10/09/2026
AITA for talking in my natural accent?
I (31M) am from the UK but moved to America 8 years ago. I have fallen into the habit of typing/writing in American English but still have a British accent. I can manage a pretty decent American accent if I want to blend in and not seem weird, but I prefer not to. My new coworker thinks my accent is weird. She says it makes me sound pretentious and uppity. She knows that I can speak in an American accent and yesterday she asked me to speak American all the time. I said no because I don’t like to. She thinks I’m purposely trying to act like I’m better than the rest of them. Am I the a__hole?