Vol308.日常英语学习Midwest American Accents

获取全部文本资料公众号搜索：yymaster888Hi everybody. Welcome back to my YouTube channel. In today's video, I will be interviewing my friend Marcellus who is from Cincinnati, Ohio. Let's get started. I'm with my friend Marcellus. So, Marcellus, how many siblings do you have?I have three. I have a sister and I have two brothers.What's it like having two brothers and one sister?I got built-in best friends, so it's great.Are you the oldest, youngest, in the middle?Me and my younger brothers share the middle. I grew up the middle and then we had my sister like just way later. So then I end up sharing the middle. But yeah, middle.What do you do for work?I do three things. I work at a skateboard shop. I serve. And then I also cut hair at my house. So it's kind of like a side gig.Marcellus said cutting hair is his side gig. A side gig is a job you do in addition to your main job, usually to make extra money. It's casual, flexible, and not your main source of income. For example, I work at a school, but I also sell jewelry online. That's my side gig. You'll also hear side hustle. Same meaning. I work at a bank, but I also do photography on weekends. That's my side hustle. The word gig alone just means a job. Musicians use it all the time. We have a gig tonight at 9:00.What's your favorite job out of the three of them?Cutting hair. Cutting hair is probably the best one. It's like talking with the homies, pretty much.He mentioned spending time with the homies. So what does that mean? Homie or homies for the plural means a close friend. Someone you grew up with, live near, or just feel really comfortable around. For example, I'm not going out tonight, just chilling with my homies. The word comes from homeboy, which originally meant someone from your same neighborhood or hometown. Over time, it got shortened and spread everywhere. Now people use it all across the US, not just in one region.What kind of music do you listen to?All right, that I know a lot of people say everything, but everything. I love French music, UK rap, even R&B, American R&B. I love rap. Um, some bachata, some Brazilian funk. Oh man, like everything. I've recently started liking country, so I've even been dabbling in country music.Did you catch that word? He said he's been dabbling in country music. What does dabbling mean? To dabble means to try something casually. You use it when someone does an activity just for fun without becoming an expert. I dabble in photography, which means I take photos sometimes, but I'm not a professional. She dabbles in cooking. She cooks occasionally and tries new recipes, but it's not her main thing. He used to dabble in music. He played music a bit in the past, but never seriously.What kind of sports do you follow here in America? Like what do you like to watch?Football. I fell back in love with football. Not soccer, football.No, not soccer football. American football.American football. American football. Growing up, I always played football. I started playing when I was about four. That was my first love and then I've always been a fan of the Bengals. I stopped being a fan for a few years only because I just didn't watch the sport. Recently, I've been picking up a bit of baseball as well and that was another one of my like first sports I played growing up. I've got to be honest. I honestly just go to the games for the food.Nothing wrong with it. Nothing wrong as long as you're supporting the right team. Are you from Cincinnati originally? Cuz you said you grew up like playing football and stuff. You like the Bengals?Born and raised. I'm from Madisonville.Marcellus said he was born and raised in Cincinnati. This means he was born there and grew up there. Same city his whole life. Yeah. Born and raised here. I don't know if I'll say.What is your favorite thing about Cincinnati and your least favorite thing?Just to get the negatives out the way, least favorite thing are probably the drivers and then the amount of construction we always have and then how bad the roads can be. Like I just feel like I'm always hitting a pothole.A pothole is a hole or crack in the road, usually caused by cold weather or old pavement. They can damage your car's tires and wheels. I hit a pothole and got a flat tire. The city needs to fix all these potholes. Cincinnati and many Midwest cities are famous for bad potholes in winter. So now you understand exactly why Marcellus is complaining.The roads, they are bad.The roads are bad.I mean, my car has been in the shop like twice in the past year cuz I went over three, four potholes and it costs a lot of money to repair your car. My favorite thing in Cincinnati, honestly, the atmosphere, especially when it comes to events and sports and then also the diversity of people. You could like go somewhere and just meet someone you never thought you'd meet and then also like take a few steps down the road and meet a completely different person.Since you're from Cincinnati, do you think you have a Midwest accent?I never thought about me having an accent until I was a little bit younger. I was like a teenager and I was on the Xbox and somebody was like, "Yo, where are you from?" I was like, "I'm from Ohio." They're like, "You got an accent." I'm like, "What?" And then like as I got older and like I will like recognize that I'll say some words with like a little bit of like twang to it or like just like I'll emphasize it a different way someone else would.