      @erinlee5936 Před 4 lety +10

      @@Jennyfisch Which video was this? Was it another Wired video?

    • @marissapieper2676
      @marissapieper2676 Před 4 lety +31

      @Erin Lee It’s “Why Americans Suck at British Accents” by INSIDER. :)

    • @fresh7081
      @fresh7081 Před 4 lety +1

      omg YESSSSS

    • @changes2015
      @changes2015 Před 4 lety +1

      Yessssssssssssss

  • @m_a_k_e_n_n_a
    @m_a_k_e_n_n_a Před 4 lety +3479

    when the disembodied female voice said "iɪeɛæaəɑɒɔʌoʊu" I felt that

  • @bugzzz012
    @bugzzz012 Před 4 lety +2338

    The fact that one dude just invented that "old hollywood" accent is crazy to me, I really thought that's how everyone spoke before. Thanks Erik!!!!!!!!

    • @anaussie213
      @anaussie213 Před 4 lety +112

      He didn’t invent it, it was the 18th and 19th century London upper class accent (also used by the royals). The “mid-Atlantic” version is when an American speaks it (Stewie griffin is a perfect example). He just promoted its use as a “standard” language for use in radio and then early film (so regional accents didn’t stick out to listeners/watchers).

    • @erikmclaren8477
      @erikmclaren8477 Před 4 lety +8

      william f buckley talks like that

    • @Toast0808
      @Toast0808 Před 4 lety +4

      Singer has it wrong. Tilly didn’t invent it. So much for the smug “expert”.

    • @janettejack7721
      @janettejack7721 Před 4 lety +8

      That's way I always thought that Cary Grant sounded Australian !! Because the bloke who invented the "Old Hollywood " "movie star" accent was an Australian, it all makes sense now. 😅

    • @brookenjonas
      @brookenjonas Před 4 lety

      Official 80's Classics thank you

  • @crustaceandroolcube
    @crustaceandroolcube Před 4 lety +2202

    since erik's last name is literally singer, a video about how languages or accents change when singing vs speaking would be fire

    • @lucydoodles2020
      @lucydoodles2020 Před 4 lety +24

      I second this

    • @KelMonstah
      @KelMonstah Před 4 lety +47

      I've always wondered about that. A lot of those great old New Wave bands of the 80's were British, but a lot of them masked, whether intentionally or not.

    • @petrathorsty3833
      @petrathorsty3833 Před 4 lety +30

      As a New Zealander who just became aware of the fact I sing with a very American accent, this would be very useful 😂

    • @QuailFare
      @QuailFare Před 4 lety +10

      @@petrathorsty3833 Hahaha, this would be a great discussion for Erik. Dude, when I heard Kimbra speak in an interview I was like "SHE'S A NEW ZEALANDER?" xD

    • @polliec8443
      @polliec8443 Před 4 lety +13

      A lot of vowel pronunciation in singing isn't usually about air control. Changing how you form a vowel with your mouth can let out a lot, or little, air. It can also make the difference between hitting a note or not if someone is at the high or low end of their range.

  • @graceandglamor
    @graceandglamor Před 4 lety +1795

    WIRED you know we need at least 40 mins of this guy. PAY THE MAN!

    • @w8an2
      @w8an2 Před 4 lety

      nice to be 1000th like

    • @graceandglamor
      @graceandglamor Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks for all the likes! Y’all the real MVPs, hopefully their social media person relays the message ❤️

    • @greenLimeila
      @greenLimeila Před měsícem

      I just want him to have his own channel at this point

  • @j0epark1
    @j0epark1 Před 4 lety +3431

    I wouldn't be mad if y'all posted an Erik Singer dialect video EVERY DAY.

  • @BoobsIndeed
    @BoobsIndeed Před 4 lety +951

    As an American I find it so strange that our "R" is hard for other people, yet I can't roll an r in a Spanish word to save my life.

    • @mindral1289
      @mindral1289 Před 4 lety +56

      @Alexis Hickman for YEARS I've struggled with rolling my r's. For my native tongue I went to speech therapy but that taught me one way of saying it but not how to roll it.
      You explained it perfectly and it just worked! Thank you! I'll keep practicing with that tip in mind!!

    • @dmboy1396
      @dmboy1396 Před 4 lety +33

      Coincidentally, Brazilian Portuguese (at least in my region) has this same R, guess I was a little bit lucky there lmao

    • @matthewcowell
      @matthewcowell Před 4 lety +17

      It makes sense now. I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2017. My trail name was 'Tatters'. I STRUGGLED to say it properly around other Americans with my Australian accent. I'd say 'taddas', and then immediately have to try to roll the r sound out so it made sense, like taa-dderrrrrrs, and REALLY slow down how i said it.

    • @rociopaoloni5080
      @rociopaoloni5080 Před 4 lety +20

      I'm Spanish native speaker, my very own name starts with a r (initial r sounds more stronger than an r in the middle of a word but less than a double r) and I can't say it quite properly unless paying attention to my tongue. I always had a 'lazy' tongue that did the r more akin to the English one that the proper Spanish one. It was more noticeable when I was a kid. There are people I know that just can say r at all, they used a 'ga' or 'gu' sound that make them appear as they were Frenchs trying to poorly perfom a Spanish r. So don't feel bad about it, it isn't something easy and given to some Spanish speakers either.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 4 lety +8

      Try pronouncing the French _R_ .
      Japanese speakers try to say _girl_ , _rhythm_ , _rock 'n' roll_ , and _curry_ into smart phone speech recognition with hilarious results. czcams.com/video/FOEwO58a_w8/video.html

  • @abigaildrake3936
    @abigaildrake3936 Před 4 lety +622

    me: has taken multiple language and phonetics courses
    also me: says wow every time erik says a basic fact about language

  • @jono_jpg
    @jono_jpg Před 4 lety +2978

    When are we going to get a compilation of Erik Singer nailing 100 different accents?

    • @22lilbean
      @22lilbean Před 4 lety +36

      Just because you know how, dosen't mean you can.

    • @GreenDudeHC
      @GreenDudeHC Před 4 lety +63

      @@22lilbean He has done a few accents himself through the videos including some very uncommon ones so I'm sure he has a decent amount he could showcase in a video.

    • @kelseysanchez3697
      @kelseysanchez3697 Před 4 lety +6

      I need this.

    • @hiimchrisj
      @hiimchrisj Před 4 lety +16

      Well like he often says, doing accents is a really difficult thing.
      Like I noticed that he got a lot of flack for an english accent he did on one of the episodes but fact of the matter is it's an unfair criticism because what he was doing was both just on the spot and in an attempt to demonstrate a set of characteristics he was pointing out.
      He knows quite a lot about all the characteristic sounds of a lot of common languages and accents but it's a difference of being able to identify all those and hit all them correctly and actually prepping enough and basically "breaking in" the accent to actually nail it.
      If anything I'm sure given enough prep time he can do a full video in a different accent and make it sound completely natural but I don't think jumping between a bunch of different accents naturally is really an option unless he went for impressions which would defeat the purpose.

    • @AvauntVanguard
      @AvauntVanguard Před 4 lety +2

      @@22lilbean He did a really solid african one at one point. So he's probably fairly credible.

  • @jackson15williams
    @jackson15williams Před 4 lety +2536

    Oh gawd why doesn't he have his own channel?

    • @jackson15williams
      @jackson15williams Před 4 lety +76

      @Raul Victor he does have a channel actually. It's more of a promotion for his business so you're right

    • @zenith8417
      @zenith8417 Před 4 lety +48

      @Raul Victor Considering how knowledgeable and reliable he is, it makes sense why he'd charge for his lessons.

    • @uncomfortablecat
      @uncomfortablecat Před 4 lety +6

      He does have his own CZcams channel.

    • @Juli.29
      @Juli.29 Před 4 lety +1

      He has a little Twitter account which might be worth following for you :) twitter.com/accentvoiceguy

    • @luf4rall
      @luf4rall Před 4 lety +5

      @Raul Victor don't know if he gets paid or paid that much for these as these videos have made him very popular so it's good promotion

  • @metatronatra
    @metatronatra Před 4 lety +1547

    I wonder if he's constantly aware of his own accent when speaking

    • @carlr458
      @carlr458 Před 4 lety +172

      You can hear him purposefully putting emphasis on things like his T's.
      He's definitely either been doing it so long it just happens or he's always aware.

    • @chknrsandTBBTROX73
      @chknrsandTBBTROX73 Před 4 lety +36

      I honestly hear the way I say words now because of Erik Singer

    • @pamelanobre6921
      @pamelanobre6921 Před 4 lety +3

      metatronatra you can be sure he is hahahah

    • @FamousGirlfriend
      @FamousGirlfriend Před 4 lety +32

      I wonder if he's constantly aware of other people's accents. Imagine how many uncomfortable dinner parties he must have attended. Awkward silence has never been more silent.

    • @Gdilse
      @Gdilse Před 4 lety +15

      Yes, linguistics will do that to you

  • @goldeneagle5085
    @goldeneagle5085 Před 4 lety +309

    Eric: "happens all the TIME"
    Also Eric : *wheeze*

  • @JKatniss
    @JKatniss Před 4 lety +1768

    Can we have a video of him guessing what people's accents are?

    • @ethanolcarbonyl4025
      @ethanolcarbonyl4025 Před 4 lety +11

      I will add a like to make this 70 likes...... cause im a good person
      Edit: but suddenly while typing this comment..... someone just liked.............there are more good people in this world than i thought

    • @andreasbuder4417
      @andreasbuder4417 Před 4 lety +15

      Forget it! He will not only tell you, what accent you have, but also that you do it wrong!

    • @Bobbelebob
      @Bobbelebob Před 4 lety

      He'd get every single one right lol

    • @camyxx991
      @camyxx991 Před 4 lety +3

      Yes! I’ve always wanted to know if he would be able to tell what the person’s first language is just based on their accent when speaking English!

    • @Jesshit
      @Jesshit Před 4 lety

      SocietyNeedsToCrumble I was literally thinking this exact thing on the same channel and everything! Lol

  • @jo8895
    @jo8895 Před 4 lety +1184

    If this became Erik's personal channel I think everyone would be okay with that

    • @Bioshockerlol
      @Bioshockerlol Před 4 lety +7

      Make it the Erik channel, or honestly bust open something like a Masterclass with 5 commonly used accents. I'd pay for that.

    • @TheBaldOne
      @TheBaldOne Před 4 lety +5

      Its what's stopping me subscribing... i don't want the rest of the stuff on my timeline, just these videos.

    • @thefox6862
      @thefox6862 Před 4 lety

      He does have his own channel. Its called dialect coach erik singer

    • @atomictraveller
      @atomictraveller Před 4 lety

      please use a phase vocoder based stretch process next time shudder
      why not use the word phoneme

    • @Bioshockerlol
      @Bioshockerlol Před 4 lety

      the Fox true but he hasn’t updated it in 2 years.

  • @---qy9uv
    @---qy9uv Před 4 lety +468

    someone called him the dialect daddy, and that’s all i call him now lol

  • @Good2GrowYT
    @Good2GrowYT Před 4 lety +329

    The end of Wired is when Erik starts his own CZcams channel.

    • @chocmilkshake24
      @chocmilkshake24 Před 4 lety +8

      NERDTINGSS he already has one.

    • @samaraisnt
      @samaraisnt Před 4 lety +3

      @@chocmilkshake24 SHUT UP LINK OR I DONT BELIEVE YOU WHAT

    • @chocmilkshake24
      @chocmilkshake24 Před 4 lety +7

      @@samaraisnt calm down bro: czcams.com/channels/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw.html
      You're welcome

  • @Jamie_kemp
    @Jamie_kemp Před 4 lety +1175

    *PLOT TWIST*
    He's actually scottish, he's been doing an accent the whole time...

    • @cameronturnbow8004
      @cameronturnbow8004 Před 4 lety +65

      Not true. It is a simple matter of fact that it is impossible for a scottish man to speak in anything but a scottish accent.

    • @Tob1Kadach1
      @Tob1Kadach1 Před 4 lety +150

      @@cameronturnbow8004 Tell that to David Tennant & James McAvoy

    • @elioselectric468
      @elioselectric468 Před 4 lety

      Awesome

    • @EngineMashups
      @EngineMashups Před 4 lety +21

      Tob1 Kadach1 And John barrowman

    • @Halinspark
      @Halinspark Před 4 lety +12

      @@EngineMashups And Craig Ferguson.

  • @airinghouse
    @airinghouse Před 4 lety +1489

    I want this guy to have a million videos talking about language. I'd make the popcorn.

    • @choicebarrelscrotes2732
      @choicebarrelscrotes2732 Před 4 lety +5

      Airing House if this stuff interests you, check out NativLang’s channel. A lot of content to whet your appetite, and you’ll be a lot more well equipped to go into the next Singer vid. He has a great video on the vowel shift and how Shakespearean English is pronounced, actually.

    • @tiffanyhopkins4351
      @tiffanyhopkins4351 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes, but how do you SAY popcorn? :)

    • @arianathough2070
      @arianathough2070 Před 4 lety +1

      I want three seasons and a movie

    • @airinghouse
      @airinghouse Před 4 lety

      @@choicebarrelscrotes2732 thanks for the suggestion! i'll check it out!

    • @MegCazalet
      @MegCazalet Před 4 lety

      Nah I’ll skip the popcorn. It would get in the way of trying to imitate the sounds.

  • @In_time
    @In_time Před 4 lety +164

    5:48 I’m so impressed that _one_ guy could get everyone to speak the way he wanted. He probably could’ve made “Fetch” happen too 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @SparklingSilverCurls
    @SparklingSilverCurls Před 4 lety +140

    My favorite example of the Trans-Atlantic language is when Phoebe on Friends meets Mike's family for the first time. "So, where does everyone summer..." Spot on Katherine Hepburn!

    • @GlennDavey
      @GlennDavey Před 3 lety +5

      "I say, let's make an accent that both Brits and Yanks will understand, we'll make a million, ra-ta-ta!"

    • @brookenjonas
      @brookenjonas Před 3 lety +1

      Omg yes and I love Friends

    • @laITAebella
      @laITAebella Před 2 lety +1

      Omg yes I love Katharine Hepburn.

  • @FiveFire555
    @FiveFire555 Před 4 lety +1684

    Y’all KNOW we love this man. Thank you.

    • @nomiromi3
      @nomiromi3 Před 4 lety +3

      @crazymiles14 the only christ i know is my lord n saviour gaga

  • @shannonoreilly4695
    @shannonoreilly4695 Před 4 lety +1252

    That trans-Atlantic accent explanation is something I never knew I wanted but now am so happy I learned.

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 Před 4 lety +21

      it's also quite sad and disgusting. accents are the best.

    • @jettrainbow
      @jettrainbow Před 4 lety +18

      @@jjc5475 Get a grip.

    • @gweilo8888
      @gweilo8888 Před 4 lety +12

      It's basically Received Pronunciation for Americans. (And I'm very surprised he didn't mention received pronunciation, as the parallel is so obvious.) Now I'm wondering if Canadians, Australians, Kiwis, South Africans etc. have their own equivalents of received pronunciation too?

    • @alexthomson6430
      @alexthomson6430 Před 4 lety +5

      i legit thought it was some long lost american accent

    • @Alanpie314
      @Alanpie314 Před 4 lety +1

      @Costa Rica 411 Teddy Roosevelt wanted the Government Printing Office to use "simplified English"-- "foto" for "photo", "thru" for "through", etc, but Congress wouldn't let him. But Noah Webster created "American English" by simplifying "English English" -- "center" for "centre", "esophagus" for "oesophagus", for example. Spelling is arbitrary. Why not make it easier?

  • @normathb8999
    @normathb8999 Před 4 lety +98

    3:06 - Erik Singer giggling at some linguistic nerd joke.
    Press replay in case of depression

    • @kalki3060
      @kalki3060 Před 3 lety

      Thank you love :')
      I was your 69th like but then some eejit took their like back.
      😔

    • @xiscaw
      @xiscaw Před 2 lety

      its not a nerd lingustic joke is literally just a pun bro

  • @la-pantarana
    @la-pantarana Před 4 lety +47

    1:24 THEY SHOWED THE MAN WHO TAUGHT ME THE CLICKS OF ISIXHOSA, MY LIFE IS COMPLETE

  • @camilogarciaylasaari1857
    @camilogarciaylasaari1857 Před 4 lety +690

    Two Erik Singer videos in the span of a couple of days? This is a greater gift than we deserve

  • @mypal1990
    @mypal1990 Před 4 lety +2116

    Dang. It's a shorter version of his usual episodes. But this will do.

    • @jackson15williams
      @jackson15williams Před 4 lety +3

      Go back to funhaus or Philly d... Why are you stalking me

    • @EverythingEverywable
      @EverythingEverywable Před 4 lety +7

      but it feels like a bonus since the last episode came out recently

    • @chrisjimenez2192
      @chrisjimenez2192 Před 4 lety +3

      Lol true
      Although bigger/longer may be better
      It's really more about how well you do with what you got 🤣😉

  • @jorgea.carrazanagarcia4496
    @jorgea.carrazanagarcia4496 Před 4 lety +102

    I love this man and I will only accept videos over 20 minutes with him in them

  • @TheAlps36
    @TheAlps36 Před 3 lety +8

    What I really like about the Great Vowel Shift is how not all parts of the UK were affected by it which is the main reason why Southern, Northern and Scottish UK English sound so different

  • @Gumbocinno
    @Gumbocinno Před 4 lety +500

    Yeah just keep him. This dude is great. Have him back as often as possible.

  • @mintyfresh9080
    @mintyfresh9080 Před 4 lety +1258

    As a linguistics major I shed tears of joy knowing that so many people love these videos with Erik. Always great to see a fellow language nerd getting the bag 🤘

    • @brookenjonas
      @brookenjonas Před 4 lety +14

      jomps spread the linguistic love ❤️🤘🏻

    • @hazelstratum
      @hazelstratum Před 4 lety +4

      Have you always thought you were good at analysing language? Asking since I'm considering to major in linguistic

    • @mintyfresh9080
      @mintyfresh9080 Před 4 lety +10

      @@hazelstratum I wouldn't say I was good at analyzing language, but I was constantly fascinated with foreign languages since freshman year of high school. But yeah, linguistics is super cool! The department at U of I is amazing and the classes are (mostly) very interesting. Definitely check out the ling programs at your nearby unis if you're interested in the field :D

    • @chris86simon
      @chris86simon Před 4 lety

      Guessing you also watch native lang then? Otherwise go have a look, its fascinating (not a linguistics major what so ever),

    • @loveshot98
      @loveshot98 Před 4 lety +6

      as a translation and linguistics master’s degree student, my heart is full

  • @ciadiac
    @ciadiac Před 4 lety +18

    I would be really interested if you could ever do something on how indigenous languages effect modern accents. For example, how/if Aboriginal language had an influence on modern day Australian accents.

  • @katy4639
    @katy4639 Před 3 lety +2

    Would love to see him make more videos! I LOVE learning about “correct speech”.

  • @user-zo5kh4zu8x
    @user-zo5kh4zu8x Před 4 lety +2166

    Coming soon: "Accent Expert Just Speaks about How Awesome Linguistics Is In General, and the Audience Listens Completely Entrhralled, becuse This Accent Expert Is Erik Singer".

  • @seonaelizabethcoster8465
    @seonaelizabethcoster8465 Před 4 lety +747

    Ok. People at WIRED, you absolutely need to make more of these videos. We all need more Erik Singer in our lives...

  • @LoveMeAndMend
    @LoveMeAndMend Před 4 lety +361

    It sounds like the Trans-Atlantic accent is essentially the American version of received pronunciation.

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob Před 4 lety +29

      Historically that just makes sense

    • @LoveMeAndMend
      @LoveMeAndMend Před 4 lety +2

      It totally does! I thought it was a really cool parallel.

    • @johneyon5257
      @johneyon5257 Před 4 lety +24

      i was a member of a mostly british messageboard years ago - and one of them commented on the "posh american" accents heard in the old american movies - ("posh" being a descriptive for received pronunciation or standard English)

    • @brookenjonas
      @brookenjonas Před 4 lety +1

      yeah pretty much

    • @themermaidstale5008
      @themermaidstale5008 Před 4 lety +10

      Great analogy. Broadcasters, radio announcers , etc. also learned a non-regional accent.

  • @mattbroughton4940
    @mattbroughton4940 Před 4 lety +2

    It's hard to stress just how fascinating a subject this is and how well Singer does to explain the various aspects of it. I could easily watch these for hours, eternal thanks for making them. Also, Erik - beard game is strong.

  • @HistoryReplay
    @HistoryReplay Před 4 lety +380

    Erik’s wheeze laugh when he made that reference to “Time” is why I’m here.

    • @AntonAdelson
      @AntonAdelson Před 4 lety

      I didn't understand why he made it. Please help!

    • @tricia8054
      @tricia8054 Před 4 lety +1

      @@AntonAdelson I just watched that, its cause he said "time" lol!

    • @HitGirl20
      @HitGirl20 Před 4 lety

      czcams.com/video/5aXmNle560k/video.html&t=185

    • @HistoryReplay
      @HistoryReplay Před 4 lety

      HitGirl20 omg this is amazing, thank you 👀

    • @kians.1079
      @kians.1079 Před 4 lety

      @@AntonAdelson In that segment, he talks about how the pronunciation of the word "time" changed over the years, and he repeatedly uses phrases that contain the word "time" in that short segment, e.g. "'Time' over time became to be 'time'".

  • @constipateddude1105
    @constipateddude1105 Před 4 lety +2434

    He protecc
    He attacc
    But most inportantly...
    THE LANGUAGE DUDE IS BACC

  • @goblingunk_
    @goblingunk_ Před 4 lety +2

    This is so fascinating. I could listen to him talk about languages endlessly.

  • @jadeyc1793
    @jadeyc1793 Před 4 lety +11

    The laugh after he explained ‘time’ 😍❤️

  • @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid
    @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid Před 4 lety +339

    Thumbnail: [contains Erik Singer]
    Everyone: **CLICK!!!**

  • @osiriswocky7349
    @osiriswocky7349 Před 4 lety +998

    Erik Singer video lengths:
    1st: 20m
    2nd: 29m
    3rd: 24m
    4th: 27m
    5th: 25m
    *6th: 6m*
    wth, WIRED

    • @holysecret2
      @holysecret2 Před 4 lety +21

      7th and onward: 1h-2h

    • @sappy.3xe
      @sappy.3xe Před 4 lety +27

      My dumbass thought you were talking meters smh

    • @Hummabubba
      @Hummabubba Před 4 lety +9

      @@sappy.3xe That got a real chuckle out of me

    • @tiltil9442
      @tiltil9442 Před 4 lety

      digestability

    • @Grinnar
      @Grinnar Před 4 lety +1

      It's almost 7 minutes, though.

  • @jakdee1295
    @jakdee1295 Před 4 lety +4

    Erik Singer is my favourite person on the internet. I could listen to him talk for hours.

  • @MadamSteamfunk
    @MadamSteamfunk Před 4 lety +109

    me to dialect daddy: "so what that tongue do?" 😏
    dialect daddy: "we're speaking english, so I got 42-44 distinct moves for you, baby" 😉

  • @veronicam2006
    @veronicam2006 Před 4 lety +685

    Parents with their kids: aw she’s learning to read!
    Erik as a parent: aw she’s pronouncing her hard R’s!

  • @osiriswocky7349
    @osiriswocky7349 Před 4 lety +220

    WIRED: How many Erik Singer videos do you want?
    Internet: YES.

  • @crazy4beatles
    @crazy4beatles Před 3 lety +5

    Finally! Been wondering for years why that accent in older movies but had a hard time finding anything on it.

  • @CraigBass1988
    @CraigBass1988 Před 4 lety +35

    Love how Erik turns into Christopher Walken when he says “devised” just after 6mins.

    • @LaxM
      @LaxM Před 4 lety +2

      LOL... actually pausing to find this comment...

    • @MR-ek6yk
      @MR-ek6yk Před 4 lety +3

      Read this comment right when he said it lol, Christopher Walken is dead on

  • @jameseglavin4
    @jameseglavin4 Před 4 lety +388

    This guy needs a podcast or something, linguistics through the lens of film and TV is endlessly fascinating and he’s got talent as a presenter and, obviously, as a speaker.

    • @Hattes
      @Hattes Před 4 lety +2

      Exactly my thought!
      While we wait for that to happen I heartily recommend y'all listen to Lexicon Valley.

    • @alparsln123
      @alparsln123 Před 4 lety +1

      jameseglavin4 check out allusionist podcast

    • @ivanparas
      @ivanparas Před 4 lety

      I could watch a 10 hour video of him talking about language and still be waiting for part 2.

  • @theharvardyard2356
    @theharvardyard2356 Před 4 lety +798

    People in these comments talking about the video topic: 5%
    People crushing on the dude in the video: 95%

    • @chelyvo
      @chelyvo Před 4 lety +15

      Well, I mean... look at him. He's so hot 😍

    • @HorribleSonofa
      @HorribleSonofa Před 4 lety +8

      They all sounding like: 0:40

    • @janaejones2927
      @janaejones2927 Před 4 lety +16

      @asdfj asdfjk He looks good but him knowing a lot about language and accents makes him hotter.

    • @evanjacoby7805
      @evanjacoby7805 Před 4 lety +5

      @asdfj asdfjk you don't

    • @kaashee
      @kaashee Před 4 lety +1

      the Harvard Yard NGL I’m so uncomfortable rn

  • @natalie8212
    @natalie8212 Před 4 lety

    Love this guy. Straight to the point, he's not trying to be goofy or over the top. It would be amazing to have him as a teacher .

  • @halloweengirl200
    @halloweengirl200 Před 4 lety

    i love this series! I watch all of the accents and speech videos with this guy. I find it so fascinating

  • @santiago_6280
    @santiago_6280 Před 4 lety +360

    I really wanna hear him speaking different accents now .

  • @lucilaruizdardes1184
    @lucilaruizdardes1184 Před 4 lety +237

    I studied linguistics in university and no language nerd looked like this, it's not fair.

    • @jauxro
      @jauxro Před 4 lety +16

      Become the hot language nerd you want to see in the world..! 😊

    • @alessandrosouza9237
      @alessandrosouza9237 Před 4 lety

      You might have gone to the wrong university I suppose. Tu deve avere andata en la università sbagliata! Acho que vc foi à universidade errada. 🤷

    • @bandotaku
      @bandotaku Před 4 lety +2

      One of my ling professors did, so I paid a lot of attention to his classes, lol.

  • @MrKajithecat
    @MrKajithecat Před 4 lety

    Love your stuff Mr. Singer. You have such a wealth of knowledge. Thank you.

  • @katie
    @katie Před 4 lety

    I only watch Wired for Erik Singer - linguistics is so fascinating - keep bringing him back!

  • @MikeDolanFliss
    @MikeDolanFliss Před 4 lety +163

    Would love to see a video on tonal languages like Mandarin or Cantonese, and the role tones play in supposedly non-tonal languages like English or Japanese.

    • @chris86simon
      @chris86simon Před 4 lety +4

      Watch the NativLang channel. It has some good videos about exactly that.

  • @marcotuliofaria3629
    @marcotuliofaria3629 Před 4 lety +571

    Holy crap, Erik. Start a channel, everything about language and accent is cool af. I that channel by tomorrow, because so.

    • @MilA-eh3gf
      @MilA-eh3gf Před 4 lety +6

      He does have one czcams.com/channels/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw.html?view_as=public

    • @aliciaevans2012
      @aliciaevans2012 Před 4 lety +1

      He has a channel

    • @yiotatort
      @yiotatort Před 4 lety +4

      try John McWhorter, he's not an accent coach, but he is a linguist and does talk about accent some times. Though I've found him less on youtube than on audible. But you can certainly find a number of interviews and talks he's done on the topic.

  • @brandivelasqueznash8839

    These are my very favorite videos to watch on CZcams. I get so excited when I see that a new one is uploaded 😁

  • @Sanchara
    @Sanchara Před 3 lety +12

    It would be interesting to hear more about why accents change when people move to different countries or spend a lot of time talking to people with different accents.

  • @katielone5057
    @katielone5057 Před 4 lety +647

    as someone who studies languages as a major i appreciate the heck out of these videos along with the translator/interpreter videos~

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 Před 4 lety +4

      as someone who just did a test and scored on academic levels for English (while i'm dutch and only need to do high school levels for school) i appreciate the heck out of these videos.

    • @Isagutto
      @Isagutto Před 4 lety +4

      I'm also doing a major in Linguistics and if i ever regret it, i'll just watch Eric to get my faith back in the decisions i make in life

    • @anandadaquino3604
      @anandadaquino3604 Před 4 lety

      Why is everyone writing "I" as "i"? Has it changed? Am I missing something? I'm not being sarcastic...

    • @jvnapod
      @jvnapod Před 4 lety

      @@anandadaquino3604 - They are probably forgetting to press the shift key for uppercase letters. :)

    • @lemonicowo
      @lemonicowo Před 4 lety

      Ananda D'Aquino i reckon it’s merely an aesthetic choice! i prefer to write in all lower caps because i find it looks prettier! but, to be frank, some people are just quite lazy :p

  • @emilyoliveira9869
    @emilyoliveira9869 Před 4 lety +323

    I will pay to have this channel taken over by Erik Singer

  • @anatolyFct
    @anatolyFct Před 4 lety

    Good on ya bringing him back for more videos.

  • @sebastianmaharg
    @sebastianmaharg Před 4 lety

    These videos are amazing. Thank you!!

  • @thelibbyli2362
    @thelibbyli2362 Před 4 lety +774

    If my lecturer were him, I would go to every class.

    • @GoodLifeMedicine
      @GoodLifeMedicine Před 4 lety +2

      You should say, If my lecturer were "he,"...

    • @-Danny
      @-Danny Před 4 lety +3

      GoodLifeMedicine Reading back my previous comment, I think my tone was a bit too harsh. So I’ll end on a brighter note:
      It brings me joy to know that you have taken your time to help someone communicate better. But I want to let you know that there’s a more efficient way to help. You can help more people and help them faster by picking the right environment. Places like www.reddit.com/r/Grammar and english.stackexchange.com are chock-full of those actively seeking advice. I assure that you‘ll obtain less bickering and more thanks by redirecting your effort to those websites.
      I hope my advice is well received and that it helps you educate others.

    • @Epoch11
      @Epoch11 Před 4 lety +4

      Is it because you think he is hot or because he seems like a good teacher? I am a dude, but I get it either way. English is a living language and things change.............things like sleep/slept change into sleep/sleeped over time because we want to create simple rules of speech. English is by FAR the dumbest language.........we write things one way and pronounce them another way. Sadly we can't just come up with new rules and make them the standard. I feel that as time goes on there will be significant changes to American English................and in the near future American English and possibly English over all will change significantly...........(Then again, who knows.................nothing might change and English will remain sTuPiid).

    • @ineshiairwin9764
      @ineshiairwin9764 Před 2 lety

      Looks, Brains, and Entertaining.

  • @thecat_iswatching
    @thecat_iswatching Před 4 lety +261

    OK clearly we all want to attend his lectures.

  • @HunnyBunnyBaker
    @HunnyBunnyBaker Před 4 lety

    i could watch these videos for days on end, this stuff is fascinating

  • @ps3shark
    @ps3shark Před 4 lety

    those accent/ language videos are just gold !

  • @GonzaloAroles
    @GonzaloAroles Před 4 lety +138

    This guy deserves a Netflix or HBO miniseries travelling the world and explaining different accents and languages.

  • @string1414
    @string1414 Před 4 lety +129

    Give this man his own channel and documentary series! I find all of his insights into language so fascinating!

  • @ionlyeatbrainsdummy9858
    @ionlyeatbrainsdummy9858 Před 4 lety +1

    I honestly can't believe how interesting I find Erik Singers videos. He's very endearing, and classy. I like it.

  • @guilhermebotelho8691
    @guilhermebotelho8691 Před 3 lety

    Ooooh. Sooo nice. Ilove this man. Please get him back here more often

  • @msmilesftw
    @msmilesftw Před 4 lety +411

    Literally did a DOUBLE TAKE when this popped up on my list! Like an unexpected gift 🎁 😊

    • @Jennyfisch
      @Jennyfisch Před 4 lety +1

      Same, wasn't expecting another one so soon. And as a rule I have to stop everything and watch the video immediatly.

  • @Peasant_of_Pontus
    @Peasant_of_Pontus Před 4 lety +483

    English writing before the vowel shift makes much more sense.

    • @choicebarrelscrotes2732
      @choicebarrelscrotes2732 Před 4 lety +10

      Peasant of Pontus yep. English is riddled with historical spellings.

    • @Callsign_Prophet
      @Callsign_Prophet Před 4 lety +22

      English really picked up on historical words and other languages and it's a weird mix now

    • @karstais
      @karstais Před 4 lety +7

      yup. when english pronounciation was corect

    • @enomis5257
      @enomis5257 Před 4 lety +15

      Yes at least it makes more sense for me as an Italian, we read vowels like that

    • @a.carneirozhu8104
      @a.carneirozhu8104 Před 4 lety +21

      @@enomis5257 English is 5 European languages thrown in a blender

  • @fictionalhuman
    @fictionalhuman Před 4 lety +1

    This is awesome! Please give us more!

  • @BRUXXUS
    @BRUXXUS Před 4 lety

    I can't get enough of this speech and dialect stuff! It's super fascinating to me.

  • @andybergman7009
    @andybergman7009 Před 4 lety +462

    How about an episode where Eric breaks down all the accents performed by one actor/actress. Example all the accents done by Gary Oldman.

  • @superinformative3136
    @superinformative3136 Před 4 lety +810

    Hit like if you want Erik Singer's own Netflix show!

    • @alicelu5691
      @alicelu5691 Před 4 lety

      This can’t be entertaining though 😂

    • @GLERFUNKEL
      @GLERFUNKEL Před 4 lety

      @@alicelu5691 Not everybody finds documentaries interesting, which are essentially the same idea, but they make plenty of those.

  • @avowitharms
    @avowitharms Před 4 lety

    I honestly just need all the videos with Erik, always

  • @Lorangebeatrice
    @Lorangebeatrice Před 4 lety

    As soon as I finish these videos I need to see another one. Gosh, they are fun and informative

  • @clowntown1510
    @clowntown1510 Před 4 lety +90

    Two Erik Singer videos in a week you're spoiling us, Wired.

    • @andicarusfell8387
      @andicarusfell8387 Před 4 lety +1

      Clown Town But we ain’t complain’, give us more! 🤪

  • @Dollfacedaeva
    @Dollfacedaeva Před 4 lety +539

    “I’m a tongue” -Erik Singer 2019

  • @jackoats4911
    @jackoats4911 Před 3 lety +3

    That laugh at 3:07 is why we all love this man. We stan a linguistic legend

  • @elizabethrhodes4275
    @elizabethrhodes4275 Před 4 lety +111

    The worst R word is “rural”. Being southern in Arkansas, the best I can do is say “rool”

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 4 lety +18

      _Rural_ is difficult for many Americans all over, even professional broadcasters.

    • @Javer80
      @Javer80 Před 4 lety +17

      If you ever serve jury duty, you'd be a rural juror.

    • @nichl474
      @nichl474 Před 4 lety +7

      Luckily, things that are hard to say, usually disappear. Give it a few more decades and there might be a new word "townly", "grassly" or it might get simpler "roul"

    • @Je551kuhhh
      @Je551kuhhh Před 4 lety +1

      😂 thank you for this comment 😂

    • @provocase
      @provocase Před 4 lety +6

      For me it's 'brewery'...

  • @annabella_prinx
    @annabella_prinx Před 4 lety +198

    Another one?! Yessssss. You're spoiling me, Wired.

  • @yaraf.1108
    @yaraf.1108 Před 4 lety +226

    petition for erik to make his own channel

    • @yoonmikim5663
      @yoonmikim5663 Před 4 lety +3

      He already has one. He just needs support and a good editor, I think. czcams.com/channels/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw.html

  • @thaismanda263
    @thaismanda263 Před 4 lety

    This is the kind of content I love on youtube! Very nice!

  • @mufalo
    @mufalo Před 4 lety

    More please. I want to hear all about different languages because it's a super interesting topic for me. Also this dude is kinda eye candy so yeah keep it coming.

  • @dcaouki
    @dcaouki Před 4 lety +289

    Can you do an entire episode breaking down everything about the transatlantic accent? I’ve been trying to learn it for some time

  • @quasarito
    @quasarito Před 4 lety +88

    Sorry to interrupt. If you like what Erik has to say about languages, then I would recommend the podcast "Lexicon Valley". It covers a broad range of language topics that was discussed in an accessible way, and more.
    If you like Erik, then I think he should get his own podcast about languages.
    If you like looking at Erik, well, then just carry on... I'll, just, close, the door, behind, me.

    • @Fern635
      @Fern635 Před 4 lety +1

      I agree on all points! The early episodes of Lexicon Valley are my favourites, but I like John Mcwhorter too (and I'm sad that I haven't been able to find peach Jello at my local grocery store, or I would have bought some 😁)
      Also check out Lingthusiasm. It's a little more academic and obscure, but if you like Lexicon Valley, you will also enjoy Lingthusiasm.

  • @forfoxsake7972
    @forfoxsake7972 Před 4 lety +1

    I've always wondered about that old time movie accent. Thank you so much for clearing that up :)

  • @sargeamigo123
    @sargeamigo123 Před 4 lety

    Please make more videos like this!

  • @Cennti
    @Cennti Před 4 lety +328

    Can this guy just make his own channel already

    • @Andrea-xs4ny
      @Andrea-xs4ny Před 4 lety +15

      Centi - He already has one: czcams.com/channels/rl8MHQdaBOogYwf_Tbjfqw.html

    • @Halinspark
      @Halinspark Před 4 lety +9

      @@Andrea-xs4ny Well, he needs to put videos up so we can learn things.

  • @Tinhornloki
    @Tinhornloki Před 4 lety +115

    Never stop bringing him back

  • @MegCazalet
    @MegCazalet Před 4 lety

    I LOVE these videos, I just really wish there were more visual demonstrations of the tongue position. That one used here was wonderful. More please! Diagrams, etc. More visual elements for such an auditory subject.
    Edit: I acknowledge that Erik Singer himself is the best visual element of all of his videos.

  • @returninghero
    @returninghero Před 4 lety

    Love these videos! Thanks Eric!