[chpatrick]

That kind of implies that there's a "correct" accent for English, even though many countries and regions natively speak it. Someone from Glasgow is just as much of a native speaker as someone from Los Angeles even though the accents are wildly different.

[gxs]

Hence in quotes, man

[asveikau]

I've literally heard a story of a kid arriving to the US from Scotland and being sent to speech therapy to remove a Scottish accent.

And I've heard other such stories of American schools flagging kids for speech therapy when what they have is an accent. I feel like Americans are actually some of the worst about that.

[UltraSane]

A strong enough accent can make someone impossible to understand.

[gxs]

Huh? I’m talking about my own post where I said maybe they want to feel like the are speaking “correctly” - I added the quotes because obviously what’s correct is debatable

Besides it’s not like there isn’t correct either - if you’re out in the Midwest what’s correct is just what everyone is speaking.

Its obvious that a kid from Ohio who speaks perfect isn’t going to go to Scotland and speak it “correctly”

Like it’s such low hanging fruit to always be that guy to point out the lowest level, most obvious exception