THE BRISTOL ACCENT: Who Speaks it and how it's Spoken

J.K. Rowling and Cary Grant just to name two of the famous people who grew up in Bristol. In this video with Luke Nicholson from ‪@ImproveYourAccent‬ we will explore the Bristolian accent. This is part two of our tour of the accents of Britain. The other episodes will be released in the coming weeks. Sign up for the LetThemTalkTV newsletter here. It's full of interesting insights and stories about the English language and it's free! http://eepurl.com/izRKww 00:00 6 famous people 01:53 A bit of history 03:20 Stephen Merchant and the phonology of the Bristol accent 05:56 The intrusive L, pirates and more