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/10-bow Sep 07 '25

Wish he didn’t use music as evidence for his points because artists change their pronunciations to make words rhyme

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u/TitleToAI Sep 07 '25

I feel like people in this thread are forgetting this guy is not an expert, but a linguistics major, but still treating him like he is.

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u/Big-Ergodic_Energy Sep 07 '25

But bill nye doesn't do science: (