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As someone with a very midwestern US accent, I got a much better UK score when I used my terrible Cockney accent, about 93% UK, than I did when I used my defaul
by kije 3y ago
As someone with a very midwestern US accent, I got a much better UK score when I used my terrible Cockney accent, about 93% UK, than I did when I used my default accent, at roughly 80% US.
Interestingly, it looks like the model has quite the UK bias for words like "queen", "tea", "chips", and "pub." All words that are used pretty frequently in US English but have a clear cultural affinity to the UK. When I use sentences with these words in my casual midwestern accent, they almost always come up as 80+% UK.
- gilleain 3y agoAs a Britisher, I can confirm that a sentence like "Cor blimey, it's only bleedin' raining! And on the day of the Queen's funeral, an all! Oh well, I'm off dahn the pub for a cup of tea and a plate of chips" is most conversation here.
- jeanmayer 3y agoThis is very interesting, I didn't notice before. It makes sense in a way