chicken@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-215 hours agoA true hommiesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1605
arrow-up1605imageA true hommiesh.itjust.workschicken@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-215 hours agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours 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-up2·1 hour 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.
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.