Why do Americans say ‘bay-zle’ and the English say ‘baa-zle’?

photo-1527964105263-1ac6265a569fWhy do Americans say ‘bay-zle’ and the English say ‘baa-zle’?

In this article in Curious Kids, a series in The Conversation in which academic experts answer real questions from real kids, I explain why accents exist and how they tell us something about who we are.

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