{"product_id":"you-say-potato-the-story-of-english-accents","title":"You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome people say \u003ci\u003escohn\u003c\/i\u003e, while others say \u003ci\u003eschown\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe says \u003ci\u003ebath\u003c\/i\u003e, while she says \u003ci\u003ebahth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou say \u003ci\u003epotayto\u003c\/i\u003e. I say \u003ci\u003epotahto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-wait a second, no one says \u003ci\u003epotahto\u003c\/i\u003e. No one's \u003ci\u003eever\u003c\/i\u003e said \u003ci\u003epotahto\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave they?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone has an accent, though many of us think we don't. We all have our likes and dislikes about the way other people speak, and everyone has something to say about 'correct' pronunciation. But how did all these accents come about, and why do people feel so strongly about them? Are regional accents dying out as English becomes a global language? And most importantly of all: what went wrong in Birmingham?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty, authoritative and jam-packed full of fascinating facts, \u003ci\u003eYou Say Potato\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the myriad ways in which the English language is spoken - and how our accents, in so many ways, speak louder than words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wordsworth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40301377716402,"sku":"1447255461","price":220.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/24504_611d324edf89a1.44085007_9781447255468.jpg?v=1643161659","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/you-say-potato-the-story-of-english-accents","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}