Storied | Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much? | Otherwords @pbsstoried | Uploaded 7 months ago | Updated 3 minutes ago
There are actually good reasons why people tend to mispronounce the same words... and why they ofTen end up being the new standard!
Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fields of biology, history, cultural studies, literature, and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective on what it means to be human.
Host: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D.
Creator/Director: Andrew Matthews & Katie Graham
Writer: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D.
Producer: Katie Graham
Editor/Animation: Andrew Matthews
Executive Producer: Amanda Fox
Fact Checker: Yvonne McGreevy
Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing
Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell
Stock Images from Shutterstock
Music from APM Music
Otherwords is a production of Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.
© 2024 PBS. All rights reserved.
sources:
npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/03/248515217/why-chaucer-said-ax-instead-of-ask-and-why-some-still-do
theconversation.com/ask-or-aks-how-linguistic-prejudice-perpetuates-inequality-175839
theconversation.com/mispronunciation-why-you-should-stop-correcting-peoples-mistakes-163308
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taa_language#:~:text=Taa%20%2F%CB%88t%C9%91%CB%90%2F%20TAH,the%20largest%20in%20the%20world.
nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/what-in-the-world/click-languages-taa-xoon-xoo-botswana.html?searchResultPosition=1
csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Verbal-Energy/2016/0128/The-800-phonemes-of-the-tiniest-linguists
grammarbook.com/blog/pronouns/hypercorrection
jadejoddle.com/often-posh-pronunciation
americannamesociety.org/about-names-why-oprah-winfrey-has-such-a-rare-first-name
ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=dour
There are actually good reasons why people tend to mispronounce the same words... and why they ofTen end up being the new standard!
Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fields of biology, history, cultural studies, literature, and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective on what it means to be human.
Host: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D.
Creator/Director: Andrew Matthews & Katie Graham
Writer: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D.
Producer: Katie Graham
Editor/Animation: Andrew Matthews
Executive Producer: Amanda Fox
Fact Checker: Yvonne McGreevy
Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing
Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell
Stock Images from Shutterstock
Music from APM Music
Otherwords is a production of Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.
© 2024 PBS. All rights reserved.
sources:
npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/03/248515217/why-chaucer-said-ax-instead-of-ask-and-why-some-still-do
theconversation.com/ask-or-aks-how-linguistic-prejudice-perpetuates-inequality-175839
theconversation.com/mispronunciation-why-you-should-stop-correcting-peoples-mistakes-163308
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taa_language#:~:text=Taa%20%2F%CB%88t%C9%91%CB%90%2F%20TAH,the%20largest%20in%20the%20world.
nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/what-in-the-world/click-languages-taa-xoon-xoo-botswana.html?searchResultPosition=1
csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Verbal-Energy/2016/0128/The-800-phonemes-of-the-tiniest-linguists
grammarbook.com/blog/pronouns/hypercorrection
jadejoddle.com/often-posh-pronunciation
americannamesociety.org/about-names-why-oprah-winfrey-has-such-a-rare-first-name
ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=dour
