Are you pronouncing 'caramel' wrong? | ACCENTS (ft. Valerie Fridland)
Are you pronouncing 'caramel' wrong? | ACCENTS (ft. Valerie Fridland)  
Podcast: Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
Published On: Wed Jul 15 2026
Description: Why do Americans and Brits have the accents they have? Sociolinguist, professor and author Valerie Fridland joins Rob and Jess this week to discuss why we talk funny.🍮 Does 'caramel' have one or two syllables?🪶 Do Americans sound more like Shakespeare than Brits?🎩 Why do some accents sound 'posher' than others?These questions answered, an many more, in another gloriously nerdy episode of Words Unravelled.📘 VALERIE'S BOOKS 📕Why We Talk Funny: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744046/why-we-talk-funny-by-valerie-fridland/Like, Literally, Dude: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671558/like-literally-dude-by-valerie-fridland/👕 OUR MERCH 👚US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/🎥 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/t71jZBSfack