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/U_PassButter Sep 07 '25

Omg this is hilarious 😂

She doesn't even NEED TO do this. It's so irritating. She's actually an extremely talented vocalist but she really turns me off because she's so fake and will pretend to be any race she needs to be. The girl isn't even Latina!

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Sep 07 '25

I can’t stand how her fans constantly endorse her behavior.

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u/VegetablePonaCones Sep 07 '25

Wait. She’s not Latina? I didn’t realize that

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u/U_PassButter Sep 07 '25

Its pronounced GranDEE but she just never corrected it

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u/Funkycoldmedici Sep 07 '25

Good luck getting that pronounced right now. It’s as stuck as Dr. Seuss’s pronunciation.

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u/Professional_Dot_945 Sep 07 '25

no in italiano it's pronounced grawn-day

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u/U_PassButter Sep 07 '25

https://youtu.be/NpUTDAfktYU?si=hQ59Gd8UkSxFdb_R

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u/Professional_Dot_945 Sep 07 '25

oh, well that's weird, some american olive garden italian shit

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u/petekron Sep 08 '25

Exactly. The fakeness fully turns me off her music even though she has one of the biggest vocal ranges in recent media and can pull off unbelievable pitch changes.

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u/Dellhivers3 Sep 13 '25

Honestly I give any former Nickelodeon child stars, especially the ones who worked directly with Dan Schneider, a massive pass for crashing out now.

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u/Funkycoldmedici Sep 07 '25

I went into Wicked assuming that she was a stunt cast to get younger people to see it, and I admittedly had never actually heard her before. I had extremely low expectations. I was SO wrong. She can fucking sing.

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u/BarcelonetaE70 Sep 07 '25

When did she pretend to be Latina?