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This is completely off topic but what accent is the narrator speaking? He pronounces "research" as "resorch"/"resauch", "greater" as "greator" etc. and in othe
by quelltext 5y ago
This is completely off topic but what accent is the narrator speaking?
He pronounces "research" as "resorch"/"resauch", "greater" as "greator" etc. and in other regards it seems to flip between American to slightly British English.
Never heard this accent before.
- walrus01 5y agoas a native english speaker I would guess dutch, norwegian, swedish or icelandic
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- robgibbons 5y agoIt's an American accent, but with rhotacism, a type of speech impediment. He sounds vaguely British at times because of the tendency for "R" to come out sounding like "W" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Arthur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Arthur
- quelltext 5y agoThanks a lot. I wasn't aware of this speech impediment and how it causes the vaguely British at times.
- joshmarlow 5y agoI actually have the same impediment but never knew the term `rhotacism` - thanks!
- werdnapk 5y agoAmerican, but he has a speech impediment.
- mLuby 5y agoIt's a speech impediment; he has trouble saying R's (and has improved as he's narrated more and more videos). Isaac's earlier videos would show Elmer Fudd with the message "Having problems understanding me? Turn on CC." Example: https://youtu.be/gOu3zGfP-TQ?t=40 https://youtu.be/gOu3zGfP-TQ?t=40 Source: I've watched lots of his videos and highly recommend them—mind expanding ideas!
- quelltext 5y agoThanks a lot for the context. I have to say I didn't really have a hard time understanding him. I didn't even consider the possibility that it was a speech impediment.
- me_me_me 5y agoI was going to ask the same question, its so unusual but never heard it before