What accent were you expecting them to have?
Is this thread serious? Do you not know what a regional accent is? Or did you just not know non-whites can also have accents? So weird...
Go to Scotland.
Its about as weird as a white guy with a chinese accent. In other words yes its weird.
I imagine a lot of this
Why is this trippy? Accents form from where you grow up and learn language or interact with language over a long period of time.
It's bizarre seeing so many gaffers weirded out by this. I live in South East Asia and even in a country as small as Malaysia you'll find Indians, Chinese and Malays with varying accents.
This bullshit is on the same level as that "Oh you are really articulate."
Threads like this make me wonder where the heck Gaffers grew up. Despite being a suburban kid in St. Louis, we had a lot of kids of Indian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern ancestry (hell, my own cousins are Iranian) in school that I grew up with. The only ones that ever talked any different were the two kids from Australia.
Why wouldnt white ppl sell to black ppl? Do they hate money?
Its about as weird as a white guy with a chinese accent. In other words yes its weird.
Don't know why this has been tripping people out. I come from Scotland and I know plenty of Chinese, Pakistani, Indian and Caribbean people, even an American girl with hard Scottish accents because they were born and or raised here for a significant portion of their lives.
You're not born sounding "Chinese," folks.
You sound like where you're from.
Reminds me of that American country singer who a black guy that I always thought was a white dude until my mate showed me a pic of him.
Blew my mind when it happened
That sounds kind of amazing. How many white folks live in China, anyways? (Or other East Asian countries, for that matter...)Its about as weird as a white guy with a chinese accent. In other words yes its weird.
Yeah, that struck me as well. None of the people documented looked young outside of photos, so clearly there was a lot of migration going on. In a way, though, in this day and age, it's kind of inevitable, isn't it?The video doesn't make it clear, but it sounds like this community is shrinking and will probably disappear. Seems like none of their kids stick around there and move for work and stuff, so it was nice to document this.
I dont really consider a new york accent to be a white accent though. Same with bay area and other california accents.You do realize Chinese people have settled in America for over a 100 years right?
People tell me I have a New York City accent all the time, which can be contributed to the fact that I was raised in New York City.
Yeah, that struck me as well. None of the people documented looked young outside of photos, so clearly there was a lot of migration going on. In a way, though, in this day and age, it's kind of inevitable, isn't it?
Hell, you don't even have to live in a place your entire life to adopt its accent. I know plenty of folks who've studied abroad for 2-3 years and returned with different accents. People adapt very quickly.
Not every asian talks like Jackie Chan or Apu lol.
Why is this trippy? Accents form from where you grow up and learn language or interact with language over a long period of time.
My wife's family all grew up in Brooklyn. The first time I met everyone it blew my mind. My eyes told me it was a Chinese family but my ears told me it was a bunch of Brooklyn Italians. It really makes you think about the expectations you develop. They've lived there all their lives so it makes sense that's how they talk, but it subverts expectations. I can also see why it's so frustrating to be a minority when you're saddled with those expectations