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HAAZ asked in Family & RelationshipsFriends · 7 years ago

whats wrong with my accent???

Ok so @ school im quiet, nice 2 every1 n I come top in everything. My life iz average, I'm not part of d popularz. I don't alwayz read or obsessed with equations (which I don't c a problem with) I just happen 2 b smart. For a few weeks my DT lessons have become hell. I live in an area where every1 speaks Black Country but I was bought up with speaking Standard English. In DT a guy keeps imitating everything I say in a posh accent when I don't speak posh, most people say I speak like Londoners. He keeps bringing it up when I've done nothing 2 him. The whole table, even 1 of my best friends laughed besides a guy who always trys 2 stick up for me. I'm grateful 2wards him but I don't want people 2 start 2 think we're going out or any thing as well. What would u do? N whats wrong with talking proper English?

Thnx in advance

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  • Pieman
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Absolutely nothing is wrong with it. It's just that teens usually speak slang, and in your country, you're probably thought of as different. I'm from Northern California. One time, on a vacation with my parents, I went in, alone, to an ice cream place, to get each of us an ice cream cone. The girl working behind the counter, had trouble understanding me. She said so. I replied, "I'm a northerner.". Point is, that accent problem sort of happens everywhere., and when a person is out of his/her region, he/she seems to have an accent.

  • 7 years ago

    I would expect a question about speaking proper English to be written in proper English. Why would you write differently than you speak?

    To answer your questions, peer pressure is certainly a difficult thing for kids to deal with, but there is no reason to change the way you speak to please your friends and classmates. They want to bring you down to their level, and if you allow it, that's probably where you'll stay. Think of it this way: Are you going to live there forever? If not, then when you move on to bigger and better things, you will have a definite advantage over the rest of those kids because you speak properly. You'll thank your parents when you get older.

  • 7 years ago

    N btw yes I know its sort of confusing that I speak different 2 d way I type but thats because its just quicker this way

  • 7 years ago

    YOU HAVE NO WORRIES BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO PROPER ENGLISH OR ANY FORM OF INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATION

    SQUEEZE THE BUTT

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  • 7 years ago

    Try asking again in English instead of pretend gangsta.

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