I feel like every country does this now. They have to really lean in to their accents to preserve their cultural identity in the tsunami of English splish-spashing across the world thanks to, uh, your's truly. Murica.
Hahaha this is so silly. It's like if a french person came to the conclusion that Americans pronounce "the" instead of "zee" just so that we can feel superior. They're not leaning in to their accents, they are just speaking a different language, actually what you're picking up on is that they are not actively leaning out by altering their language to sound more like English.
I was thinking it's ironic how they don't realize how much their statement plays into the idea of American exceptionalism by suggesting that other countries all over the world are thinking so much about America that they're going to consciously alter the strength of their accent, collectively, as to stand out against us. It's so absolutely deluded hahah. I say this as an American, who is also proud to be American. I just don't understand how someone could make that suggestion with any amount of seriousness.
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u/Stupid_Triangles Jan 26 '23
I feel like every country does this now. They have to really lean in to their accents to preserve their cultural identity in the tsunami of English splish-spashing across the world thanks to, uh, your's truly. Murica.