You Say Potato
21 May 2015
Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
Some people say scohn, while others say schown.
He says bath, while she says bahth.
You say potayto. I say potahto
And-
-wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto.
Have they?
From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of Received Pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father David travel the world in search of the stories of...
Details
21 May 2015
256 pages
9781447255468
Imprint: Pan