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Stuff You Should Know

What's the deal with accents?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Accents are truly fascinating. Put simply, they are how a person sounds when they talk. From England to America and all over the world, the way people speak in their native tongue can vary drastically. What are the influences? When do accents begin to tak

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:31.3

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from How Stuff Works.com.

0:41.4

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

0:43.1

I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Brighton.

0:45.8

There's Noel on the wheels of steel.

0:48.9

So that makes this stuff you should know.

0:51.8

The podcast.

0:53.4

So Chuck, how you feeling?

0:55.9

I before you answer.

0:57.8

I'm so excited about this one because there's just no way it's not going to be a Chuck accent

1:04.3

banana answer.

1:08.0

Well I am super excited about this because I love accents almost more than anything in

1:15.8

the world.

1:16.8

I know it, man.

1:17.8

I know it.

1:18.8

I know it.

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