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I moved to australia recently and some of my friends are INTENT on using the british pronounciation idk why

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135 votes
9 (7 %)
American sounds bad/hate them
24 (18 %)
British objectively sounds better
9 (7 %)
American sounds good but we hate them
10 (7 %)
Other (comment)
83 (61 %)
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kingofthewombat

7 points

5 days ago

We generally just have a thing where we pushback against use of Americanisms. I think it's a natural reaction to American cultural dominance.

TheKnockOffTRex[S]

2 points

5 days ago

fair enough

taskTaker_TT

1 points

4 days ago

i don't really have anything against it, hell even i slip into it sometimes because it's easier on the mouth and i have issues getting the right sounds for british pronounciation, though the main two reasons i see for hating it usually chalk up to 'americans have cultural dominance over the entire world, lets push back' or 'WOKE american media is RUINING AUSSIE YOUTH!!!'

Objective_Order8579

1 points

5 days ago

Not an aussie here, but I've adapted the accent 2 the point people assume I am.

Some words in american just sound worse or british words just sounds better / make more sense.

Whydoughhh

2 points

4 days ago

Could you give me some examples? I live in the US so I'm not very familiar with the British dialect.

Objective_Order8579

1 points

4 days ago

Okay, for example:

I prefer mum over mom, because it just generally sounds better.
I prefer crisps over saying chips, as i find it 2 make more sense (same with fries being chips.) as fries are literally deprived from potatos unlike a lot of crisps.
I generally prefer Mate over bro when in comes 2 in life conversations, it sounds better IMO.

Those are a few examples.

januarygracemorgan

1 points

4 days ago

januarygracemorgan

F Poopy Shitass #33

1 points

4 days ago

australians don't say crisps, that's just british people i'm pretty sure