• How YouTubers' voices evolve, with Andrew Cheng

  • May 8 2025
  • Length: 22 mins
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How YouTubers' voices evolve, with Andrew Cheng

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  • 1080. Linguist Andrew Cheng explains why people’s accents shift over time, especially when they move—and how YouTubers make perfect data subjects. If you've ever cringed at your old voice recordings, this one’s for you.

    Andrew Cheng is a professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaii. You can find him on Bluesky at LinguistAndrew.

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