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Tosser. :P
Funny thing is, there are thousands of UK accents that are as different from each other as they are from the generic American accent. Granted, there’s variety in the US as well, but the concentration is higher in the UK, as we’ve had towns and villages for thousands of years within 20 miles of each other that had their own unique way of speaking that often only locals can understand without effort.
So yeah, when you say ‘British accent’ that means basically nothing to anyone in the UK.
Saying “generic American accent” is about as valuable as someone doing a cockney accent and saying it’s generic British.
when you say ‘British accent’ that means basically nothing to anyone in the UK.
Yeah, you have to say “Bri’ish” or they won’t understand you.
UK accents that are as different from each other as they are the generic American accent.
So yeah, when you say ‘British accent’ that means basically nothing to anyone in the UK.
It’s akin to saying “the generic American accent,” Which means absolutely nothing to anyone in the US.
There is a generic American accent though. News anchors began using it heavily in the 80s because focus groups said it sounded the most neutral and hard to place. It’s basically a NoCal accent.
Go tell that to any linguist and get laughed at.
There are more varieties of accents inside London than across the entire US. You understood their point, no need to be pedantic.
Their point is equally pedantic.
also people judge you for your accent a lot more there than in the USA
americans are really only mostly familiar with the posh accent or cockney anyway.
If anyone doubts this, keep in your head what your idea of a British accent is, then go and find some vids of people talking in the Black Country accent. The old black and white videos are the best - its thought to be the nearest surviving accent from ‘Old’ English.
I had a friend who worked at a wine shop. He was also 1/4 french, though with no accent at all.
Some other friends went in to see him at work. They found it hilarious that he had this excessive french accent. It turned out he did it as a joke 6 months before, and got a good reaction from customers. His subconscious apparently ran with this, without his notice. The more he racked it up, the better the customers respected his opinions on wine. He was, however, completely unaware he was doing it!
sacrebleu !
Mon touche.
Do they really think we all speak RP?
I’m from the North East, if I go to see my lass down in Manchester there are numerous different accents and the name of bread buns changes five times
Nope. We know some of you do that cockney thing instead, govna!
Sounds like very convoluted roleplay then
Personally, it’s just the fact that nobody is shooting anybody over here and healthcare is free.
We do have maga in the form of Nige, but it’s a huge stigma over here so that’s good.
Australians only do the accent when foreigners are around. With each other, the accent goes away and the Quokkas can be carnivorous again.
As a kiwi, I only do the accent so aussies can tell jokes about the number six
or… seven?
I used to fuck with my mom every time she answered the landline, she’d get all high pitch and neutral and business like.
Now that I know better, I was just one more fucker lol
My gen-z coworker always laughs at me for how my voice changes when I answer a call. It’s just how it was back in the 1900s okay?
Hell of a way to start a sentence
Could be spicier, mom wasn’t into me like that unfortunately
unfortunately
Love is love
“Fucking hell mate that was bloody exhausting, oh wait.”
As a British person I do basically have two accents I primarily use.
Funnily enough, that’s how Americans are, too. When we come home, we speak with an English accent.
Australians secretly changing back to British as soon as they step back in their homes just to fuck with Americans even more.
Jolly good. I mean, uh, that’s sick mate.
Jokes on you, most Americans can’t even tell the difference.
They say the word water differently but that’s it really
bo’ol av wo’er
Don’t ruin the secret!
O i didn’t know, so they’re just like Nigerians when they come home?
I totally drop my southern accent at home. I only use when I’m out just in case a tourist hears me. Don’t want them to be disappointed.
London or Cornwall? Northerners will have wild views on both.
A bo’oh’o’wa’er
