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August 29, 2022

What’s the Dill With Utah Accents?

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What’s the Dill With Utah Accents?

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From “oh my heck” to dropping our Ts, lots of Utahns have a special way of speaking. Lead producer Emily Means talks with theatre professor and dialect coach Stacey Jenson about the origins of the Utah accent and what defines it.


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