{"product_id":"9781447255468","title":"You Say Potato : The Story of English Accents","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Crystal, Ben, Crystal, David\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEnglish\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 21 May 2015 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 19 | 180g\u003cp\u003eSome people say scohn, while others say schown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe says bath, while she says bahth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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?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 spoken - and how our accents, in so many ways, speak louder than words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystal, Ben, Crystal, David","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465683570872,"sku":"9781447255468","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781447255468.jpg?v=1734703401","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781447255468","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}