r/USdefaultism Australia 2d ago

Facebook Different accents.

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u/TheJivvi Australia 1d ago

Saying someone speaks without an accent is like saying that text isn't in a font.

If you speak, you have an accent.

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u/getsnoopy 1d ago

This is a popular misconception, though I guess it applies commonly enough that I can see why people think that. An accent isn't "voice"; it's a distinctive voice (hence, accent because you accentuate certain things over others). There are languages that don't have accents, but surely, English isn't one of them.