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Re:Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British acc... by inanutshellus on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:35AM (#35948832)
"imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" comes to mind.

Your audience is relishing the unique experience they're having (the privilege of speaking to someone from the other side of the planet). I hope you try to take it as a compliment in the future rather than chastise them with caricatured accents to "get your point across". :(

I get that it gets old, though, as your accent isn't novel to you.

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Re:Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British acc... by dev_tty01 on Monday May 15, 2023 @03:52PM (#35953585)
> as your accent isn't novel to you.

I would imagine that part of the reason it gets old is that it isn't "your accent." It is a NZ accent after having been filtered and ruined by US ears and speech patterns.

Old joke. What do you call someone who knows three languages? Trilingual. Two languages? Bilingual. One language? American (US). Speaking as one myself...

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