I have a video suggestion. I was thinking maybe you could make a video that talks about what happens in North American English to the /æ/ sound when a nasal consonant comes after it.
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Sorry; not using Discord, at least yet. So... question: Are there (yet) AI engines which can classify a lengthy-enough audio sample of speech by a single speaker (or a group of peer speakers) as to its geographical/historical/class/etc accent? And can AI engines (yet) remanufacture such a speech sample so that it manifests a different, operator-specified accent? RSVP! 🙂
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I'm not sure where to post this, but here seems as good a place as any. I know Geoff that you focus on English, but I would be interested to see a video about the Welsh double 'L' sound, as in place names like Llanelli. I was brought up in England and used to think that it was pronounced as two sounds that are said in quick succession: a 'ch' sound, as in loch, followed by a normal L sound. But two years ago I moved into a house in North Wales near a street called Pwll Glas and realised that that understanding of the sound only really works when the double 'L' is followed by a vowel. How do you say 'Pwll' when the word finishes with the double 'L'? Now I have done a Welsh course and it turns out that the double 'L' is actually a completely different single sound in which you lisp through the sides of your mouth (or just one side, like our teacher). I was fascinated to discover that there is a completely different sound that people use quite close to home!
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Sorry for the off-topic post. But I remember seeing an explanation of why the word 'karaoke' pronounced in English gets those 'i' sounds in a video where the word was mentioned as an example. Can someone point me to the right video?
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Dr. Geoff, Discord has one of the worst reputations for being overrun with viruses and other forms of cyber threats. Please be cautious.
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Dr Geoff Lindsey
For anyone who wants to talk more about speechy stuff, I've launched a Discord server! discord.com/invite/UBWMy5wqZY
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