Accentricity

Sadie Ryan
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Accentricity Podcast

Why do we love some accents and hate others? Why do we talk differently in different situations? Does learning a new language really teach you to think differently? In this linguistics podcast, I examine how the way we talk connects to who we are.

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Don't Forget To Tell Them That You're Polish

    What’s it like to navigate the rocky terrain of school in a brand new language? In this episode, we hear from Leon and Julia, two young people who moved from Poland to Scotland and had to do just that.

    36 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Veronica's Story

    Veronica Juliana Schmalz moved from Argentina to Sicily when she was eight. She didn’t know anyone and didn’t speak the language. Now she is fluent in six languages. But what was that journey like?

    51 min
  3. Maria's Story

    EPISODE 3

    Maria's Story

    Maria Dokovova has been living in Scotland for ten years, but she doesn’t have a Scottish accent. How would her life be different if she did?

    53 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Charles and Alejandra's Story

    Charles’ aunt, Alejandra, was born in Chile but has been in America for almost 30 years – more than half her life. When you’ve been away from a place for so long, it can be hard to maintain a connection to that place. Alejandra talks about how it feels to fight for that connection, why it matters to her, and the role played by language.

    44 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Claire's Story

    Claire is learning to speak Doric, a variety of Scots that comes from the North East of Scotland. But when she speaks it, it makes her husband, who grew up with Doric, feel uncomfortable. In this episode, she tries to understand why this might be.

    1h 1m

  6. EPISODE 6

    Helen and Sam's Story

    Helen’s friend Sam never quite felt at home in the country he was born in, America. He left in search of a place to belong, and found Berlin. But after nine years spent there, is Berlin home to him? What does ‘home’ even mean? In this episode, Helen and Sam ask this question.

    33 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    Lisa's Story

    Lisa loved living in Hamberg, so when her boss asked her to move across Germany to Bamberg, in Bavaria, she wasn’t sure she could do it…

    54 min

  8. EPISODE 8

    Anna and Sadie's Story

    My mum, Anna, is Polish. But she’s not from Poland - she was born in Edinburgh, and has lived there for most of her life. How can someone who is completely Scottish also be completely Polish? And why does the Polish language play such an important role in her life?

    35 min

  9. EPISODE 9 BONUS

    Bonus Episode: Talking About Voices

    As well as making Accentricity, I work on the Manchester Voices project at Manchester Metropolitan University, with Rob Drummond and Holly Dann. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we ran a podcasting course and competition for schools called Talking About Voices. This is a special episode announcing the competition winners.

    15 min

  10. EPISODE 10 BONUS

    Special episode: "Really this girl ought to be going to something better"

    Over the past few years, as well as making Accentricity, I’ve been working on the Manchester Voices research project at Manchester Metropolitan University, with Rob Drummond, Holly Dann, Sarah Tasker and Erin Carrie. As part of this work, we used oral history recordings to explore language change over time, and we’ve recently published a journal article about this work. We’re really proud of this article, but it’s not really that accessible to people who aren’t professional linguists, and we wanted to find a way to share our work with everyone who’s interested, so we made this podcast episode to act as a companion piece to this article.

    32 min

  11. EPISODE 11

    Élaina's Story

    In this episode, Élaina tells the story of her relationship with her family’s languages: those that were passed on to her by her parents, or those that weren’t.

    37 min
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Why do we love some accents and hate others? Why do we talk differently in different situations? Does learning a new language really teach you to think differently? In this linguistics podcast, I examine how the way we talk connects to who we are.

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  • Creator
    Sadie Ryan
  • Episodes
    22
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Accentricity

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