I grew up with a thick Australian accent with a drawl I dislike, and have been consciously trying to change it for a while. The problem is I tried to make it sound more American at first but keep getting drawn to speaking “Britishly”. Now it’s a Frankenstein of all 3 accents and I don’t know what to go with.

Some points for both:

▪︎ American accent sounds “cooler”

▪︎ British accent sounds more “proper and elegant”

  • Australian accent sounds more “relaxed” (but I dislike this for myself, personally).
  • Endorkend
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    181 year ago

    I take what you mean with “American accent” being the accent they use on US Television in shows and most news?

    Because there’s a hell of a lot of regional accents in both Britain and the US and various ones in both sounds stupid while others sound sophisticated.

    Looking at you Scousers and Southerners.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        It’s it even a real accent. It was made up for rich people to teach their kids from the 30’s-50’s and is based on any real location or culture.

        • @afraid_of_zombies
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          01 year ago

          It isn’t real because some people sat down to make it vs it happening by accident?

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            You only got it because your parents were rich enough to pay a tutor to teach you to use it. It’s not regionally based, it’s essentially the Klingon of American accents.

    • El Barto
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      31 year ago

      I love the American Southerner accent in women.