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Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?

submitted by ElementalPee to ClownWorld 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 11:24:32 ago (+7/-2)     (web.archive.org)

https://web.archive.org/web/20230515142131/https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/14/fake-british-accents-americans-gen-z

Whether deflecting an awkward moment or lightening the mood in an argument, affecting an accent has become a Gen Z verbal tic


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[ - ] BadBoyBubby 4 points 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 11:49:59 ago (+4/-0)

Better than ebonics

[ - ] UncleDoug 1 point 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 12:07:16 ago (+1/-0)

You w0t mate? This bloke is bonkers, a real proper dodgy lad; innit?

[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 1 point 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 11:54:01 ago (+1/-0)

I 'member when Madonna adopted a Brit accent. she also was a nigger fucker since jr high school so there's that.

[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 0 points 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 12:22:21 ago (+0/-0)

I 'member when Madonna adopted a Brit accent. she also was a nigger fucker since jr high school so there's that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__rX_WL100

[ - ] Shitstartercarter 1 point 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 11:32:53 ago (+1/-0)

No clue. It's probably who and what you're exposed to on a regular basis. I'm from the Northeast and people think I'm from the South a bunch. Maybe it was me trying very hard to not have one of those terrible New York or Boston accents.

[ - ] Sector7 0 points 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 21:36:37 ago (+0/-0)

Having a disability is cool now.

[ - ] paul_neri 0 points 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 19:51:47 ago (+0/-0)

gotta say my favourite yank accent is the southern one.

[ - ] paul_neri 0 points 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 19:47:49 ago (+0/-0)

It's the first step to adopting an Australian one!

[ - ] LiberalsAreMental 0 points 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 18:32:40 ago (+0/-0)

The ones I knew that did this were all very gay.

[ - ] ButtToucha9000 0 points 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 13:09:26 ago (+0/-0)

Ppl have done this.... forever. This is just shitty fluffpiece news

[ - ] bobdole9 0 points 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 12:28:05 ago (+1/-1)

Don't you know it's shameful to be American!

I enjoy my northern Midwestern accent...we can talk so damn fast southerners and niggers can't keep up.