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).
  • @Wahots@pawb.social
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    51 year ago

    I was in the airport recently and family had an incredible southern accent. Their voices were like cool rain on a hot summer afternoon. It was nice to just bask in their everyday conversation from a distance. :)

    • @RBWells@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      Here in Florida I still sometimes hear old ladies speaking in the most proper, old Southern accents. Then they bust into perfect Spanish.