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When talking to people with accents, do you find yourself subconsciously imitating their accent?

her209

her209

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Granted its not too thick and still understandable, I'll subconsciously catch myself doing it. It bugs the hell out of me and I don't know if the other person notices and if they do, if they would take offense. I'm not intentionally trying to be mean.
 
i started doing it a little while in Oxford last summer.... i knew i lost my mind when i started saying i needed to queue up for the till in a slighly british accent.
 
No, but I find your predicament quite amusing. I just get a mental image of you trying to explain that you can't help it to some person that you just offended.
 
really? that's kind of weird. Sometimes I like to talk in other accents, because it sounds cool or is just fitting for that occasion. I dont imitate other accents when i'm talking to someone with an accent, though.
 
Only if its someone with a southern accent.

I was raised in Illinois near the Kentucy border and lived in Mississippi for a while so I alway had a bit of a southern accent growing up. It's mostly gone now since I've lived in Arizona for the past 10 years. (Not to mention I've worked hard to get rid if it because I think it sounds stupid AND I got sick and damn tired of everyone asking me if I was from Texas.)

However, anytime I get around someone with that same accent, mine starts coming out without me even noticing it until my wife starts making fun of 'tha waay I tawlk'..
 
Seriously, when I'm talking to a Canadian, I'll say "aboot" and "hoose". When talking to a Brit, I'll say "resource" with a z and "schedule" with a sh sound.
 
Sometimes i dont realize it, but i do imitate there accent sometimes. I dunno why i do it subconciously, and sometimes i realize it before i say it and stop myself!
 
When I go back home around people that speak with it my Pennsylvania Dutch accent starts coming out pretty strong. I haven't had a strong dutch accent since H.S. can't can't even really do it intentionally - but it comes out when I'm talking to people that have it.
 
Originally posted by: Armitage
When I go back home around people that speak with it my Pennsylvania Dutch accent starts coming out pretty strong. I haven't had a strong dutch accent since H.S. can't can't even really do it intentionally - but it comes out when I'm talking to people that have it.
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Ain't it weird?
 
Originally posted by: Armitage
When I go back home around people that speak with it my Pennsylvania Dutch accent starts coming out pretty strong. I haven't had a strong dutch accent since H.S. can't can't even really do it intentionally - but it comes out when I'm talking to people that have it.
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You do realize the Pennsyvlania Dutch aren't really Dutch, right?
 
i'm pretty sure i don't do it, i'm around people from india all the time and don't find myself talking like them
 
Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, when I'm talking to a Canadian, I'll say "aboot" and "hoose". When talking to a Brit, I'll say "resource" with a z and "schedule" with a sh sound.
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I'd kick you in the face if you said "aboot" to me (ok not really). canadians don't say that. I think the problem here is that you're an idiot.
 
Yeah, I think I am going to have an Indian or Chinese accent soon. The only think saving me is that the two balance out.
 
No, not really.

If it's a female (good looking) I usually think of how good they'd be in bed. 🙂 Russian/EU accents!!! :heart:
 
Originally posted by: dighn
Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, when I'm talking to a Canadian, I'll say "aboot" and "hoose". When talking to a Brit, I'll say "resource" with a z and "schedule" with a sh sound.
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I'd kick you in the face if you said "aboot" to me (ok not really). canadians don't say that. I think the problem here is that you're an idiot.
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yeah, i've never heard anyone say aboot or hoose or whatever else.


wtf is with yankees and "ruf" though? roof!
 
Originally posted by: aphex
i started doing it a little while in Oxford last summer.... i knew i lost my mind when i started saying i needed to queue up for the till in a slighly british accent.
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But then you arrived at the till to find you left your note in your wonky boot, along with your keys. You parked your arse until, by the skin of your hampsteads, a kind bobby arrived and gave you a lift to the airport just in time for your flight home, where a trolley dolley served you until you were stocious.
 
Originally posted by: her209
Seriously, when I'm talking to a Canadian, I'll say "aboot" and "hoose". When talking to a Brit, I'll say "resource" with a z and "schedule" with a sh sound.
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When talking to my southern Indian coworker, I find myself pronouncing the number 8 as "yeight" and the letter A as "yay."
 
Originally posted by: mrkun
Originally posted by: Armitage
When I go back home around people that speak with it my Pennsylvania Dutch accent starts coming out pretty strong. I haven't had a strong dutch accent since H.S. can't can't even really do it intentionally - but it comes out when I'm talking to people that have it.
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You do realize the Pennsyvlania Dutch aren't really Dutch, right?
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Yea, of course - it's just a bastardization of Deutch - aka german. The PA Dutch language is a dialect of low german. But anyplace I've never seen it written or pronounced that way - it's always dutch.
 
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