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pseudomonaslisa · 11 months ago

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okay i keep thinking about that hugh laurie quote like "americans don't have the same rigorous analysis of accent" or whatever like. bro do you think mr. house speaks with a normal diction? like honestly the way i speak (pacing and vocabulary) is kind of similar and people have said To My Face "pseudomonaslisa no one talks like that"

#do you think dr. house is a Typical American? do you really???#not to mention: the thing about the “american accent” is that it's the equivalent to your “received english accent”#you couldnt do an eastern washington accent. you couldnt even RECOGNIZE an eastern washington accent #i DO understand that US accents are not as distinct!! im not a linguist!!! im not denying that!!!#but i think there's something really interesting here re: the idea that americans don't have class distinctions like england #and the way we (people with the quote unquote american accent) will treat or think about anyone who quote unquote sounds black #the way we (seattlites) will pre-judge someone with an eastern washington accent #but if someone has like. the vivien leigh adjacent southern accent there's a different judgement ascribed to that #i know im preaching to the choir here and this is really only informative to tiktok teens. but all the same

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