I'd suspect that there is a wide range of what we're willing to accept in a given situation, reflecting our incomplete model of how sound works. However, this isn't the same as us accepting any substitute sound, the TV tropes continue because their absence feels awkward. An AI that correctly mimicks TV-acceptable sounds is just about as impressive (however, this isn't on our list of 'hardest problems', for sure).
I'd suspect that there is a wide range of what we're willing to accept in a given situation, reflecting our incomplete model of how sound works.
Given what I was talking about, it's largely a matter of people accepting symbols or tokens of things in lieu of perceiving the actual thing. It's a form of ignorance that masquerades as culture or "sophistication." (It is the former, but it's not the latter.)
