I grew up with a thick Australian accent with a drawl I dislike, and have been consciously trying to change it for a while. The problem is I tried to make it sound more American at first but keep getting drawn to speaking “Britishly”. Now it’s a Frankenstein of all 3 accents and I don’t know what to go with.

Some points for both:

▪︎ American accent sounds “cooler”

▪︎ British accent sounds more “proper and elegant”

  • Australian accent sounds more “relaxed” (but I dislike this for myself, personally).
  • OceanSoap
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    1 year ago

    Curious, what makes an American accent sound like nails on a chalkboard to you?

    • gmtom@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      How loud they are and the sort of nasal quality they have to them. Like for American reference, imagine a whole country of people that sound like Janice from Friends.