Accent Expert Breaks Down Tongue Twisters in Different Accents | WIRED

Dialect coach Erik Singer is back, this time to take a look at tongue twisters. We’ve all tried tongue twisters in our lives, and know how hard they can be! But “why“ are they hard? What makes one group of words more difficult to speak fluidly than others? Erik explains why our tongues get so twisted up, and breaks down how different tongue twisters affect different people with different accents. Ultrasound Tongue Twister footage courtesy of Professor Ian Wilson, CLR Phonetics Lab at the University of Aizu, Japan Sagittal Section Diagram courtesy of Professor Daniel C. Hall, Linguistics & Department of English Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, N.S. Thank you for all our tongue twister participants! Nicole Cunniff Larry Chan Taylor Faires Nichole Holze Alina Peng Sarah Jack Siobhan Pesce Bob Wendland Anushka Conway Maxine Jones Jordan Trafford Elizabeth Cartwright Brooke Henzell Tim Mills Clare/Clisare Cullen Kamal Batra Dylan Rogers Kayla Pereira Marcus A Siler Louise Starks Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► Follow WIRED: Instagram ►► Twitter ►► Facebook ►► Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.