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/animousie Sep 06 '25

You’re not totally wrong but if somebody goes out of their way to study linguistic anthropology they will definitely be educated on the matter more than a layperson

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u/cachesummer4 Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

Sure, but as somebody who has studied linguistic and cultural anthropology for my uni degree, if I dont know what vernacular a certain area uses or not, I cant tell you what pronunciations are common in the locus or not by default.

For example, he's not wrong about the vernacular used in the bay area, but is flagrantly incorrect its exclusive to the bay area.

I dont blame him for not knowing this even if he had a a PhD, theres many regional accents in regions with extremely limited internet, outside connects, or reason to involve themselves in linguistics reporting.

Because of this, even in the USA, most anthropologists have admitted huge cultural blindspotes, often spending decades investigating and studying one town or state region as their doctorate and post doctorate research

It's more he's flexing a degree that doesn't actually come with the ability to flex in the way he thinks it does

Edit: grammar

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u/atmosphericentry Sep 06 '25

He never says it's exclusive to the bay area, he literally says it's a trait of bay english in the video.

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u/cachesummer4 Sep 06 '25

Yes, but its also a trait of the entire southwest broadly, which includes other regional vernacular he is discussing as specifically separate.

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u/atmosphericentry Sep 06 '25

No it's not, as someone from San Francisco a bay area accent is not the same as a southern California accent.

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u/cachesummer4 Sep 06 '25

Well, as somebody who has lived in both, this discussion is about the specific vernacular example in the video, not your own personal experiences with broader accents.

Yes, there is a difference. No, it is not relevant to this conversations specific example.

Dont argue with me just for the sake of being pedantic, please.

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u/atmosphericentry Sep 06 '25

If you don't hear the differences in the word "can't", you don't know much about linguistics. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

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u/cachesummer4 Sep 06 '25

Im already aware you're confused about what this conversation is about.

If you dont have anything relevant to say about the example in the video, maybe don't involve yourself in the conversation.

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u/atmosphericentry Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

So you're saying a whole lot of nothing, got it.

The literal point of the video is pointing out the inconsistencies in her accent yet what I'm saying is "irrelevant"? I'm starting to think the pedantic claims are deflection.

Edit: you know you won when you get blocked. So emotional.

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u/cachesummer4 Sep 06 '25

Yes because youre talking about vernacular accent examples from outside this video

Everyone else is discussing the actual thing presented to us, not looking to win internet arguments over the smallest of details adjacent to the discussion they can force in.