We'll regularly be asking open questions on our social media platforms, asking for thoughts from you, our listeners. These contribute to a wider conversation & allow you to feed directly in to the podcast.

The first question was 'If knowledge is power, what is your most powerful piece of knowledge?'. We didn't specify what the responses should be about, just to talk from your own experience.

Featured in this episode are:

• Birgitta Wetzl Website
• Katie Heath Twitter
• Zoe Cunningham Twitter, Instagram
• Helen Simmons Twitter
• Natalia Elgueta-Arias Instagram
• Laura Pirret Twitter
• Kim McInnis Twitter, Instagram
• Eleanor Forbes Website

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Today we were talking about rhoticity in accents. The rule is “See an ‘r’, say an ‘r’”, some accents say all the ‘r’s that are written in words, but others only say them in key places or at the beginning of words. Is your accent rhotic?

Remember…there’s NO SUCH THING AS A RHOTIC R! It’s the accent (or language) that is rhotic.

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This episode is all about Mimesis. The linguistic representation of ideas and abstract thoughts and feelings through language. How are your thoughts represented by what and how you choose to speak? What are the cultural influences on your understanding of language in general and the language you use? Express Yourself…

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Aundrea talks about her masters research into ‘Accent Fossilisation’: whether you can change your accent in a different language. Leon talks about his research into ‘Projection and Audibility’ which they'll both be presenting at the first (hey, why not say ‘inaugural’?) Midlands Voice Conference at The University of Northampton on 14th September 2018.

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Who Are We And What Are We Doing?

In this, our first episode, we interview each other about where we grew up, how we came to be voice coaches & some of the work that we do so you have an idea about who we are & what we’re doing.

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