what about kids speaking in Australian accent because of Bluey?
I think this affects parents more than kids. Fer real life mate. Wackadoo.
Streuth mate, not you too.
We are currently trying to dissuade our daughter from using dunny instead of toilet or loo. She also likes yelling it out.
We know the more we acknowledge it, the harder it will be to stop it…
In our house, the car has a ‘boot’. Not a trunk.
I’ve never heard that one before
My 3y/o Scottish nephew speaks in a near perfect American accent because of how much YouTube he watches
I’m Scottish as is my whole family and our nieces (5 of them) all say bucks, trash can, soccer ball. I’m quick to point out their errors but I have to give them a wee bit leeway but I draw the line at trick or treating.
Oof, soccer ball must hurt though
Yeah that was a swift correction for sure haha!
What do you guys call it?
(Canadian here, we get the British spelling of American words here, and of course the correct spelling of whisky)
The spelling of whisky/whiskey is not tied to the speaker’s dialect, it’s actually tied to the whisk(e)y’s origin.
Scotch, Canadian, and Japanese whiskies are spelled “whisky.”
American and Irish whiskeys are spelled “whiskey.”
So “bourbon whisky” would be incorrect in any English dialect, as would “Canadian whiskey.”
I did know that it’s based on origin, just poking fun (I had to Google the local spelling before connecting)
I did not know that Japanese was also without an e.
In Scotland it was always called ‘guising’ (as in disguising) and we used to ‘dook for apples’ (bob for apples) and carve neeps (turnips) instead of pumpkins. I also remember a game of a treacle treat dangled on string that you had to eat with no hands but that was an old one with my grandparents.
Also it used to have to be something scary; wolves, witches, vampires, monsters. Now it’s essentially fancy dress.
I’m American and probably dyslexia so it’s like 50/50 which spelling I get just based on me trying to spell anything lmao
That’s funny
It is highly amusing but also somewhat concerning, lol
Wait until they start wearing our blue jeans and listening to our pop music.
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I really hate it that everyone, me included, picks up an American pronunciation because almost everything is in it.
On an unrelated note, that’s why Baldur’s Gate 3 was such a breath of fresh air having voice over in British. But even that was disliked by some
For a bit, this was true for my daughter. She started to call me “dahddy” when she was into Peppa Pig. It didn’t last long, though.
My kid is there. When something goes wrong he’ll say “oh NO!” Which can’t be typed in an Oxford accent but trust me you can hear it.
Other Peppa-isms include the use of the words “silly” and “naughty”.
This manifests in phases like, *“Oh NO, silly Andy!”
“Eh-o neh-o!”
Or noor!
toast’uh
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Thank god she grew out of it.
Yeah it would of been really sad seeing her go.
Stop letting the tv teach your kids then, shitty parents…or don’t complain when they get taught things
Apparently I was like this, due to Ringo Starr playing Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station.
I suspect it’s mostly temporary, I used to have a heavy Amsterdam accent when I was young because of the day care I went too, but it’s completely gone. I do still have a fondness for it though.
First this, then the British Empire will reassert dominance over the colonies.
They’ve got as much chance of wanting that back as France does for Quebec. (spoiler: they rejected the idea and our most recent separatist vote turned emo in a heartbeat)
Lol this is funny. My son does a good British accent because we have British family members and he thinks it’s funny.
What counts as a British accent? Not being awkward just curious as I see it mentioned usually by American folks a lot. Does it mean any accent from the UK?
Basically anything Europe
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The honest answer is that most of us can’t differentiate between all the UK accents. They’re all just levels of “British”, with the most exaggerated being the one with all the "innit"s.
Wait, I thought the kids were speaking in an Australian accent because of Bluey?
Relatable, except it was the Yogscast for me
Yup, my 6 year old daughter now speaks Brit English perfectly and it’s hilarious and I can’t get over it.
There was this kids show called babar which was basically monarchist propaganda. I wonder what happened to them? Hopefully cancelled.
They told the whole story, then got revived 10 years later for a revival season, then got revived again 10 years after that for another 3 seasons on Disney Junior.
Disappointing, but thanks for telling the truth.
speaking in British accents
but the real question is, are those kids still speaking English, while in British accents
They’re speaking a very advanced form of Pig Latin.
