Things Americans Do That People From Other Countries Think Are Totally Strange

Thinking That You Don’t Have an Accent

@shanti / Twenty20

“It’s a pretty common linguistic misconception in almost all languages that the people speaking the common/standard version of the language have “no accent” compared to people from particular regions, rural pockets, etc. Every speaker of every language has an accent. Something registers as an accent to you if it sounds weird or uncommon compared to what you’re used to,” wrote nehala on Reddit.

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