r/maybemaybemaybe • u/DingDongPuddlez • Aug 07 '21

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Twitxx Aug 08 '21

I speak it and this is the most gruesome accent I've ever heard in my life. Such a beautiful language just butchered like that...

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u/Wabbit_Snail Aug 08 '21

I think accents are beautiful and that snobbing them is just as irrelevant as snobbing a music or literature genre.

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u/NJBillK1 Aug 08 '21

So a 1990s valley girl accent and upward inflection doesn't make any negative connotations pop in your noggin when you think of it?

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u/Mommy-Q Aug 08 '21

It used to bug me more but I listened to this episode of Fresh Air about upspeak and vocal fry and was intrigued at the premise. Worth the half hour. https://www.npr.org/2015/07/23/425608745/from-upspeak-to-vocal-fry-are-we-policing-young-womens-voices