This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Those English words, pronounced with broad American accents, come up frequently when friends Synne, Maksymilian and Rania talk in the garden after school. The 12-year-olds spend a lot of time on YouTube and Netflix, as well as gaming and using Pinterest.
Much of their conversation is in English. They are currently too young for social media. "I actually speak American English the most.
But if I want to joke around, I speak like British English," says Rania. They still think it's fine if others speak British English. The mood in the garden livens up when the friends imitate accents, especially those from Texas and the southern United States.
They also imitate British and Australian accents. "The reason I speak English a lot is because of a YouTuber named Lazye. He's really funny but not very good at English," says Synne.
Maksymilian says he and his friends play Roblox together and that he writes in English with the other players. "But if I call someone, I'll speak Norwegian," he says. "American English in movies and on YouTube is perceived as normal and accordingly as a 'correct' form of English pronunciation.
British English is still associated with prestige and the upper class," says Ulrikke Rindal, an associate professor at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research at the University of Oslo. Rindal researches English language learning and has recently interviewed sixth- and 10th-graders about how they use English and perceive the language. "The students I interviewed want to speak American English because it's what they hear most often and are most familiar with.
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