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I'm not normally one to laugh at other's misfortune (  ) but this is fucking hilarious!
Wee vid just popped up on my FB of a woman who had a Chinese accent a few weeks ago but is now speaking in a Welsh accent. Think I recall a woman being interviewed on Radio 2 a while ago and I nearly pished my knickers laughing.
Anybody have experience of this or know someone who has...I promise not to laugh.  |
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My 1st boyfriend picked up accents so quickly, he drove me crazy in Jamaica within days full on Jamaican accent, everywhere we went on holiday he ended up with the accent until a few days of being home.
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"My 1st boyfriend picked up accents so quickly, he drove me crazy in Jamaica within days full on Jamaican accent, everywhere we went on holiday he ended up with the accent until a few days of being home.
Mrs "
 ...that's pretty cool though. |
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"My 1st boyfriend picked up accents so quickly, he drove me crazy in Jamaica within days full on Jamaican accent, everywhere we went on holiday he ended up with the accent until a few days of being home.
Mrs "
This woman just woke up like this though. She'd not been to China or even nipped down to the local take away for a Chow Mein. |
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There was a thing for a while when people were adopting the west coast accent. It was like theynwould go to Glasgow for a shite and come back sounding like a river city cast member. It was all "aye but" and "ginger".
There was also a woman that came out of a coma with a completely different accent. I think she now speaks brojen English with a Chinese accent. |
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"There was a thing for a while when people were adopting the west coast accent. It was like theynwould go to Glasgow for a shite and come back sounding like a river city cast member. It was all "aye but" and "ginger".
There was also a woman that came out of a coma with a completely different accent. I think she now speaks brojen English with a Chinese accent. "
I think it's the coma lady who was interviewed. Yeah, I know I'm a sick bitch. Tell me something new! |
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It happens to some people. Sometimes after a brain injury and sometimes for no apparent reason.
My mum would imitate people's accent unconsciously. Some people thought she was taking the mick. I remember one very nice Irish carer who felt quite offended |
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"It happens to some people. Sometimes after a brain injury and sometimes for no apparent reason.
My mum would imitate people's accent unconsciously. Some people thought she was taking the mick. I remember one very nice Irish carer who felt quite offended "
That's kind of sweet though. Shame she thought your wee mammy was being rude. |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
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"It happens to some people. Sometimes after a brain injury and sometimes for no apparent reason.
My mum would imitate people's accent unconsciously. Some people thought she was taking the mick. I remember one very nice Irish carer who felt quite offended "
That's quite funny when it happens. I've seen fluent english speakers slip in 'allo #allo english when talking to french people. |
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Thanks to Google.....
Foreign accent syndrome
Foreign accent syndrome is a medical condition in which patients develop speech patterns that are perceived as a foreign accent that is different from their native accent, without having acquired it in the perceived accent's place of origin. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Liverpool |
It's often not accent perse, just a way their brain passes on to the mouth and lips that often causes the differences in the way they speak.
Involuntary form of how an actor does an accent. But because it's not forced it seems much more accurate.
But more scientific that that but it's the jist of it |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
Foreign languages also have their own accents,when I learnt Greek I spoke with a Paphos accent apparently.A Cypriot friend of mine came back from studying in the USA speaking Greek with an American accent,I couldn't hear my accent and she couldn't hear hers.weird. |
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"There was a thing for a while when people were adopting the west coast accent. It was like theynwould go to Glasgow for a shite and come back sounding like a river city cast member. It was all "aye but" and "ginger".
There was also a woman that came out of a coma with a completely different accent. I think she now speaks brojen English with a Chinese accent.
I think it's the coma lady who was interviewed. Yeah, I know I'm a sick bitch. Tell me something new!"
That's why everyone here loves you though. |
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"I'm not normally one to laugh at other's misfortune ( ) but this is fucking hilarious!
Wee vid just popped up on my FB of a woman who had a Chinese accent a few weeks ago but is now speaking in a Welsh accent. Think I recall a woman being interviewed on Radio 2 a while ago and I nearly pished my knickers laughing.
Anybody have experience of this or know someone who has...I promise not to laugh. "
have you seen the one about the "noddy ticket" for the buses? |
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When I was a student, I worked in a call centre. There was a guy in my team that had aspergers and would copy the accents and linguistic mannerisms of the people he was talking to on the phone.
One minute he is full Doric accent then go straight into stereotypical Indian accent.
I couldn't breathe for laughing. |
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
"I'm not normally one to laugh at other's misfortune ( ) but this is fucking hilarious!
Wee vid just popped up on my FB of a woman who had a Chinese accent a few weeks ago but is now speaking in a Welsh accent. Think I recall a woman being interviewed on Radio 2 a while ago and I nearly pished my knickers laughing.
Anybody have experience of this or know someone who has...I promise not to laugh. "
Misfortune?
It’s a blessing and people should be envious of her and her new accent . |
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I was speaking to my mum one day and came out with the most Swedish accent ever. I mean, my family are from Norway and Sweden so it's not surprising but I don't speak the language so it was a shock. Mum laughed though
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
"I have some Welsh friends and whenever we meet up I always drop some Gavin and Stacey quotes in. In the best Welsh accent I can. "
It’s probably better than most of the cast’s accents if they were meant to be from Barry (Ruth J and the Dave the Buses guy excepted).
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"I'm not normally one to laugh at other's misfortune ( ) but this is fucking hilarious!
Wee vid just popped up on my FB of a woman who had a Chinese accent a few weeks ago but is now speaking in a Welsh accent. Think I recall a woman being interviewed on Radio 2 a while ago and I nearly pished my knickers laughing.
Anybody have experience of this or know someone who has...I promise not to laugh. have you seen the one about the "noddy ticket" for the buses? "
No....I can't...I'm already going to hell! |
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"When I was a student, I worked in a call centre. There was a guy in my team that had aspergers and would copy the accents and linguistic mannerisms of the people he was talking to on the phone.
One minute he is full Doric accent then go straight into stereotypical Indian accent.
I couldn't breathe for laughing. "
See that's just cute though! Wee sausage. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I have some Welsh friends and whenever we meet up I always drop some Gavin and Stacey quotes in. In the best Welsh accent I can.
It’s probably better than most of the cast’s accents if they were meant to be from Barry (Ruth J and the Dave the Buses guy excepted).
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 I noticed that when I was there. The difference even between Port table and Swansea is immense.
One of my favourite parts of the world. For sure. |
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
"I have some Welsh friends and whenever we meet up I always drop some Gavin and Stacey quotes in. In the best Welsh accent I can.
It’s probably better than most of the cast’s accents if they were meant to be from Barry (Ruth J and the Dave the Buses guy excepted).
I noticed that when I was there. The difference even between Port table and Swansea is immense.
One of my favourite parts of the world. For sure."
Barry/Cardiff/Newport are very different to what people think of as a South Wales accent.
Try getting someone from there to say “Mars Bar” and you’ll hear it |
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"When I was a student, I worked in a call centre. There was a guy in my team that had aspergers and would copy the accents and linguistic mannerisms of the people he was talking to on the phone.
One minute he is full Doric accent then go straight into stereotypical Indian accent.
I couldn't breathe for laughing.
See that's just cute though! Wee sausage."
Tell the complaints department that haha xl |
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hubby is Welsh. 
Irish too as we live over here... 