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Showing Original Post only (View all)Weird Q Did you ever know anyone who faked an accent in real life? [View all]
I just saw a movie where this happened, where it seems a lot more comon than real life.
I recalled someone I dated said an ex was faking a southern drawl and he was very upset when he found out it was totally phony. Who DOES that? Sociopaths?
Ages ago, a friend of a friend faked a British accent to get a job answering the phones at a fashion company. She was not such a nice person, so we had everyone we knew from Britain call her at least once while we listened to them torture her with loads questions about Britain. And fake British slang she pretended to understand. That was hilarious.
It's a pretty bold gambit! It's not something I could keep up for even five minutes.
It's not just in me. And I do pick up a bit of others accents when I am with them, only to discard them later. But to make up a fake backround and try to seriously sound posh to impress people is just beyond me. Why would anyone do this? Aside from Madonna and Gwynneth, I mean. Weird.