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2050: The podcast

Posted on July 8, 2015 | Leave a comment

Remember that article I did on what American English will sound like in 2050? The one I had radio interviews about? We’ve made a podcast of it:

What Americans will sound like in 2050

The future of American accents

Posted on May 13, 2015 | 2 comments

I’ve been interviewed a second time about that article I did for The Week on what Americans will sound like in 2050. This time it was with a National Public Radio station in New Hampshire, and it was pre-recorded and edited rather than live and on the spot. It’s about 11 minutes. They’ve put it up on their website:

What Americans Will Sound Like in the Future

(You have to scroll down a bit to get to it, as it’s one of several segments in the show.)

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Tagged American accents, American speech, English, future, National Public Radio, NPR, radio, The Week, United States

The sound of 2050

Posted on April 15, 2015 | 3 comments

The Week is doing a special series on the US in the year 2050. They asked me to write an article on what English will be like then. I obliged. Here it is, with illustrative videos:

What Americans will sound like in 2050

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Tagged American English, English, future, grammar, pronunciation, The Week