Ever caught yourself—or your kid—sounding like you’ve just stepped off a flight from another hemisphere after binge-watching a show? In this episode of Otherwords, Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D., explores how TV can sprinkle a little linguistic magic (or chaos?) into our speech.
Some parents are concerned (or thrilled?) that their kids might be developing an Australian accent from watching Bluey… but is that really possible? How much of our language acquisition comes from TV anyway?