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The Outpost Cafe / Re: What Bro Country Sounds Like to People Who Don't Like It
« on: April 16, 2024, 12:53:12 PM »
I can't get over accents. This is something I'm very opinionated about. There is so much I could say, I hardly know where to begin. Starting with English, though, my favorite is the Irish, followed very closely by the Scottish. As for American accents, I don't much like them. I'm stuck with speaking one, though. And not only that, but a Southern accent which is often stigmatized. Nevertheless, I'm not going to be fake and change it into something else.
I think I've mentioned this before on another topic. But here it is again. When I was in Frankfurt, we ended up going to Munich one day. As I was sitting in the train station, my mind was registering a huge WTF??? The German in Munich was so different than what I heard in Frankfurt and central Germany as a whole. To make a long story short, I liked one German accent and disliked another. Several years ago, when I ordered a German course, I was extremely disappointed that the teacher was speaking Austrian German. If I'm going to try to learn such a difficult language, it sure as hell isn't going to be Austrian German. That was actually a very good course, but a waste of money for me personally.
Getting back to English, though, the bro-country fake Southern accent really does bother me. I don't think there is anything I could do about it even if I tried hard. But it isn't just the accent issue, there are many negative things about bro-country which, honestly, I could discuss, but there are others who could do a better job of explaining this. Obviously, Dave, but possibly others, too.
But there is one thing I will add, and this is kind of spontaneous. Real country music makes me feel something. Much of the time it's very emotional. Bro-country, simply put, does not.
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/i-can-will-say-florida-georgia-line-aint-country/
I think I've mentioned this before on another topic. But here it is again. When I was in Frankfurt, we ended up going to Munich one day. As I was sitting in the train station, my mind was registering a huge WTF??? The German in Munich was so different than what I heard in Frankfurt and central Germany as a whole. To make a long story short, I liked one German accent and disliked another. Several years ago, when I ordered a German course, I was extremely disappointed that the teacher was speaking Austrian German. If I'm going to try to learn such a difficult language, it sure as hell isn't going to be Austrian German. That was actually a very good course, but a waste of money for me personally.
Getting back to English, though, the bro-country fake Southern accent really does bother me. I don't think there is anything I could do about it even if I tried hard. But it isn't just the accent issue, there are many negative things about bro-country which, honestly, I could discuss, but there are others who could do a better job of explaining this. Obviously, Dave, but possibly others, too.
But there is one thing I will add, and this is kind of spontaneous. Real country music makes me feel something. Much of the time it's very emotional. Bro-country, simply put, does not.
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/i-can-will-say-florida-georgia-line-aint-country/