british accents
When I have to ask for directions and the location is fairly obvious, I’m always embarrassed. To avoid the humiliation, I ask in a British accent so my incompetence is socially accepted.
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in the same vain whenever lost in the UK i adopt an american accent to avoid the same shame…
i love this neurosis. i dont have it but i think it’s brilliant.
I can’t stand when people fake accents.
My husband does this, I think its adorable
I do this…but I talk like a white person (I’m black), I do it because I think the person would give me the wrong directions if I didn’t….but of course since I’m also a man, I rarely ask for directions.
I’m going to try this neurosis – I’ve been looking for a new one, and this looks like just the ticket. Thanks!
- el kabong
Do you think the incompetence of someone with a British accent would be acceptable because you think people expect British people to be incompetent or because you live outside Great Britain and would therefore be assumed to be a foreign visitor?
There is no such thing as a british accent.
I guess the person meant British pronunciation – semantics
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I’m guessing they meant a generalised ‘teh Queen’ English accent, not Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Brummie, Liverpudian, etc…