Argument, Language and Miscellaneous: Bruvophobia

Bruvophobia

By Anonymous - 01/09/2013 22:35 - United States - Cypress

Today, my mom mentioned how she loves a certain actor's "British" accent. I couldn't help but mention that there's no such thing, and that there are lots of different accents in Britain. She got pissed and lectured me for "lying" to her and trying to make her feel stupid. FML

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Same thing different taste

By Anonymous - 19/02/2013 18:53 - United Kingdom - Birkenhead

Today, for the second time this week, I was asked to stop putting on such an obviously fake "British" accent. I am British and have lived here all my life. FML

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You can talk, mate

By Anonymous - 30/07/2019 12:07 - United Kingdom - Bristol

Today, a customer asked me if I was English, because I was struggling to understand what he was saying. I said yes. He then called me a liar, and said I must be "one of them Polish immigrants." Oh, and he also had a thick Scottish accent. FML

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By meh - 18/01/2012 05:21 - Canada

Today, my teacher, who's Irish, called me insensitive and stupid for imitating her accent. I'm Filipino and my parents immigrated to Ireland where I was born, and then we moved to Canada when I was 14. Her response to my explanation? "Bullshit." FML

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Why would you do that?

By dammitt - 10/10/2009 06:10 - United States

Today, my best friend and I went to the movies. There was a hot cashier, so I thought it would be cool to talk in a British accent to try and be sexy. I walked up and started talking when he interrupted me and said in a very heavy British accent, "I know you're faking. You can stop now." FML

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Misunderstood

By lildale92 - 03/06/2021 10:01 - United States - Elmhurst

Today, I was trying to explain to my mother-in-law how I hated the way my father-in-law talks to me, the tone he uses. She thought I was attacking him and got mad at me. FML

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Knowledge

By Anonymous - 03/09/2021 02:01

Today, my mom hit me in the face after an argument she didn't win. According to her, Mexican and American are languages, and not dialects or nationalities. She even argued with my teachers, and threatened to remove me "from a school full of uneducated people" after they told her I was correct. FML

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Weird flex, but okay…

By Anonymous - 23/08/2024 06:00 - United States - Trenton

Today, I went through a fast-food drive-thru and gave my order in a perfect British accent for fun. When I got to the window, the cashier handed me my food and said, "I love your accent!" Caught off guard, I replied, "Oh, thanks a lot!" in my normal New Jersey accent. The confusion on her face was priceless. FML

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Alexa, play "You made me realise" by My Bloody Valentine

By singleandthankful - 23/02/2013 23:18 - United Kingdom - Beaconsfield

Today, my now ex-boyfriend called me out after I spelt "realised" with an S instead of a Z. It wouldn't have been so bad, if we weren't both British, if he hadn't called me an "illiterate idiot", and if he hadn't muttered "family of morons" when my mum backed me up. FML

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Class Wars - UK Edition

By Anonymous - 19/06/2020 14:01

Today, my wife blames me for our son having a “posh” accent, because she thinks he’ll be bullied at school. I’m a Yorkshireman and use “ey up”, “ow do” , “pillock” and “arse” in everyday conversation, whereas my wife was raised in Oxford, I doubt I’m the one making our son sound posh. FML

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By wow - 05/05/2011 06:13

Today, my mom confessed that she has to make up compliments to give to prove me wrong when I said she can never say positive things about me. FML

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kitsune309 15

Monday 2 September 2013 2:46

You deserved it. Maybe it's a different accent technically, but in layman's terms, a British accent is perfectly valid, just like an American accent.

strawberrywine22 30

Monday 2 September 2013 2:41

To be fair, we women like to live with the knowledge that if someone is from England, they have a "sexy British accent."

Comments

baref00tmama 15

Monday 2 September 2013 5:40

YDI for being obnoxiously specific. You obviously knew what she meant; it's not necessary to be right all the time!

iwadasn 32

Monday 2 September 2013 5:56

YDI for trying to be an obnoxious know-it-all. Of course there's such a thing as a British accent; it's just that there are different kinds of British accents, just like there are different kinds of American accents.

withasmile 3

Monday 2 September 2013 6:10

I think you were trying to make her feel stupid. Just like other posters said, while there are many 'British accents' it is accepted by many to generalize in this way.

cherylrenee 14

Monday 2 September 2013 6:35

Poor Mom. F her life for you being so particular. If you go to different parts of the states or Canada we have different accents, yet it's still an American accent...

Xikira 7

Monday 2 September 2013 6:54

It dosnt matter if there are different British accents if its from Britain it's a British accent. So the British accent does exsist and it was rude to pick at her.

mzdaisylynn 12

Monday 2 September 2013 7:38

Doesn't matter where in England the actor is from, it's still a British accent.

NurseAbi 10

Monday 2 September 2013 8:03

I'm English, I can differentiate between different regional accents in America..... Anyway. Give your mum the example of Daphne Moon in Fraiser who was from Yorkshire. That's a regional accent. Um.... I'm trying to think of other accents you might have on US telly.... Gordon Ramsay should be Scottish.

lysx84 24

Monday 2 September 2013 14:01

Yeah, "should" be Scottish. He speaks with an English accent.

davincidasecond 24

Monday 2 September 2013 8:41

Sorry OP, but no one likes anyone who comes off as a nitpicky know-it-all. YDI.

azwethinkweiz87 11

Monday 2 September 2013 9:20

I do see where you're coming from and _technically_ you are right, yes. But if that's the case then there's also no such thing as an "Irish accent" because every single County in Ireland has a different accent too. You're just being pedantic.

Bacontree 14

Monday 2 September 2013 9:29

Technically any accent that is originally spoken in Great Britain is a British accent, even if they are not all the same accent. You deserve it for being a wise-ass.