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bettyellen

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6. Wow, a self admitted accent faker! But you were just being weird, so that is cool.

Sun May 18, 2014, 08:12 PM

May 2014

When I was watching Hustle, I though no one does that shit! And then I remembered the weird girl.
I bet there are a few hundred people right now in NYC faking accents. I would be amused to see more of this!

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Weird Q Did you ever know anyone who faked an accent in real life? [View all] bettyellen May 2014 OP

Darn, bettyellen, you rang a bell, elleng May 2014 #1

It'll come to you, probably in the middle of Game of Thrones or something.... bettyellen May 2014 #2

MIGHT do, elleng May 2014 #3

I was born in Baltimore Mr.Bill May 2014 #7

Seems that its a natural thing, elleng May 2014 #8

Many years ago I knew a girl who spoke with a British accent. Jenoch May 2014 #4

Speaking of North Dakota... Art_from_Ark May 2014 #35

The part of North Dakotazhe was from were all German Jenoch May 2014 #36

Fascinating Art_from_Ark May 2014 #49

My girlfriend's dad has a slight accent geardaddy May 2014 #51

Not unless they were drunk... MrMickeysMom May 2014 #5

Wow, a self admitted accent faker! But you were just being weird, so that is cool. bettyellen May 2014 #6

I can do a good English accent, and keep it up for some time Skittles May 2014 #9

Leave that mickey alone! *cries* But imagine doing it day in day out? HTF do people keep a bettyellen May 2014 #12

It's easier to list the people who had a real accent and a faked life. Kaleva May 2014 #10

Oooh, any interesting fake life livers you could tell me about? I was wondering if you had to be a bettyellen May 2014 #11

I heard somebody deliver a paper at a conference once in an obviously phony British accent struggle4progress May 2014 #13

I have a chameleon accent that I have to squash. politicat May 2014 #14

Intrigue and control, interesting thoughts. bettyellen May 2014 #20

I used to work Jamaal510 May 2014 #15

As a heads up, only southern men truly "drawl". Laffy Kat May 2014 #16

I can't say I know a whole lot of high-pitched speakers. JoeyT May 2014 #56

Faked? Not really for an extended period, no NewJeffCT May 2014 #17

I hsve two accents, Australian and Glaswegian. SwissTony May 2014 #18

good point NewJeffCT May 2014 #19

I ran into this guy from Ireland, and within two minutes we had discovered his grand uncle had been bettyellen May 2014 #33

I knew somebody in college who used to fake an English accent all the time. raccoon May 2014 #21

Blimey, if I ran into a bloke like that i'd kick him in the arse. rug May 2014 #22

Ha ha, it was a young woman from out of town, trying to get her first job. I guess she felt she bettyellen May 2014 #23

When I was 18~19 OriginalGeek May 2014 #24

Wow, thanks- that is hilarious! I would have probably been wooed by a whole lot of Monty Python bettyellen May 2014 #27

To me, I sound like frogmarch May 2014 #25

I love those accents, Iowa, Nebraska I almost here a buzz in them compared to East coast bettyellen May 2014 #39

My accent sometimes changes depending on how tired I am and who I'm talking to or listening to. haele May 2014 #26

Yes, I did it on a Canadian VIA trip when I didn't want anybody to think sinkingfeeling May 2014 #28

Interesting so many people have done it short term! bettyellen May 2014 #29

My mom, my wife, and one of our kids simply absorb the accent of whatever environment they are in. hunter May 2014 #30

seems to be an either/ or thing with people- absorbing the accents. bettyellen May 2014 #32

This one conservative wingnut at work Populist_Prole May 2014 #31

There's a former president who did that... hunter May 2014 #34

I seem to recalll Hillary doing that when campaigning in the South in 2008. Jenoch May 2014 #37

I have faked a slight southern accent before fizzgig May 2014 #38

A customer of mine assumed an Irish accent after spending two weeks Codeine May 2014 #40

LOL, talk about getting your money's worth out of a vacation! Two years. bettyellen May 2014 #41

Every time she walked into the store there was a chorus of employees Codeine May 2014 #42

LOL, we enlisted every Brit we could to call the fake Brit receptionist, then moved on to faking it bettyellen May 2014 #43

Happens to me everytime I come back from there. mackerel May 2014 #48

You hit a nerve with this topic. UTUSN May 2014 #44

Well, you expect actors and public speakers to get voice coaching. People to pretend they are from bettyellen May 2014 #46

I knew this guy who faked being Irish. Not just the accent. mackerel May 2014 #45

Oh god, what an asshole. Fake Irish and looking for babes with drinking problems to boot. bettyellen May 2014 #47

A long time ago, a friend of mine was friends with this Europhile woman Rob H. May 2014 #50

I know a woman like that! She lives with my cousin. The strangest thing is we all know mackerel May 2014 #54

15 YEARS?! Rob H. May 2014 #57

Whoa! That takes the prize, lol. bettyellen May 2014 #59

Yes, she has convinced herself and my cousin is an alcoholic so it's easy for him to ignore it. mackerel May 2014 #60

Oh wow. The missing stair no one talks about, ha ha. At least it sounds harmless, LOL. bettyellen May 2014 #61

I've done it on occasion geardaddy May 2014 #52

Yup, when I was a kid to stop getting beaten up intaglio May 2014 #53

I know a woman that can fake just about every accent. Neoma May 2014 #55

People with Real Accents Can Usually Tell a Fake One Wolf Frankula May 2014 #58

a professor hopemountain May 2014 #62

Sort of. madamesilverspurs May 2014 #63

one of my friends has spoken with a southern england type british accent for over 40 years pitohui May 2014 #64

If ya do it in Ireland they'll call you a plastic paddy. LOL mackerel May 2014 #65