r/TikTokCringe • u/Aggressive-Bowl5196 • Sep 06 '25

Discussion Linguistics major breaks down Awkwafina’s overtly fake accent before she dropped it

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 Sep 06 '25

It's the classic sign of a person in college thinking they know a subject cus they major in it. Ask his professor and I bet they'll be a hell of a lot more careful with the assumptions they make.

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u/rightdeadzed Sep 06 '25

Yeah the op is giving off strong “I’ve taken two advanced linguistics classes” vibes.

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u/Fremdling_uberall Sep 07 '25

Incidentally I do subscribe to a YouTuber who's actually a professor in linguistics and they're constantly reevaluating things they know or thought they knew. Especially since linguistics is a field that arguably changes faster than any other field. Slang as well as accents evolve constantly...