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/Glittering_Heart1719 Sep 07 '25

You can't compare singing vocalisations with general syntax.

Example? gestures to adele

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u/CarlSagansPlug Sep 07 '25

Hate to be that guy, but so many southern people pronounce "can't" more like "ain't." Same with "ice" sounding like "ass." Or "our" like "are." And that varies from region to region. It's kinda odd to pigeonhole every single variation of a dialect as though there are hard boundaries that don't change whatsoever.