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You Say Potato

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

You Say Potato

By Ben Crystal, David Crystal

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About the book

Some people say scohn, while others say schown.He says bath, while she says bahth.You say potayto. I say potahtoAnd--wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto. Have they?From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of Received Pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father David travel the world in search of the stories of spoken English.Everyone has an accent, though many of us think we don't. We all have our likes and dislikes about the way other...Show more

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9781447255468

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Published year

2015

Language

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1

Original title

You Say Potato

Format

Paperback

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