Topic: Florida Accent

2 chapters across the catalog

Boiling Ocean
Episode 1522 56:14 - 59:26

1522: Boiling Ocean

Florida Accents, Glenn Greenwald and Rand Paul

The hosts engage in a linguistic analysis of Governor Ron DeSantis's speaking style, comparing his cadence and pronunciation to journalist Glenn Greenwald and Senator Rand Paul. They explore whether these similarities are due to a shared Florida "milieu" or specific regional accents from North Carolina and Kentucky. The discussion focuses on the "feud" vs. "food" vowel shift and other southern affectations.

Q Victims
Episode 1313 1:32:23 - 1:37:57

1313: Q Victims

Executive Producer Knighthoods, British Accent History

Several producers are knighted for their financial support, including "Sir Bob B of Sunset Beach." A linguistic theory is discussed suggesting that the modern British accent did not develop until after the American Revolution, meaning early Americans and British people likely sounded the same.