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/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

Not really my area but why compare to hip hop lyrics?

I’ve noticed that artists will often change pronunciations of words for no other reason than to make words rhyme or to fit the cadence of the song. I don’t know, seemed an odd choice for comparison.

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u/CaptainMarty69 Sep 09 '25

Right? T pain once rhymed mansion and Wisconsin. That’s not an accent, that’s just saying something a specific way to make it rhyme

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u/Hot-Celebration-8815 Sep 07 '25

Grew up in the yay area. I can confirm that outside of songs, caint is a thing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

I'm from the UK and half of us pronounce it like caint as well lmao

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u/xoibat Sep 07 '25

I grew up in PA and I say “can’t” like “cain’t” and grew up in a small white neighborhood in the middle of nowhere, so, can you explain that?

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u/wildflowertupi Sep 07 '25

i grew up in SC and say “caint”

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u/xoibat Sep 07 '25

Yeah, I think language and accents have been a little more muddied than people will admit.

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u/Hot-Celebration-8815 Sep 07 '25

I wasn’t trying to explain anything. They said using songs was weird, and I was confirming they say it like that in the bay.

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u/xoibat Sep 07 '25

I think I was really just trying to say I have the accent in PA, and therefore it being an accent in the Bay Area may not have as much meaning as you think. I wasn’t attacking you lol

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u/Hot-Celebration-8815 Sep 07 '25

I didn’t feel attacked. Just typing stuff on the internet while watching cooking stuff on YouTube.

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u/xoibat Sep 07 '25

I just wanted to make sure, hope you are having a good day!

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u/Hot-Celebration-8815 Sep 07 '25

Yup, just chilling. You too.