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).
  • kent_eh
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    1 year ago

    Quebec is a special case.

    It’s not the accent on your English that is the issue, it’s that you werent trying to speak French.

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      1 year ago

      Hahaha, I tried at the border crossing. The guard gave me no end of shit for mispronouncing Montreal and he made me repeat it back to him 3 times.

      Apparently the key is to clear your throat there the “T” is supposed to be

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        1 year ago

        In French you just don’t pronounce the t. I’m a Montrealer and the idea of a border guard dealing with Americans all day giving anyone shit over language is the height of stupidity. I worked with tourists in Old Montreal for a couple of years and the rare “speak French” weirdo was given the eye roll and ridicule they deserve.