Episode 125: Accents, with Valerie Fridland

Episode 125: Accents, with Valerie Fridland
Marcie Sundaram & Aven McMaster

What does your accent say about you? (And yes, you DO have an accent!) Why do accents develop, and what is the history behind the wide range of modern American accents? We talked to Valerie Fridland about all of these questions and more, covered in her delightful new book “Why We Talk Funny”.

Valerie’s book “Why We Talk Funny”

Like, Literally, Dude! and our interview with her about it

Dr. Valerie Fridland’s website

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Episode 115: Like, Literally, Dude! with Valerie Fridland

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Episode 115: Like, Literally, Dude! with Valerie Fridland
Mark Sundaram & Aven McMaster

We spoke to Dr. Valerie Fridland about her new book, “Like, Literally, Dude!” and talked about the fascinating role that many ‘errors’ in English speech actually play in communication. We discuss the never-ending changes that English has gone through, the surprisingly sophisticated rules behind our use of ‘um’ and ‘uh’, and much more.

Dr. Valerie Fridland’s website

Like, Literally, Dude!

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