The World from PRX

dialects

Arts, Culture & Media
Fancy a British Accent?
Arts, Culture & Media
Why Is the Boston Accent Wicked Hard to Do?
Arts, Culture & Media
Josh Katz’s Dialect Quiz Show
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Books
Language versus dialect, or why we’re obsessed with Elena Ferrante
Screenshot from a parody video made by Christian singer Micah Tyler.
Religion
‘What a total God shot!’ Understand that? Then you speak Christianese.
Elsie Solomon, Gladys Kattan and Lisette Shashoua at Lisette's home in Montreal.
Culture
Arabic has a Jewish dialect, and these women speak it
Le Rencontre, a French-speaking meetup at the Franco-American Heritage Center, Lewiston, Maine.
Arts, Culture & Media
In Maine, a little French goes a long way