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What thing about you is the most misunderstood? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/asklemmy

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Same. Not that I am particularly known for talkativeness (the term "selectively mute" is often used to describe me, which many here think is facade-ish because they don't realize is more associated with anxiety than autism), but I have Pacific heritage and it shows in what amounts to a Kiwi accent. People either...

Think I'm Australian
Think I'm Scottish
Think I'm a Star Wars fangirl (because some people say they have only heard it from Jango Fett)
Think I'm faking my voice and that this is why it sounds like it does
Know it's a real voice and what dialect it is but think I've ever been to New Zealand

And then they will proceed to ask me to pronounce silly words for them. ~~Apparently "should" is not pronounced like "shit".~~

Based on someone's instruction, I once tried a kind of voiceover tech for fixing communication, and that only blew up in its own way, people thinking it felt "ungenuine".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Aw yeah New Zealand! I often have trouble telling Australian and New Zealand accents apart though, they sound really similar to me. Love Australian and Kiwi accents!