The TOP SECRET story of why you say this word the way you do!
Dr Geoff Lindsey
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Business Inquiries: [email protected] Hi! I want to share the fascination and fun of speech, language and accents, and I'm so grateful to anyone who feels able to support this work via my Patreon. I studied at University College London and got my PhD at the University of California Los Angeles. I've taught at universities including UCL, Edinburgh and Cambridge, published research in many areas, and worked as a forensic analyst. I've given invited lectures and workshops around the world. I wrote the influential 'English After RP' (Palgrave Macmillan), and my blog contains over a hundred audio-illustrated articles. I'm co-editor of the free searchable online pronouncing dictionary CUBE. I've also worked in film and TV as a screenwriter and director. I wrote the screenplay and arranged the music (performed by Lang Lang) for the animated fantasy Magic Piano, which was shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination.
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Go to https://buyraycon.com/geoff to get 15% off the bestselling Everyday Earbuds! Brought to you by Raycon. --- The fascinating story of how the Cold War changed the fate, and the pronunciation, of this familiar word. 0:00 Introduction 0:58 The standard story 1:49 18th and 19th century history 3:26 The 20th century 3:58 Eisenhower 4:29 JFK 5:16 Covert recordings 7:40 The change 9:49 The Cold War 10:49 Intelligence 13:16 Changing opposites 15:04 Spelling pronunciation 15:47 Technicality 18:21 Out of date dictionaries, again 18:54 Batman and Britain 20:45 John Wells's polls Music: The Loner by D J Williams https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5MBYjOajpL7BwHNA85ZKAA Tape recorders courtesy Audio Gold https://audiogold.co.uk/
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