Dialect (advanced)

(mellow electronic music)…- Jess, I have a new game for us.…- I hope it's an advanced game,…'cause this is an advanced lecture.…- Yup, it's definitely advanced.…- Okay.…- Okay, we have to do impressions of each other…and see who does the best.…- You mean, I have to impersonate you?…- Yeah, you have to kind of capture my accent…and the way I talk.…- Oh gosh, okay, I'll try.…- Go on, give it a go.…- My name is Jo Ann Render…and I'm an author.…

- You think I really sound like that?…You sound like the queen of England,…or you think I do.…- Sorry.…Okay, you give it a try.…- Howdy, my name is Jessica Brody…and I'm an author.…- I do not sound like that.…- Okay, you won.…- Just barely.…- This game shows how tricky it is…to copy other people's accents…and they way they speak.…- Right.…And Jo and I have known each other for a long time.…We even write books together.…- And teach classes together.…But we still find it tricky to really capture…the other one's way of talking.…

- This also shows how tricky it can be to…capture accents and dialects in fiction writing.…