A netizen shared a story that the new age generation of youngsters is over westernized and often thinks that by faking their accents they are atas.
Here is the story:
I have a younger female friend that often fakes her accent and my group of friends often question her accent. She told us that this is how she normally speaks and she has alot of “ang moh” friends.
But all the friends are from her imagination, She told us that if she speaks that way she is more “atas” (high class).
The biggest joke was she has never stepped foot in the USA and told us that she knows everything in the US. Until one of my friends could not take it anymore and told her the truth, my friend told her that I used to stay in Colorado for over a year and I don’t even speak with her “annoying” accent.
Then I told her “Yeah it’s a bit annoying, you never even step foot in the USA before, why wanna act. You’re degrading yourself.”
After that incident she cut all ties with us as she was so embarrassed.