Speaking with a foreign accent ?

[GoofKing]

I dunno, this is something weird I like to do ...

So far I like doing a Russian accent (even if my dad says it sucks) Italian and Hispanic but I can't get the British accent right. My cockney accent isn't that bad I suppose ...

Does anyone else likes speaking in a foreign accent ?

 

[Vanilla]

I wish I could do accents. Can't do them, but like listening to them. Russian accent would be cool to hear.

 

[Fox]

I can maintain an accent for probably a scentence, maybe two, before I start over thinking it and totally lose it. I'm able to mimic British, Irish, Russian, and Australian accents. Everything else is lost on me.

 

[Sander]

In The Netherlands we have English lessons of course, but I can't speak English without an accent, there is always something. If its Russian, American or British, it doesn't matter but I have to.

 

[King_Oni]

In The Netherlands we have English lessons of course, but I can't speak English without an accent, there is always something. If its Russian, American or British, it doesn't matter but I have to.

I guess it also depends on the accent you have in your native language.

My girlfriend is from Amsterdam and her English has a pretty thick dutch accent, whereas I'm all the way from down south-eastern Limburg and, while I probably have an accent it surely isn't a thick dutch accent compared to her.

It's similar with German. I've had to pull my ID once to convince a guy in Germany that I wasn't a native (and he was from somewhere way, way inland). If I hear my girlfriend speak German is makes me cringe a bit... probably because of the dutch accent that comes with it. On the other hand, my dutch probably sounds way too "Limburgs" with the soft G that's pretty much standard in this region.

As for speaking deliberately with accents. I think I can do some decent English with a German accent. Probably do some stereotypical Russian accent while speaking English. And then there's dutch with stereotypical Turkish or Maroccan accent (even though that by itself isn't only accent, that's a totally different world in terms of vernacular and the butchering of grammar, lol)... though I guess that even goes for German with a Turkish/Maroccan accent as well. As well as some more prevalent regional accents in Germany (I can probably do a few of those as well) . I guess one could compare it to the difference within the US where people from New York sound different than, say, someone Louisiana (or that general area).. though that's probably a much used stereotype (just to cover my back in case someone from any of those areas doesn't have an accent )

I will say that I'm definitely better with random quotes from movies that have an accent than making stuff up on the go. I guess a Steve Irwin accent is one of the few exceptions, though even that might revolve around topics that defined him as a person. So with that, it's much like the aforementioned vernacular that, on top of the accent makes it sound more stereotypical.

 

[JeIIohamster]

I LOVE doing fake accents! I have my British self (Jon Nathanial), Irish self (Jonny McNathan), and my "Old Man" self (Joe Nathan). Sometimes I start talking in a British accent without realizing it.

 

[tlc]

I've always liked the Yooper accent (west upper Michigan). I didn't grow up far enough north to form it, but I would like to sound that way and sometimes try.

As far as foreign languages, the only one that remotely interests me is Mandarin.

 

[gouldgrl]

I dunno, this is something weird I like to do ...

So far I like doing a Russian accent (even if my dad says it sucks) Italian and Hispanic but I can't get the British accent right. My cockney accent isn't that bad I suppose ...

Does anyone else likes speaking in a foreign accent ?

Yes, I've been fascinated by accents since I was a kid and love trying to mimic them. It does sometimes slide into deception, however, when I start to speak with a foreign accent as a way of gaining someone's favor. This happened sometimes when I worked as a hairstylist. At some point in the course of conversation, the client would ask me where I was from. When I said matter-of-factly, "Indiana," (which is true) he/she would comment that it sounded like I was from England or Australia. That's when I knew I had gone a little too far with the fake accent!

 

[Joel I]

I have always had a sort of british accent and quite a few people have thought I'm from England but I have never left Australia. I find that when I get tired or excited the accent seems to get thicker. I love French and Irish accents but I am not good at accents, I do know a little French and try to include a little in conversations.

 

[Sass]

I get people asking me if I'm English (I'm a New Zealander). I'm pretty sure it's just because I speak properly and pronounce/enunciate well

 

[reveric15]

A good Aspie friend of mine speaks English like a native Southern American, though he is from Moldova and only lived down south a short period of time. He mimics people's voices like no one else I've heard. I on the other hand excel at Portuguese. When I lived in Brazil I spoke like a native almost in only four months, but when I went to Portugal, I changed my dialect completely to their version (much different) in like three months. Yay for Aspergers!

 

[Sander]

A good Aspie friend of mine speaks English like a native Southern American, though he is from Moldova and only lived down south a short period of time. He mimics people's voices like no one else I've heard. I on the other hand excel at Portuguese. When I lived in Brazil I spoke like a native almost in only four months, but when I went to Portugal, I changed my dialect completely to their version (much different) in like three months. Yay for Aspergers!

Yes, one of the advantages of being an aspie is the power of adaptability. Blending in with their surroundings.

 

[StabatMater]

I get people asking me if I'm English (I'm a New Zealander). I'm pretty sure it's just because I speak properly and pronounce/enunciate well

I have a very clear Midwestern accent, but I can imitate Nordic accents (Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian) and can pull off decent English, Australian, and New Zealand accents. I can also pronounce enough Maori to sing the NZ national anthem and sound correct.

 

[Ravkrat]

So for I know of two accents I can pull off.one "showed" when I was doing a talent show in high school ended up with a heavy Scottish accent(was reciting poetry),the second one..I have no bloody clue what accent it is or where I would have heard it,but if I'm playing basketball with my brother and his mates sometimes I'll take on a more..guttural accent not deep or anything just..bah hard to describe

 

[LittleTigger]

Naturally, I have a mixed accent. When I was little, and first started
talking (around 4) I sounded like grandpa, who had a Brighton accent,
then after being exposed to the outside world, I picked up a central US
accent, then spent time in Manhatan NY, and picked up a Manhattan accent,
then came back to Kansas. Now have a mixed accent. sometimes I revert
back to the old Brighton accent I am told. When I learn a language other
than English, I pick up the accent of the speaker, I copy that accent, so
if I speak Spanish I sound Mexican because I was taught Spanish by
people from Mexico, If I speak any mandarin Chinese, I sound like I am from
Beijing I am told. If I speak Urdu, I am told I sound as if I were from
Karachi. I copy the language and accent with it, as I hear it.

 

[Structrix]

I talk in a british accent all the time. So much so that people have asked me if I was british. I also like to speak in an Indian accent.