Preview of Episode 50
A preview of Episode 50.
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Transcript
Here's a preview of the next municipal equation. I went down there kind of on a Chicago classic Chicago accent safari. At one point, the the game, it was three to nothing, and someone shouted across the bar. What are the squares for this quarter?
And the guy who was holding the money said zero and three. How well do you know your dialects or what we often call accents from different parts of the country? And why would that matter? Language
is a living
artifact of culture and history that often is not recognized because people are so focused and consumed by sort of objective artifacts. We're zooming in on different parts of the country to investigate local dialects and what they mean for identity, what story they tell. Chicago, Saint Louis, Philadelphia, Raleigh, the Outer Banks Of North Carolina. There are people whose careers include documenting these dialects
and how they're changing and what that means for a city or a town. So we talked with them. So so there are subtle things that are still highly indicative of being southern, but the most salient features
have radically changed. That's on the next Municipal Equation, a podcast about cities and towns in the face of change. Episodes are released biweekly and made possible by the North Carolina League of Municipalities. Head to nclm.org/municipalequation for past episodes. Full episode on May 15. And until then, see if you can identify where this accent comes from. So now we're looking for that. We haven't found it yet, but we know it's there. And
we just went to this place. It was a thicket and high ground, so we knew there had to be a house or something there. You know? So we started cutting our way in there and came right up on this big fireplace and chimney still standing in there. And it's just
completely covered with flames and things. So we cleared that off then. Oh my god. So that's why I do on it. Actually, I'll be super impressed if you can guess it. It's I think it's difficult. I'll give you the answer in the next episode. Again, NClMDotORGSlashMunicipalEquation. I've also been made aware that there's a new podcast debuting May 10 from Michael Karlick, a good friend of Municipal Equation and the man behind City Council Chronicles. You know, that's where Michael attends and reviews city council meetings all over the place. So Michael has a new podcast that I'm looking forward to hearing. It's called Tear It Down, And it comes off like serial or s town with a focus on a specific local government somewhere in The US where things got pretty tense. And the particulars of it ended up changing that town. Tearitdownpodcast.com for the preview. Alright. We'll talk to you soon and see you back here with a new episode of Municipal Equation on May 15. This has Ben Brown.
