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Accents among foreigners Anonymous
I'm fairly good with accents. It's the one facet of language that comes easily to me. I can rattle off a page of spanish and not have the slightest damn clue what I'm saying, yet pronounce everything correctly.

My natural mode of speaking is what we Amerifags call "midwestern," the accent of news anchors and soccer moms. Yet when I meet someone with a heavy accent, I find myself mimicking them a little bit. Can't help it. It's not much; around an Irishman I'll adopt some of their lilt, round out my 'i's and pronounce it "feckin'."

I always debate trying to stop myself. Myself, I see nothing wrong with trying to make yourself a little more understandable. If a foreigner tried to copy my accent, well it'd be a shame 'cause I love foreign accents, but I'd appreciate the gesture. I've never seen any rules of etiquette or anything on the subject though, and I know how fucking touchy some people can be, so I always wonder if I'm not unintentionally mocking them and they're just too polite to say so.

What do ya'll think?
>> Anonymous
Code switching is natural, really. I'm sure that you will find other people doing it where you're concerned.
>> Anonymous
I'm teaching in China, and while I speak very well normally, I catch myself lapsing into Chinglish whenever I spend an extended period of time with Chinese girls. I've heard all of my teacher friends mention the same thing at one point or another. I don't think it's something you can avoid without great effort.
>> Anonymous
>>21826
I do the same thing when I talk to people with accents, espeically when I'am drinking. i kinda do it without really thinking about it.
>> Anonymous
Yeah I do all this stuff. I'm form Minnesota and accents just seem to happen, honestly.

I don't think anyone minds.
>> Anonymous
No, people don't care. It sounds better if you try to emulate the letters the way the natives do.
>> Anonymous
I'm Canadian, but I've been living in Japan for years now. Everyone I talk to in English has English as a second or third language. Now, when I make rare calls home, there's a lot of "what the hell are you saying" from my family, because I talk different.