All About Accents

Oct 18 2024 12 ep. 24 mins 1
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A podcast all about accents with linguist and accent coach Dani Morse-Kopp in conversation with her partner Lucas Morse, where they explore the wonderful world of accents. Find out how to approach learning new accents, what it means to speak with an accent, what accent coaches do, and most importantly how beautiful accents are. Produced by Dani Morse-Kopp and Lucas Morse, theme music created by Patrick Kopp.

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Vampire accents 🧛🏻‍♂️

Oct 18 2024 25 mins  
SPOOOOOOKY SEASON – In this episode, Lucas and Dani chat about where the stereotypical “vampire” accent might come from by taking a closer look at some of the most famous depictions of Count Dracula on film. Mentioned on this episode: Dracula (1931) & Bela Lugosi Dracula (1958) Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) Mina’s Reckoning Interview With the Vampire (2022-) Ho

R is for Rhoticity

Jul 29 2024 34 mins  
This episode is all about RHOTICITY and NON-RHOTICITY, or in other words: How some English accents pronounce every single R that exists in the spelling of words, while other accents skip some of those Rs. We discuss the historical journey of Rs in English and learn the rules of when to drop Rs in non-rhotic accents like RP.

Accents and constructed language in “Dune: Part Two”

Apr 14 2024 25 mins  
In this episode, Dani and Lucas share their thoughts on the many accents, voices and languages used in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two”, including discussing Austin Butler’s amazing performance in this film as well as the nature of conlangs (= constructed languages) and the impact of using multiple languages with subtitles.

Dialect design in historical dramas - "Oppenheimer"

Aug 25 2023 25 mins  
In this episode, Dani and Lucas discuss Christopher Nolan’s latest work “Oppenheimer” by taking a closer look at the dialect and accent choices available when creating shows set in the past. They consider the trade-offs of historically accurate accents compared to modern-day accents, and apply this analysis to the accent work in "Oppenheimer", among other examples.

How to make speech sounds - vowels

Jul 31 2023 23 mins  
This episode is about how we produce vowels sounds with our speech muscles. Dani and Lucas make some more silly sounds trying to understand what our speech muscles are doing to produce vowel sounds for speech. We encourage everyone who’s listening to join us in this exercise and think about how YOU pronounce certain sounds. This exercise can be quite difficult, especially if (lik

How to make speech sounds - consonants

Jul 16 2023 23 mins  
In this episode we focus on how we produce consonant sounds with our speech articulators. Lucas and Dani make lots of silly sounds trying to understand what our speech muscles are doing to produce consonant sounds for speech. We encourage everyone who’s listening to join us in this exercise and think about how YOU pronounce certain sounds. This exercise can be quite difficult, es

The crux of accent work: pronunciation

May 07 2023 27 mins  
In this episode, Dani and Lucas discuss how to approach new pronunciations of words when learning a new accent. They take a look at the sound inventories of different accents and highlight what tools you can use to change how you pronounce specific vowels and consonants, including the famous IPA (not the beer, sorry) and the super useful KIT list. Mentioned on this episode (plus ot

The music of accents

Feb 27 2023 26 mins  
Dani and Lucas talk about the music of accents and how different accent speakers use their voice in a wide range of different ways. They talk about how the music, rhythm and intonation vary between major accents, and they touch on what vocal fry is (and how it’s not just a feature of Valley Girl Talk). They also discuss what makes French such a great language for rap music. Menti

Accent work in Pinocchio (2022)

Jan 23 2023 8 mins  
In this episode Dani and Lucas wanted to highlight Guillermo del Toro’s wonderful 2022 retelling of Pinocchio and have a wee chat about the accent work in this beautiful film. Mentioned on this episode: - Pinocchio (2022)

Accent and your facial muscles

Oct 10 2022 22 mins  
Join Dani and Lucas in this episode as they discuss how facial muscles are used in very unique ways in different accents and why changing how you use your facial muscles is crucial in getting an accent right. Learn about the unique facial muscle settings of various major accents and find out how to take your facial muscles under conscious control for this important step on your acc