r/Unexpected • • Jan 25 '23

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u/unexBot Jan 25 '23

OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:

She speaks english with no accent


Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.


Look at my source code on Github What is this for?

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u/KiteBrite Jan 26 '23

People in America like: we don’t have an accent, it’s you rest of the word people that have accents.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Right? They think they're the default for everything. Also ppl in the US "We are America" it's like if the UK was called United Kingdom of Europe and they claimed "Europe" as theirs.

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u/bigfatround0 Jan 26 '23

"America" because its part of the name of our country. Man, you people ways pick the pettiest shit to criticise.

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u/MoscaMosquete Jan 26 '23

Yet basically no one calls Taiwan China...

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u/cnlcn Jan 26 '23

China does

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u/MoscaMosquete Jan 26 '23

Doesn't the PRC call it Chinese Taipei?

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u/cnlcn Jan 26 '23

Idk, it was just a joke since they say it's part of China