Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0114 – The Accent That Killed
Description: 0114 – The Accent That KilledWhen the Tribe of Gilead defeated the Ephraimites in The Bible, they used accent as a means of identifying surviving Ephraimites trying to escape. People were asked to say the Hebrew word "Shibboleth", which means ‘stream’. People from Gilead pronounced it with a ‘sh’ sound, whereas Ephraimites did not, so anyone who said "Sibboleth" was killed on the spot. According to the Old Testament 42,000 people failed the test.[1] [1] Non-native English speakers can have problems with certain words and sounds. A common mistake made by French people is pr...