Dialect coach Erik Singer
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Thursday 16 July 2026 19:11:00 GMT
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thedanosphere :
Only ever heard Americans say this
2026-07-16 21:56:29
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kadenc73 :
They just mean they have a general American accent.
2026-07-17 17:46:32
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simone! :
this is a very american phrase
2026-07-16 23:10:28
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electrice145 :
Speaking without an accent is like typing without a font.
2026-07-17 09:48:57
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mattykirk00 :
I am Scottish and I was recently in New Orleans. We were talking to a waitress and she told us she loved our accents, we said “We love yours too!” And she replied “I don’t have an accent.” We tried to explain that she in-fact had a strong Louisiana accent and that it’s impossible not to have an accent. She wouldn’t accept and kept on insisting she didn’t have one. So yes, Americans are the worst for it lol
2026-07-16 22:21:51
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Danielle :
Americans says this whilst shouting with the loudest accent
2026-07-17 07:28:31
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Crista :
I think there is important context here in that Americans who say “they don’t have an accent” mean they don’t have an accent ascribable to any one specific place in the US. Like NY or Boston. Obviously an American accent is an accent. They’re talking about inside of the US specifically.
2026-07-19 02:41:00
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gioschmo :
If I’m not mistaken even asl users can have accents!
2026-07-16 21:02:55
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Big Tony :
You could not have an accent if you don't speak
2026-07-16 20:56:59
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kylechalve :
"Accent" means "distinctive pronunciation". It's entirely contextual. A Russian or a New York accent would be distinctive in Iowa, but not in Russia or New York. Just like a red pillow is an accent on a blue couch but would not be an accent on a red couch. If someone says, " I don't speak differently from the people in my group or area" and you respond with, " but you do speak differently to other groups or areas" that would be really disingenuous and pedantic. But that's exactly what accent means. When millions of educated, intelligent people use a word or expression you think is wrong, you are the one that is misunderstanding it.
2026-07-17 13:19:02
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roberta🇵🇸🏳️⚧️ :
This is a uniquely American phenomenon
2026-07-29 14:30:10
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Dawindbag :
I understand this is technically true, but in real world practice it feels like there are regions in the US that feel like their speech is less “from a highly specific place” than others. Some accents just stick out more than others.
2026-07-16 19:24:13
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🄰bby :
I've tried so hard to explain this to some Americans before 😭 I don't want to offend any Americans but a worrying amount of them will insist they don't have an accent and struggle to understand what I mean by an accent.
2026-07-16 22:30:52
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🙈_gappi :
everyone in these comments dont understand what americans mean by “i dont have an accent”, it means that they don’t have an accent that isnt anything apart from an american accent. the US is a massive country so its uncommon to hear someone speak english with an accent other than a neutral american one
2026-07-18 21:40:54
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Hoosier Daddy Cookies :
Nailed it. When most people say, “I don’t have an accent”, what they mean is “I don’t have a non-native accent.” The word “accent” has a few slightly different meanings.
2026-07-20 01:10:03
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Aya 🥝 :
Idky so many ppl say only Americans would say that cus that’s 100% not true lol. Where im from (Gabon) French is our main language and ppl will look at you dead in the eyes and say they have no accent when they have the thickest accent ever lmao. I think it’s cuz since everyone around them sounds pretty much the same for them that accent is the norm! 😭😭
2026-07-18 11:51:54
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this_is_simon_a :
it is deeply ignorant to think you don't have an accent
2026-07-16 23:12:06
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Si_Pollard :
As an Englishman living in a America, people tell me all the time 'I like your accent' the confused look they give me when I reply with 'I like yours too'
2026-07-16 22:15:23
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MaddyBea :
EVERYONE has an accent.
2026-07-20 16:44:18
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Arthur Augustyn :
I feel like this “correction” is an “ackually” intentionally missing the point. Modernism media empires result in a universal type of English spoken all over the world regardless of where they’re from. That is the “no accent” people are referring to. It’s not like Americans are making up some delusion. The same “accent” is spoken across channels and regions by people from different places. There’s still some minor differences but doesn’t seem crazy to imagine those disappearing within a generation or two.
2026-07-17 23:57:53
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Vinxi_da_artist :
Everybody has an accent
2026-07-18 07:25:05
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Stu :
Surely it is common knowledge that everyone has an accent 🙄
2026-07-18 12:33:47
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Charlie‼️‼️ :
gwen was saying she doesn't have a south African accent, not that she doesn't have an accent at all
2026-07-19 14:57:00
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Jared Sanders :
People think speaking with a “standard American dialect” is the same thing as not having an accent.
2026-07-16 23:18:37
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Bliss 🎼🎭🫖 :
EVERYONE HAS AN ACCENT
2026-07-17 15:09:50
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