{"id":20075,"date":"2020-03-24T22:09:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T22:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=20075"},"modified":"2020-03-25T09:05:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T09:05:13","slug":"why-do-americans-say-bay-zle-and-the-english-say-baa-zle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/why-do-americans-say-bay-zle-and-the-english-say-baa-zle\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do Americans say ‘bay-zle’ and the English say ‘baa-zle’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christine Mallinson<\/a>, University of Maryland, Baltimore County<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Why do Americans say \u201cbay-zle\u201d and the English say \u201cbaa-zle\u201d? \u2013 Sly M., age 6, Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A person\u2019s voice is like their fingerprint<\/a>. Everyone talks differently, and everyone\u2019s voice is unique.<\/p>\n

Some of these linguistic differences are because of how our individual bodies are shaped, especially the size of our vocal cords and tracts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our families, our friends and other people in our communities also influence how we talk<\/a>. I study language, literacy and culture<\/a>, and I\u2019ve found that how we use language \u2013 including accents \u2013 is a way of showing who we are.<\/p>\n