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minus-squareandresil@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAmericans have trouble with any accent that isn’t the blandest, nails on chalkboard accent. Once had one ask me if I was speaking English when I spoke to him (for context I am Irish, the north bit)
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoLol yeah, it’s just the Americans that don’t understand you. Sure…
minus-squarepjhenry1216@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBland and nails on chalkboard? That’s like the opposite of bland. Not great, but definitely not bland. Bland is blunt and flat. Nails on chalkboard is shrill, sharp, and grating. I just don’t understand how you can believe both at the same time.
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou’ll probably hear more and more varied accents in an average US city than in all of Ireland.
Americans have trouble with any accent that isn’t the blandest, nails on chalkboard accent.
Once had one ask me if I was speaking English when I spoke to him (for context I am Irish, the north bit)
Lol yeah, it’s just the Americans that don’t understand you. Sure…
Bland and nails on chalkboard? That’s like the opposite of bland. Not great, but definitely not bland. Bland is blunt and flat. Nails on chalkboard is shrill, sharp, and grating. I just don’t understand how you can believe both at the same time.
You’ll probably hear more and more varied accents in an average US city than in all of Ireland.