Educational Demo - Energetic, Engaging

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Description

Amusing rant about the confusions and nuances of spoken English

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

British (England - South East - Oxford, Sussex) British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
Let's face it, English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger. Neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or french fries in Frantz Sweetmeats Candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet a meet. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly. Boxing rings a square on the guinea pig is neither from Guinea, nor is it a pig.