{"podcast":{"title":"Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris","slug":"words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407","podcast_index_feed_id":6871407,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5128892.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5128892","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/41498897.png","author":"Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris","episode_count":94,"summary":"Jess Zafarris and Rob Watts unravel the stories behind everyday words. Want to watch our episodes too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8R3ZnESMdsuTevq4ib9CvA","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T14:17:03.282672+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407"},"episode":{"title":"Are you pronouncing 'caramel' wrong? | ACCENTS (ft. Valerie Fridland)","slug":"are-you-pronouncing-caramel-wrong-accents-ft-valerie-fridland","published_at":"2026-07-15T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/are-you-pronouncing-caramel-wrong-accents-ft-valerie-fridland","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8925937","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8925937.mp3?modified=1783624032&sid=5128892&source=rss","summary":"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","meta_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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2963,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/episodes/are-you-pronouncing-caramel-wrong-accents-ft-valerie-fridland/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/are-you-pronouncing-caramel-wrong-accents-ft-valerie-fridland.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}