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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by trgn on Monday December 18, 2023 @09:00AM (#38682586)
It's a european thing, not just french. Same in other languages. People are highly attuned to accents and geographical differences they imply. It's frustrating as a non-native speaker. English is "neutral" ground. Americans too are in general really patient with other people's accents, so just less used to that sort of provincialism.
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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by biomcgary on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:37PM (#38685595)
People from the US generally find accents from other English speaking countries fairly charming (source I'm from the US) rather than a source of amusement or derision. I think attitudes about accents from non-English speakers vary more widely and regionally.
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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by trgn on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:37PM (#38686348)
> find accents from other English speaking countries fairly charming

Agreed.

In addition, I feel like Americans give out more of an "A for effort" vibe in response, whereas Europeans are more like "nice try n00b".

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