People who try to force themselves to talk with an accent

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Over the last couple years, Ive seen two completely different people try to force themselves to have a southern accent, because apparently the southern accent is the cool thing these days.

They just start talking that way 24/7 in hopes that itll become second nature. What in the fuck? What a silly thing to do. And technically, its cheating! Thats not a real accent
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Everyone has an accent.

If you think they don't, it just means they have the same accent you do.
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Why pick such a terrible accent?
people with southern accents think everyone loves their accents
most people just find it twangy and annoying in my experience.

"southern charm" lmao
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Everyone has an accent.

If you think they don't, it just means they have the same accent you do.

I know, I just mean theyre trying to give themselves an accent thats different from their normal one
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honestly just living in a southern town and talking to southern people is enough to eventually pick it up
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Strong Southern Accents are awful, they immediately make me think you're less educated and I'm rarely wrong about it. I was born in the South and was actively taught to avoid the accent and slang that goes with it.
Cruddy_horse posted...
Strong Southern Accents are awful, they immediately make me think you're less educated and I'm rarely wrong about it. I was born in the South and was actively taught to avoid the accent and slang that goes with it.

Such an awful take.
everything is subjective
counterpoint: hugh laurie has a better american accent than most americans
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There is a grown woman who comes into the store I work at and has a fake british accent. she always talks like that. it is strange.
Cruddy_horse posted...
Strong Southern Accents are awful, they immediately make me think you're less educated and I'm rarely wrong about it. I was born in the South and was actively taught to avoid the accent and slang that goes with it.

It's the same with the stereotypical "Canadian" accent. Educated/intelligent Canadians virtually never have that accent, it's just the hicks. Another dead giveaway is saying "I seen" instead of "I saw".
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Po comes in and has to be argumentative and misses the point entirely.
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argonautweakend posted...
There is a grown woman who comes into the store I work at and has a fake british accent. she always talks like that. it is strange.

In fairness, most Americans have no idea what real British accents are like. Films and TV have given them a very flawed perspective.
argonautweakend posted...
There is a grown woman who comes into the store I work at and has a fake british accent. she always talks like that. it is strange.

Id believe bill burr was an alien before i believe a typical american can even recognize a real English accent.
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Kimbos_Egg posted...
Id believe bill burr was an alien before i believe a typical american can even recognize a real English accent.

In fairness, they didnt say English.
Melody_JR posted...

Guys, who is this?
What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom?
A pickpocket snatches your watch.
Sarcasthma posted...
Guys, who is this?

whoever she is shes not wrong :D
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Sarcasthma posted...
Guys, who is this?

Why are you defending Po? Let them defend themselves from their own actions.
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Melody_JR posted...
Why are you defending Po? Let them defend themselves from their own actions.
I'm not. I'm just genuinely curious whose alt you are.
What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom?
A pickpocket snatches your watch.
If you force yourself to talk without an accent.... you're still forcing yourself to talk with an accent.
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Sarcasthma posted...
I'm not. I'm just genuinely curious whose alt you are.

I've been here for a couple of months. It's pretty evident what Po's MO is. You don't need to attempt to defend them. You can stop trying to defend them, (and claiming you're not).
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It does seem odd when I hear some folk trying to talk posh when I know they are as common as muck because so am I! You're not fooling me.
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Melody_JR posted...
I've been here for a couple of months.
And before that?
What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom?
A pickpocket snatches your watch.
Sarcasthma posted...
And before that?

I wasnt here. Youre trying to dig a hole in solid concrete with a broken spoon.
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ItIsSoOver posted...
Why pick such a terrible accent?
people with southern accents think everyone loves their accents
most people just find it twangy and annoying in my experience.

"southern charm" lmao
Lol no, pretty much the complete opposite in my experience. I live in the south and it's pretty commonplace for folks to try and change their accent because they don't want to be seen as a "hick"

I don't think that happens in most other places in the country
Melody_JR posted...
I wasnt here. Youre trying to dig a hole in solid concrete with a broken spoon.
If it turns out youre some longtime PotDer, Im gonna be awfully steamed.
What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom?
A pickpocket snatches your watch.
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