Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
Jul 15, 2026 · 49 min · 12 segments
Why do Americans and Brits have the accents they have? Sociolinguist, professor and author Valerie Fridland joins Rob and Jess this week to discuss why we talk funny. 🍮 Does 'caramel' have one or…
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Are American accents starting to all sound the same? And is there anything actually wrong

Today we are talking about accents, pronunciation, dialects, and more with author and sociolinguist Valerie Fridlund on this episode of Words Unraveled.
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Are American accents starting to all sound the same? And is there anything actually wrong

Today we are talking about accents, pronunciation, dialects, and more with author and sociolinguist Valerie Fridlund on this episode of Words Unraveled.