Chapter
Experiencing Regional and Cultural Differences in English Pronunciation
01:09 - 05:41 (04:32)
The speaker shares their experience of noticing small linguistic differences in their friends' speech patterns and attributing them to their regional and cultural backgrounds, highlighting the impact of accents and dialects on communication.
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Gareth Wilkerson, a Texan who was born and raised in the United States, has both English parents who moved to the US in their late 20s.
01:09 - 01:55 (00:45)
Summary
Gareth Wilkerson, a Texan who was born and raised in the United States, has both English parents who moved to the US in their late 20s. Despite his Texan accent, some of his vocabulary and choice of cars indicate his upbringing by non-Texan parents.
ChapterExperiencing Regional and Cultural Differences in English Pronunciation
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PodcastBehind the Bastards
The speaker discusses the different dialects of English he encountered among people who speak English as a second language, depending on where they learned it, as well as the high population of people from the Indian subcontinent in his North Texas school due to their parents working for Texas Instruments or Raytheon.
01:55 - 05:41 (03:46)
Summary
The speaker discusses the different dialects of English he encountered among people who speak English as a second language, depending on where they learned it, as well as the high population of people from the Indian subcontinent in his North Texas school due to their parents working for Texas Instruments or Raytheon.