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Relaxing in British (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Saying "generic American accent" is about as valuable as someone doing a cockney accent and saying it's generic British.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I remember seeing some claim they did a study of English accents around the world and when they tried to average them all they got something similar to how people talk in Boston. Which I must say that's hard to believe, but fuck do I know

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago

    I take your point, which was why I added the next sentence acknowledging the variety of US accents. I'd argue that the Mid-Atlantic accent that most (but certainly not all) movie stars use is the closest thing to said generic accent.

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