Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Do Indians Know How Their English Accent Sounds? | ASIAN BOSS" video.

  1. Accents are just funny. Just learn to deal with it rather than be ashamed of it, I say. Even americans and english people joke about eachothers accents, and they're both supposed to be THE "english speaking" countries of the world. If a brit or an american pokes fun at your english accent, just adopt an extremely stereotypical accent and mannerisms of an american or englishman and make a joke back. They'll laugh, you'll laugh and you'll become friends.
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  2. Calling it racism is a bit of a stretch. Accents are just funny by nature. And that woman who called it racism should note that western white people also make fun of eachothers english accents. Like americans living in the northern regions making fun of the "southern twang" of americans in the deep south. Or brits making fun of american accent and vice versa. Even in britain itself, making fun of local accents is fairly common (cockney, scot, irish, scouser, welsh etc.) especially in stand-up comedy and televised sketches. Same goes for americans and british people making fun of Australian english. Oh, and practically everyone makes fun of how germans and russians speak english as well. What non-white, non-western people need to understand about white, western culture and humour is that not all instances of impersonation and jokes around accent are hostile or insulting in nature. Part of "fitting in" in the west means having self-deprecation humor as well as having a witty jest to deliver back when someone is "taking the piss" out of you. If you run around feeling offended all the time someone makes a joke at your expense, then you'll never fit in or understand western, white people. And since we have constitutionally protected freedom of speech, it's unlikely that we'll conform to indian or eastern standards of "politeness" and culture in our own homes. But if we visit India, we're likely to "do as the romans do..."
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  3. Well I speak two languages flawlessly (english being one of them), and I understand 4 languages in total... But I still think the heavy indian accent sounds funny. And i'm not american either.
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