@zaydupree: why do some people pronounce "street" as "skreet"? #linguistics #language #accent #aave #learnontiktok

bando🩸 :

this definitely only down south

Maya Electric :

(Not a native speaker): is that why native speakers (Americans and Brits alike) say "eksetera" instead of et cetera (with "t")?

Tayls | happytayls on Twitch :

is this the same reason some British isle accents use a "ch" instead of a "t" sound? three as chree/tree etc

.Pam :

Strawberries vs Scrawberries 😂

mystery man :

Ant :

So there is a supported linguistic reason for the “ask ax” situation

stephaniesynclair :

And it annoys me so much. As a black woman from the south.

prettiestchocolatenigga :

west side of Chicago does it too!

Alex :

Do you know why we truncate a lot of words when we speak? It seems like words that end in hard letters (k, p, d, t, etc) just get an abrupt stop instead of speaking the whole word

Shinky Stinkerton 🇨🇦🇿🇼🇺🇦 :

Has he explained aks vs ask? Because I grew up in Zimbabwe and everyone said aks. I thought it was a regional thing but then I found out that in America people say aks instead of ask also.

Ingrid Teee :

it's a southern regional thing, some people do it in Mississippi too

PeerPressuredSister :

I’m from Atlanta but live in Oregon and my ears are starved for AAVE and white Southern dialects. AAVE is not my dialect, but I love hearing “skr”. Communities stretch and bend language in so many wonderful ways. One of the things I love about descriptive linguistics is that it gives credit where credit is due!

I AM ME :

Yeah, you probably right but that’s a straight Atlanta thing😎

LizLovesLeaves :

AAEV version of the English language is much more nuanced and feels almost *alive* than my boring “proper” American English, and I really appreciate you explaining the mechanics of all this. Thank you!

Melisearl :

As a reading teacher tri-blends are so hard for kids to separate and hear all three sounds. Another blend that I have found to be hard to teach is “tr” many people hear the ch digraph with r so the will spell tree as chree

robbbbin1 :

Zay! I’m going to comment this on every single video until you make a video about this… please explain the similarities between the New Orleans accent and the New York accent. When I got to New Orleans one time our uber driver started talking to us and my first inclination was that he was from New York originally. But he wasn’t, he was from New Orleans. These are very different places, but I know there are similarities in the speech so please tell me what they are!

Z.z. :

Oooh you should do ferl, berl, and terlet (foil, boil, and toilet) I always hear people from the south whether it’s NO or GA say they can’t help but say it like that…PLEase‼️‼️

stephcurry :

I adore your content keep it up 🔥🔥🔥

Akosua Asikyire :

Skroller

tk9278 :

My sister would say skrimp as a kid.

Househeadholz :

How do I become a linguist?

Akosua Asikyire :

I love linguist TikTok

tracy apps 🌈🇵🇸 :

omg you just blew my mind i’ve always wondered about “iMput” 🤯