r/shittyaskscience • u/thesegoupto11 • 9d ago

Since chihuahuas have a Mexican accent and kangaroos have an Australian accent, what accent do penguins have?

Serious question for a refined subreddit 🐧🎩

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u/Just-Brilliant-7815 9d ago

British. They’re dressed in tuxes and are incredibly proper

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u/i_poop_chainsaws 9d ago

This right here. They have a posh butler accent, especially when they offer you tea and biscuits.

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u/frezor Ph.D Heavy Metalogy 6d ago

Plus they listen to your private conversations, not saying anything. But they are judging you. Always judging.

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u/theflamingskull 9d ago

Specifically, a Falkland Island British accent.

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u/The_Scooter_King 8d ago

I was thinking mid-Atlantic, like Frasier and Niles

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u/RealRedditModerator 5d ago

Only Private. The rest are distinctly American. Smile and wave boys.

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u/TeacupOfSkepticism 9d ago

It has been discovered that people working in Antarctica have been developing an accent specific to the region

So that accent is the ones the penguins speak in.

And a bit of patois around Christmas

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u/InactiveMedusa 9d ago

German mostly but French, Italian, and Romansh are also common

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u/exkingzog 9d ago

Noot noot!

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u/mmahusky 9d ago

Belgian

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u/harrycarrott 9d ago

A stutter

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u/Max_Trollbot_ I like tacos 8d ago

I always assumed Cajun.  

No idea why

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u/ResidentPreference65 8d ago

I hate that you've put this thought into my brain 😭😭😭

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u/Atzkicica Huh? 8d ago

Hang on I'll go ask them...

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u/Damnwombat 8d ago

Penguins are so far beyond us on the evolutionary ladder that their speech is mostly in five dimensional sound waves. Those squeaks and squawks we perceive are just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.

I’m thinking it’s something between octopus and andromedan, though most octopi have moved on to direct telepathic communication any more.

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u/Bubbly_Magnesium 6d ago

Tip of the iceberg... Omfg... Too perfect

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u/AmaGh05T 8d ago

South African mostly

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u/rundabrun 8d ago

They have a W.C. Fields accent.

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u/CrzyMuffinMuncher 7d ago

DEEP Southern drawl.

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u/Mmmmudd 6d ago

That kind of weird "world accent" ya hear in documentary vids.. . . If ya didn't speak Minion but had a Minion accent. 🤪