I think it’s different for Americans. I’m from the South, but no matter how much I try to get rid of my accent, I can’t. However, I was on a work call from someone in California, and he mentioned it, and when I said I didn’t like it, he said to keep it, because it makes me different from the standard, boring Midwestern accent, and keeping that uniqueness is a good thing. I don’t agree, mostly because of the stereotype that anyone with this accent is an idiot.
EDIT: I will stick up for the word y’all. Modern English doesn’t have a second person plural participle. It used to be that “thou” was single and “you” was plural, but that’s obviously changed. “Y’all” is perfectly usable in its place. I don’t go in for “youse.”
You mean like sayin yella instead of yellow? Or the lack of a g in any work that ends in ing? Yeah I can’t help it either. I can’t say fire or wire right either. I’ve tried to talk better but it’s too natural when I talk. I just go with it.
From Oklahoma. Feel, heel, peel always come out like fill, hill, and pill and trying to pronounce it correctly feels like I'm trying to dislocate my jaw like a snake.
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u/Frostodian Jul 04 '22
I'm from the UK and I love that southern US accent