Why people like to imitate the american accent?

[GUA MENG THI(我問天）]

Most of my friends that have better english than me speak in an very american way, I never heard british, austrilian, etc from them. And meanwhile me still speak like this: https://youtu.be/mo4ufPKTq0E?si=cS3dbAKUYo6YfF9w

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Devsman původně napsal:

tiny E původně napsal:

I see what you mean, but I don't consider southern accents an accent because I don't think they're speaking english to begin with.

You've got a lot more than that. Minnesota, Indiana and New Hampshire all have pretty different accents also.

Yooper

And BTW, Ted Nugent, NOBODY from Michigan talks like that, so give it a rest.

[Vinz Clortho]

I once read that all people in Korea pronounce L as R because the first person who ever taught English there had a speech impediment. Probably not true but that doesn't seem to make any difference these days.

[Ulfrinn]

Electric Cupcake původně napsal:

Implying there's only one American accent, are yah?

There's definitely a dominant one. Dominant enough that a fairly large portion of Canadians use it too.

[apathy]

1. Because Americans see red when playing games against Europeans.
2. Some European accents make us sound dumb, i.e. like we're inbred.

[tom five]

Because American media is more prevelant than any other.

He just sits and listens to the people in the boxes, everything he hears, he absorbs and adopts it.

[Xero_Daxter]

“Do you have any non-dairy creamer?”

[Jolly Devil]

Xero_Daxter původně napsal:

“Do you have any non-dairy creamer?”

♥♥♥♥ lactose intolerant people I guess

[Triple G]

I guess the only American accent i would be interested in would be Appalachian.

Or Texas German. Känn ei so reinmoven, oder direkt ausse Welt rausmoven - egal.

[Electric Cupcake]

Triple G původně napsal:

I guess the only American accent i would be interested in would be Appalachian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDlZLsJJkVA

[Xautos]

tiny E původně napsal:

Electric Cupcake původně napsal:

Implying there's only one American accent, are yah?

I see what you mean, but I don't consider southern accents an accent because I don't think they're speaking english to begin with.

but southern implies more than one, where as others just say american accent which could mean anthing from southern Argentina to northern Canada in the most remote areas.

[Morkonan]

Relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kDzdJ07Vho

:)

Edit - For performance purposes, it's about authenticity. For... like just the heck of it, it can be fun to imitate dialects/patois, either just for the sound of it or maybe to imply something.

"u wot, mate?" :)