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minus-squareToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI don’t know why, but when I read this in my head, he has an accent.
minus-squareFmstrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt was the quick shift to “very handsome” without a pronoun modifier. Linguistics ftw!
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah, are they just trying to say foreign?
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNot necessarily. People who say “he has an accent” just think that their accent is “not an accent” so it could also be a (different) regional accent.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoHaving an accent is code for immigrant. If someone from alabama goes to new york, they are never described as “having an accent”.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoCan’t speak to your specific example but I have 100% heard people say “had an accent” to mean “has a regional accent”, that would include, for example, an Appalachian accent.
I don’t know why, but when I read this in my head, he has an accent.
It was the quick shift to “very handsome” without a pronoun modifier.
Linguistics ftw!
Everyone has an accent!
Yeah, are they just trying to say foreign?
Not necessarily. People who say “he has an accent” just think that their accent is “not an accent” so it could also be a (different) regional accent.
Having an accent is code for immigrant. If someone from alabama goes to new york, they are never described as “having an accent”.
Can’t speak to your specific example but I have 100% heard people say “had an accent” to mean “has a regional accent”, that would include, for example, an Appalachian accent.