From Dr Geoff Lindsey. Why does the stress of English words move around, e.g. u.S. vs. U.s.A.? Do you say fanTAStic FOUR or FANtastic FOUR? See the full explainer video.
From Dr Geoff Lindsey. Go to https://bit.ly/DrLindsey_MH or scan the QR code in the video and use the coupon code GEOFF to get your DNA kit for just $29, plus a 30 day free trial of MyHeritage! The stresses shown in dictionaries are so often different from the reality of English speech. To understand why,…
From Dr Geoff Lindsey. Some reactions to the brilliant feature-length film by friend and fellow YouTuber Simon Roper! See the film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBeP_E5Iwwc Many thanks to anyone who feels able to support my own video-making: https://www.patreon.com/drgeofflindsey My Discord: https://discord.gg/9TsvXj2T
From Dr Geoff Lindsey. The Chicago accent of Pope Leo XIV helps us explore a famous ‘chain shift’, the Northern Cities Vowel Shift! Take our survey on North American pronunciation: https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbyNdVal-lokHtFQk5Ja6-ALFrYyBnO47JUySqh3AzlKtsU4HEsR7NnCK1dyR0iKriZiog/exec Huge thanks to Hernán Ruiz for help with the survey stats and figures. My Discord: https://discord.gg/Fm3pgz3N 0:00 Introduction 0:43 The Inland North 0:56 Chain…
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From Dr Geoff Lindsey. This English rhythm is in both Shakespeare and ‘The Pink Panther’!
From Dr Geoff Lindsey. Faster, safer and smarter than default browsers. Fully-featured for privacy, security, and so much more. Get the faster, better Opera browser for free: https://opr.as/03-Opera-browser-drgeofflindsey — What do YouTubers, AI speech and non-native/L2 speakers of English have in common? In this video I explore two expressive features of English that are now…
From Dr Geoff Lindsey. Learners of English/French: French /e/ is pretty similar to English /ɪ/!