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).
    • Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social
      2·
      2 years 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
        11·
        2 years ago

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

        • Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social
          2·
          2 years 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.