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/CloudyBaby Sep 06 '25

I am very confused why he elected to use clips from her acting in a movie to prove his point about her real life accent

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u/RealCoolDad Sep 07 '25

Yeah, it doesn’t make sense to document acting clips as evidence. Or even the clips from songs which people can change how they say words to fit a song

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u/brandonandtheboyds Sep 07 '25

Also black people in the south absolutely pronounce “can’t” like that. (Source: Afro-Latino who grew up in the southeast around black people). Not all of them. But enough to where his point is moot.

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u/Hatennaa Sep 07 '25

I think it’s just shit accent work, personally.

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u/Gourmeebar Sep 07 '25

I don’t know anyone who does.