You Say Potato

by David Crystal and Ben Crystal

Book Overview

Some people say sconn, while others say schown. He says bath, while she says bahth. You say potayto. I say potahto And--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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447249690
• ISBN13: 9781447249696
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: MacMillan UK
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.6"