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).
  • El Barto@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Completely agree with you. When I say I hate gamespeak in non-game discussions, I get downvoted.

    E.g. “Australia beat Covid” Comments: “Australia gained +10 armor XP hurr durr!”