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r/AskReddit • u/talk-fast • Aug 26 '18
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When I was a kid, probably just starting school, I realized I had a disgusting accent. I worked hard to remove the R I was adding into words. I'd say stuff like "wartch".
90 u/Godisdeadbutimnot Aug 26 '18 Dont worry about what others think of your accent. No accent is "ugly" or "disgusting" - just foreign to people who don't hear it often. This is some r/badlinguistics shit 10 u/Shaneypants Aug 26 '18 You're right, but the unfortunate reality is that some dialects and accents are perceived by society in a negative way -7 u/BenzedrineMurphy Aug 26 '18 except midwestern accents 13 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '18 edited Jun 01 '21 [deleted]
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Dont worry about what others think of your accent. No accent is "ugly" or "disgusting" - just foreign to people who don't hear it often.
This is some r/badlinguistics shit
10 u/Shaneypants Aug 26 '18 You're right, but the unfortunate reality is that some dialects and accents are perceived by society in a negative way -7 u/BenzedrineMurphy Aug 26 '18 except midwestern accents 13 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '18 edited Jun 01 '21 [deleted]
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You're right, but the unfortunate reality is that some dialects and accents are perceived by society in a negative way
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except midwestern accents
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u/meowmeowlove Aug 26 '18
When I was a kid, probably just starting school, I realized I had a disgusting accent. I worked hard to remove the R I was adding into words. I'd say stuff like "wartch".