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Antarctica might be the only continent on Earth with no natural human habitation, but it’s emerged that an “Antarctica accent” is very much a thing. Despite having no locals, thousands of scientists have made up an ever-changing population in research stations over the years. The continent is so isolated and the level of interaction between researchers is so intense, that a common accent is beginning to emerge there despite people coming from different parts of the world. At its busiest points in the year during the summer, Antarctica is home to around 5,000 people. Only around 1,000 people live there during the winter months. The idea of accents changing due to human interaction on Antarctica is no different to the phenomenon seen throughout history at a glacial pace. However, given the very specific sample size, it’s an opportunity for scientists to study it at a much quicker rate and on a much smaller scale. Experts at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich published a study in 2019 which focused on the change in accents observed in 11 people who took part in the British Antarctic Survey. @human.1011 There’s an Antarctic Accent! #language #linguistics #english #antarctica Of the 11 who were studied, eight came from England, one from the US, one from Germany and one from Iceland. Their voices were recorded every six weeks, and the team found that over time they developed longer vowel sounds. There was a physical change too, with participants pronouncing the “ou” sound in the front of their mouths rather than the back of their throats. Speaking to IFL Science, Jonathan Harrington, study author and Professor of Phonetics and Speech Processing at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich said: "The Antarctic accent is not really perceptible as such – it would take much longer for it to become so – but it is acoustically measurable. "It's mostly an amalgamation of some aspects of the spoken accents of the winterers before they went to Antarctica, together with an innovation. It's far more embryonic [than conventional English accents] given that it had only a short time to develop and also, of course, because it's only distributed across a small group of speakers.” Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

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Another day and another brain teaser is taking over TikTok, but can you solve this puzzle that only "one per cent" of people can? Along with trends and theories, puzzles, optical illusions and brain teasers have taken off on TikTok, testing users on their mental agility. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter The latest one that has left 99 per cent stumped sounds very simple – find the word “dog”. But, the actual puzzle itself is much more tricky than it sounds with a 14 x 7 grid with a mixture of the letters D, O and G. What does the puzzle involve? The “Can you find the word dog” puzzle is presented like a word search and simply requires users to find the letters in that order. But, it is made exponentially harder by the mix of 98 letters in the grid that almost spell the word, but not quite. While the puzzle may seem almost impossible to solve thanks to the sheer random mix of Os, Ds and Gs, it is possible to solve it if you look hard enough. @pasillusion Can you find the word Dog?! What is the answer? Unlike other puzzles that have taken off on TikTok, such as the “find the fourth object” task, the “find the word dog” one actually has a resolution. For anyone unable to find it, the word is spelt out diagonally, with the opening letter D found on row three, eight columns in. The O can then be found on the fourth row, nine columns in. The G is on the fifth row down and can be found ten letters in. Why is taking off on TikTok? Much like other puzzles, the “find the word dog” puzzle is being reposted by users as a way of gaining followers and likes on the platform. Some users, for example, will say something along the lines of “Hit + for the answer” or say they will provide a clue once they reach a certain number of likes. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

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