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minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·14 hours agoYeah, are they just trying to say foreign?
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoNot necessarily. People who say “he has an accent” just think that their accent is “not an accent” so it could also be a (different) regional accent.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·12 hours agoHaving an accent is code for immigrant. If someone from alabama goes to new york, they are never described as “having an accent”.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoCan’t speak to your specific example but I have 100% heard people say “had an accent” to mean “has a regional accent”, that would include, for example, an Appalachian accent.
Yeah, are they just trying to say foreign?
Not necessarily. People who say “he has an accent” just think that their accent is “not an accent” so it could also be a (different) regional accent.
Having an accent is code for immigrant. If someone from alabama goes to new york, they are never described as “having an accent”.
Can’t speak to your specific example but I have 100% heard people say “had an accent” to mean “has a regional accent”, that would include, for example, an Appalachian accent.