I have an interest in linguistics and in American dialects in particular, so I was wondering whether the women from the clips below sound to you like born and bred Americans, or whether you would think that at least some of them are foreign-born:
I have an interest in linguistics and in American dialects in particular, so I was wondering whether the women from the clips below sound to you like born and bred Americans, or whether you would think that at least some of them are foreign-born:
I did not say that, don’t put words in my mouth. I said, in the context of the question where he wants to find voices that sound like “born and bred Americans”, it isn’t a helpful descriptor due to the wide range of accents across all those who were born and raised in the United States.
I did not accuse anybody of being racist, I mentioned that even if one was racist, the question still doesn’t make much sense due to the variety of accents among descendants of European migrants.
I do not support the segregation of races, I myself am from a migrant family. I am equally Australian as those from other backgrounds.
I reiterated my point that Native Americans, under any definition, falls under “born and bred Americans”, as OP believed that it was not honest, i.e. a lie
All who were born and raised in the United States are equally American, they eat the same food and participate in the same festivals.
I don’t agree that an implication of the question is that there is only one way “born and bred” Americans sound.
It’s fully possible to ask if an accent sounds like it plausibly belongs to someone born and raised in the US while acknowledging that there are many different ways people who fit that description can sound .
Fair enough, this is just my interpretation. I just really don’t like how they phrased it, where they want voices that do not sound “foreign-born”. I’ve heard the same sort of stuff directed at my family in the past for our “foreign” accents, despite my parents having proper Australian citizenship and everything.
And based on how their response is just “asshole” and “obtuse”, it doesn’t seem like they’re the open-minded type. They have also claimed that Native Americans being “born and bred Americans” is not honest (which isn’t a good look)