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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 341773" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Accents are very interesting to me. When tired I sound FAR more southern/western than I do the rest of the time. If I visit a place for more than a week or so I pick up bits of the accent accidentally. It was bad as a kid. people thought I did it on purpose and I got LOTS of teasing for it. But I couldn't hear it at all. I spent 10 days with a college friend and her parents barely spoke English. I came back to college still unable to speak a word of spanish but with quite an accent. I was able to hear it on the language tapes at the Spanish lab, but only there. </p><p></p><p>Part of the whole accent process is through the part of your brain that handles hearing, not just speech. Mine is messed up and this is one symptom, though not a common thing. </p><p></p><p>I can still remember the way Kevin Costner lapsed in and out of his BAD accent in the Robin Hood movie. He really should have either used the accent or not used it. Doing both was bad. But sometimes it sounded like a different accent totally. Which made it much, much worse.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry people keep messing up your accent!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 341773, member: 1233"] Accents are very interesting to me. When tired I sound FAR more southern/western than I do the rest of the time. If I visit a place for more than a week or so I pick up bits of the accent accidentally. It was bad as a kid. people thought I did it on purpose and I got LOTS of teasing for it. But I couldn't hear it at all. I spent 10 days with a college friend and her parents barely spoke English. I came back to college still unable to speak a word of spanish but with quite an accent. I was able to hear it on the language tapes at the Spanish lab, but only there. Part of the whole accent process is through the part of your brain that handles hearing, not just speech. Mine is messed up and this is one symptom, though not a common thing. I can still remember the way Kevin Costner lapsed in and out of his BAD accent in the Robin Hood movie. He really should have either used the accent or not used it. Doing both was bad. But sometimes it sounded like a different accent totally. Which made it much, much worse. I am sorry people keep messing up your accent! [/QUOTE]
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