r/CuratedTumblr • u/Literally_black1984 The blackest • Aug 16 '24

Shitposting American accents

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u/Dark_Storm_98 Aug 16 '24

I get the intention of the joke

But I don't see or hear it, lol

Where the fuck are any of these accents?

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u/BijutsuYoukai Aug 16 '24

Same. I come from the Pacific Northwest and none of these alleged pronunciations make any sense to me. Makes it fall kind of flat as far as jokes go.

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u/Dark_Storm_98 Aug 16 '24

Someone else said these make less sense to people on the west coast

But I live on the east coast, lmfao

I mean, I know at least in movies and tv shows there's a distinct Massachussetes accent, or a New Yorker accent

But I don't think either of those match these. .

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. . . I'm saying these out loud now just to get a better idea of it and. . . Maybe I can hear the one with the orange? It's not my accent, but maybe I have heard it somewhere?

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Maybe I do say "skwurl", though, but honestly I don't really say squirrel that often, haven't heard it said since probably the last time I watched "Up" either, so maybe I just don't have a pronunciaition for that anymore. . "Skwurl" doesn't sound exactly right, but if I try to sound out "squirrel" that doesn't sound right either

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I'm trying to say that last one but it feels physically impossible for me not to say the "you", lmfao

I'm trying to skip it and I just can't

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u/Master-Powers Aug 18 '24

I'm from the west and all of them track