American Children Are Developing British Accents

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43. I am not 'obsessed' with anything in this discussion

I said it was not germane because we went down a rabbit hole into a qualitative discussion about genres of music and shifting forms over the passage of time. The original point you made that I replied was about UK singers using American accents, which I overall disagree with in terms of the present day(obviously there are exceptions), and I also provided multiple examples showing this to not be a pervasive occurrence in the current context of British popular music.

Even before that exchange, btw, you had already responded to my first post in this thread (on a different subject) with a bit of minor shade tossed on British accents in general.

It appeals to certain people. To others, it's a turn off.

I literally, in all my years in the US, have never had someone tell me that my accent was a turn off or annoying (which I due grant is anecdotal). Been asked if I was Australian (zero clue why) probably 100 plus times, but never had such a negative reaction as what you described. Perhaps people where just being polite, but seeing as the vast bulk of my living on this side of the pond has been in LA and NYC, I doubt it. Perhaps if a Brummie (Black Country/Birmingham area) or a Scouser (Liverpool) was the speaker, lol, then yes, I could see that.

Anyway, cheers and nice chatting