By Crystal Ben
ΠΡ Π²ΠΎΡΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ Π°ΠΊΡΠ΅Π½ΡΠ° Π¨Π΅ΠΊΡΠΏΠΈΡΠ° Π΄ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ° ΠΈ ΠΏΠ°Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π Π΅ΡΠΈΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ, Π°ΠΊΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΠ΅Π½ ΠΡΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ°Π» ΠΈ Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π»ΠΈΠ½Π³Π²ΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΎΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄ ΠΏΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΌΠΈΡΡ Π² ΠΏΠΎΠΈΡΠΊΠ°Ρ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π°Π½Π³Π»ΠΈΠΉΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠ°. Π£ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π΅ΡΡΡ Π°ΠΊΡΠ΅Π½Ρ, Ρ ΠΎΡΡ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ΅ Π΄ΡΠΌΠ°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ Ρ Π½ΠΈΡ Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π½Π΅Ρ. ΠΡ Π²ΡΠ΅ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π΅ΠΌ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π² ΡΠΎΠΌ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΠ΅ Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΡΡ, ΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠΉ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π΅Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΎ Β«ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌΒ» ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ. ΠΠΎ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ»ΠΈ ΡΡΠΈ Π°ΠΊΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡ, ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π»ΡΠ΄ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΊ Π½ΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ²ΡΠ·Π°Π½Ρ? Π‘ ΡΠΌΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ, Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ, Β«You Say PotatoΒ» β ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠΎΡΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π° ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠ², ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΌΠΈ Π°Π½Π³Π»ΠΈΠΉΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅Ρ Π±ΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π½Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½, ΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π½Π°ΡΠΈ Π°ΠΊΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡ, Π² ΡΠ°Π·Π½ΡΡ ΡΠΌΡΡΠ»Π°Ρ , Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΡΡ Π³ΡΠΎΠΌΡΠ΅ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ².
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 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? Witty, authoritative, and jam-packed full of fascinating facts, You Say Potato is a celebration of the myriad ways in which the English language is spokenβand how our accents, in so many ways, speak louder than words.