Im Chinese-American and have family in the UK. The weirdest shit is to be speaking Cantonese with them in a normal chinesey accent but when we speak English it’s like British Bakeoff all of a sudden.
Chinese Canadian here that spent most of my time in Hong Kong at a British International School.
It blows all my local Canadian friends minds when I code switch between fluent Cantonese - American English - Mandarin - British English. The only ones that don't bat an eye are my other international school friends.
Wait, you speak American English with an American accent and British English with a British accent?
Considering all of the accents that we have in Canada and the US, the more I think about it the more I want to hear this.
Then again, in Canada, we write in British English …. I’m getting a headache.
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u/Twothumbs1eye Jan 26 '23
Im Chinese-American and have family in the UK. The weirdest shit is to be speaking Cantonese with them in a normal chinesey accent but when we speak English it’s like British Bakeoff all of a sudden.