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Post by shiningbright on May 30, 2016 11:06:20 GMT
Whenever I watch something with an accent that fascinates me I end up talking with said accent for a while, sometimes a few hours, other times a few days.
If I watch any Jane Austin then I talk in clear and proper English for days at a time.
If I meet anyone with an Indian or Scottish or Irish accent I end up uncounously talking so myself. Which is actually helpful if their English isn't good, helps them understand me better.
I dreamt the other day that I was living with my family in Trinidad and woke up with a trini accent that took ages to shake (my lad was loving it, he laughed loads). Now days later I still find myself using the accent without intention. Less often each day.
My brother used to tease me about it as a kid but my husband barely minds and if he notices then he'll only inform me if he can't understand me (normally ifb I'm talking in old English lol).
His older kids have noticed and they enjoy it, I get requests for different accents but I can only do a few on demand... they think it's funny that I watch something for a few minutes on YouTube and can copy it. They think it's a party trick, they don't realise that I can't help myself.
Does anyone else do this?
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Post by marionk on May 30, 2016 15:23:51 GMT
I pick up accents at the drop of a hat. Two memorable incidents, one for each of the other languages I speak fluently, the people I was talking to refused to believe I was English. More embarrassingly I do start to talk like whoever I am talking to, if they have a strong accent.
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Post by shiningbright on May 30, 2016 17:32:15 GMT
Oh thank god I'm not alone in this :-) I've not met anyone else who does it lol :-)
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Post by contrarymary on May 30, 2016 23:26:49 GMT
it seems it's really common, and there has been at least one thread on this in the past couple of months.
try running a search for this, and indeed for other stuff; you'll hopefully find lots of things that you think are "just you" but are pretty common around here
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Post by shiningbright on May 31, 2016 8:01:18 GMT
Thanks contarymary. I spent most of my life thinking I'm weird and crazy in lots of little ways. Bullied and tormented for my differences. It's almost weird to realise I'm not alone in these habits and ways :-)
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Post by hanonymouse on May 31, 2016 8:49:23 GMT
Bullied and tormented for my differences. It's almost weird to realise I'm not alone in these habits and ways :-) Unfortunately, this is something I've noticed all my life, but not just me, English people seem to hate anything different, even if they live on a different side of the street! From speaking to people from other countries, everybody seems to be a bit apprehensive about anything 'different', but here in the UK, we seem to take it to the extreme - my wife says it's because life here is so good compared to other countries, we're just bored and turn to complaining about nothing as something to do. Look at English TV, most programs out there appear to make their content from ridiculing other people, from talent show auditions, through "come dine with me", and the hotel equivalents. Sad isn't it? In response to the original poster, not so much with accents, but I find myself getting "into character" after a movie and will start imitating or acting out scenes in the movie, almost without being able to control it. Not sure if it's weird or if it just shows that we've really immersed ourselves, something which is quite rare with ADD so I'd be happy with it rather than worrying about it!
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