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international British accent day

✿ | 26 October

✿ | the day where everyone speaks in their best, fanciest British accent. even if it's mockery or inaccurate, who cares? let's appreciate our brits!

✿ | little conversational example:
“How do you celebrate international British accent day?”
“By making a British accent, duh!”
“How do you make the accent?”
“Google is exis’ing very fine, ol’ chap, I can’t be your Google forever...”
“Oh! I see”
by diinosaurr_ October 25, 2023
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acute accent

the symbol ˊ, used in many alphabets based on the Latin and Cyrillic scripts
Some letters that use the acute accent include: Áá, Éé, Íí, Óó, and Úú
by bluestinger66 November 12, 2023
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Accented Text Affect

When you read something to yourself in a specific accent based on the style of which it was written.
"I would like to speak to the proprietor of this establishment." I bet you read that with a british accent. That's called the Accented Text Affect.
by Jack Flap December 10, 2018
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accent digger

Someone who uses their partner only for the sole purpose of their accent and anything that relates to their speech.
I hated that girl, she was nothing more than an accent digger!
by Seprah July 30, 2017
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Autocorrect Accent

When someone gets tired of fixing incorrectly autocorrected words in text messaging or social media and just goes with it because the audience they are trying to reach will figure out the gist of what you are saying. Considered an accent as most people under 60 understand what you meant, but older people don't and are confused by what you are trying to say.
John's Autocorrect accent was so strong yesterday his grandma flipped out at him on Facebook.

What did his post say?

"Anyone selling girl scout pussies?" We all knew he meant cookies. Poor grandma didn't.
by Autocorectiafixation November 2, 2018
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Lima accent

One of several Ohio accents (believe it or not, there are many), and the one used in the speech of the late Phyllis Diller, retired Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, retired news anchor Jim Baldridge, and the guy who wrote the Nobody's Property manga series, all of whom were either born and/or in the last example, grew up, in or near Lima.

Also how the characters in the cast of Glee talk.

People with a Lima accent generally have the following traits:

* They ALWAYS pronounce the I in Lima, Ohio like "pie" not "pea"!!!!! In fact, kids who grow up near Lima, Ohio often mispronounce Lima, Peru at first, which is pronouced the other way.
* They tend to sound like people who are on the news, as this is often mistaken for the "Ohio accent" that everyone in broadcasting school is taught.

* A little bit of the North Central (more Michigan infused than Wisconsin/Minnesota - we don't do that thing with the Os or say don't you know -but it's not always clear whether someone with a Lima accent is saying merry, marry, or Mary at times if they say one of these.
* Groceries is pronounced GROSSeries, not GROSHeries, god damn it! If you pronounce it the other way, you might be mistaken for someone from Cleveland or Dayton. The ones in Ohio or Tennessee!
* They also know that Bellefontaine, Ohio is pronounced Bell-fountain not bella-fon-tayn.
1: I'm going to LEE-mah, Ohio.
2: It's LIE-mah.
1: Are you sure?
2: Yeah.
1: I'm pretty sure it's LEE-MAH.

2: Yeah. I'm from LIE-mah. Well, I grew up at Indian Lake, which is like half an hour from Lima, anyway. I actually have a Lima accent. Most people who grew up there do.
1: Isn't that near BELLA-FON-TAYN? I lived there for years!
2: Bullshit...if you had, you'd know the locals pronounce it BELL-FOUNTAIN.
by DaisukeDoki August 31, 2022
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TV Accent

A TV Accent is a branch of “social mirroring”that occurs when someone consumes media in such a volume that they form a disjointed ”accent” consisting of multiple dialect notes and slang from multiple locations.
Why did Jack say “smokes” instead of cigarettes? And in a Canadian accent to boot? We’re from Virginia!

Oh, he’s been watching too much Trailer Park Boys, he’s developing a TV Accent
by Adam Baumb October 14, 2022
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