• huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        no, you misunderstand. the english base their entire identity on laying an incredibly complex regional/class-based landscape of landmines of pronunciation to be able to detect the foreigner, so they can then vote for farage.

        (sometimes the foreigner is from sheffield)

        • ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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          “Oi guv I’m from the London suburb Bovinshire-upon-Weavelton”

          “Oi guv I’m from the London suburb Weavelton-upon-Bovinshire”

          “Oi I could tell from yer totally distinct accent”

          • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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            In my experience there are actually only about 10 UK accents, the rest are just pretending.

            If you want actual accent madness its Norway. Somehow evry town with 5 people or more has a unique accent.

            • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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              The US has a fucking ton of regional dialects and accents probably owing to how huge it is. Like you have 4 or 5 just in the NYC area. Then you got the Appalacians you got the bayou and the french influence. You got the Tennessee drawl (which funny enough I kinda absorbed by spending so much time online talking to southern comrades). California has a couple but they’re pretty boring, you got the great lakes/dakotas (aka almost canada but not quite).