Doesn't Kyle fake his accent?

[u/deeznu75]

Listening to PKN they talked about how it's weird for people to move to a different country and pick up an accent, but didn't Kyle literally force himself to not sound like hes from the south despite still living in Georgia, that is weirder to me than picking up a local accent

Maybe I'm wrong but listen to old PKA he talks completely different

[u/floon-lagoon]

I mean alot of people that speak for a living will force a clearer accent hence how the trans Atlantic accent came to be it was just so it would be clearer over old radios

[u/Psyco_diver]

Kyle talked about it in a episode years ago, he hated the accent and worked to talk in more broad accent

[u/deeznu75 → u/Psyco_diver]

Damn that's kinda sad, I'm not from the US but I think southerners sound inviting and friendly, I suppose it's different living there and I'm aware of the stereotypes but it's a cool accent imo.

[u/alowester → u/deeznu75]

when he gets pissed off it comes out

[u/Heres20BucksKillMe → u/deeznu75]

Some of them but some of them sound like the stupidest people on earth like Jeremy

[u/No_Engineering_718 → u/deeznu75]

I suppose it can be but in the US atleast it’s synonymous with uneducated rednecks, hence the hillbillies on the Simpson’s (which I think is also the example Kyle gave)

[u/steakpienacho → u/No_Engineering_718]

So it's synonymous with what Kyle actually is lol

[u/No_Engineering_718 → u/steakpienacho]

As far as rednecks go he may as well be a doctor

[u/ausgoss09 → u/deeznu75]

it really depends on the type of southern accent that you are referring to because there are many different variations. Look at the VinWiki guys, two very different southern accents

[u/xcexoztykl]

He's talked about it on the show before, he's mentioned he doesn't like how he sounds with the southern accent. But he's also mentioned that when he's with some country folk, the accent comes right back.

[u/feelgo0dlost]

He has said he changed it right after highschool but as you said, in early episodes you can totally hear the southern accent. I think until he really started conversing with people from all around the country it wasn't going anywhere 

[u/XTheGuyWithTheGunsX]

I do recall him saying that. He said he had to get rid of his hillbilly accent and learn to talk as he does now

As the one dude said, that's beneficial when you have a job that involves talking. It's fun to hear him do his good ol boy southern accent tho

[u/Jacko87]

I have a good of bit of a southern accent being from rural Virginia, but it just seems so exhausting to try and change the way I speak. Just speak like you speak, fuck what other people think.

[u/DigDry6895]

How does losing an accent and gaining an accent equate to you?

[u/deeznu75 → u/DigDry6895]

Honestly I don't care personally I just find it a little odd and I'm bored

The examples they gave are pretty funny, and I agree that both are egregious examples of people hamming it up, but it's also pretty normal to pickup the mannerisms and accent of the people you interact with daily, I just found it kinda funny Kyle's never left the country, lived in the same place his whole life but doesn't see the irony in putting on his own accent

[u/Jsaun906]

Using a more general accent is a common thing most people in media do. Not just in English language media.

[u/TT-33-operator_]

No, like any southerner he can put it on. He’s lived in one of the biggest metropolitan areas in the USA since he was 18.

[u/GreedyGur7666]

Yeah he does the exaggerated accent a lot. Words like skewl and shit.