Nah I live in Australia and we also do bad Australian accents recreationally no shame
Its fun to make fun of your own accent. How else do you mock the stupid people you see every day?
It requires moderation, like all things. My wife and I used to joke around, talking to each other in southern accents, but we lacked moderation, and now the southern drawl has become part of our regular speech. We’re not anywhere near the south.
That is very real. I’m in rural Appalachia and definitely adopted some turns of phrase after using them ironically. I find myself actually saying “howdy” with a straight face now.
I’m a punk from south Florida, “howdy” should not be in my vocabulary
Don’t let my people monopolize that accent! It’s a beautiful accent, in my opinion. Shame about most of the folks it’s attached to. Most people hear a southern drawl and their mind goes right to white supremacy rednecks, which is unfortunately not incorrect of them to think. I wish we had some popular well educated folks to bring that sound to the larger populace so that it isn’t such a red flag.
