dialects

Fancy a British Accent?

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

With so many British actors playing American characters, Kurt wondered: how hard would it be to learn a convincing British accent?

Why Is the Boston Accent Wicked Hard to Do?

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Josh Katz’s Dialect Quiz Show

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Language versus dialect, or why we’re obsessed with Elena Ferrante

April 7, 2017Books

Screenshot from a parody video made by Christian singer Micah Tyler.

‘What a total God shot!’ Understand that? Then you speak Christianese.

March 28, 2017Religion

Elsie Solomon, Gladys Kattan and Lisette Shashoua at Lisette's home in Montreal.

Arabic has a Jewish dialect, and these women speak it

March 15, 2017Culture

The Arab world used to be home to hundreds of thousands of Jews who spoke their own variants of Arabic. Today, Judeo-Arabic survives only in exile. We hear stories of language and exodus from three Judeo-Arabic speakers now living in Montreal. Plus, novelist Louie Cronin on satirizing linguistics.

Le Rencontre, a French-speaking meetup at the Franco-American Heritage Center, Lewiston, Maine.

In Maine, a little French goes a long way

March 13, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

Fifty years ago, kids caught speaking French in Maine schools might be punished. Today, schools are teaching it to help young people regain their heritage, in a state where 20 percent have a Franco-American background.Fifty years ago, kids caught speaking French in Maine schools might be punished. Today, schools are teaching it to help young people regain their heritage, in a state where 20 percent have a Franco-American background.