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In reply to the discussion: Weird Q Did you ever know anyone who faked an accent in real life? [View all]Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)49. Fascinating
I used to think that Mr. Welk was foreign-born, until I read in an almanac that he was born in North Dakota. North Dakota didn't strike me as quite the place to cultivate such an accent, but your explanation puts things into perspective.
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bettyellen
May 2014
OP
It'll come to you, probably in the middle of Game of Thrones or something....
bettyellen
May 2014
#2
Wow, a self admitted accent faker! But you were just being weird, so that is cool.
bettyellen
May 2014
#6
Leave that mickey alone! *cries* But imagine doing it day in day out? HTF do people keep a
bettyellen
May 2014
#12
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 ran into this guy from Ireland, and within two minutes we had discovered his grand uncle had been
bettyellen
May 2014
#33
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
Wow, thanks- that is hilarious! I would have probably been wooed by a whole lot of Monty Python
bettyellen
May 2014
#27
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
My mom, my wife, and one of our kids simply absorb the accent of whatever environment they are in.
hunter
May 2014
#30
LOL, we enlisted every Brit we could to call the fake Brit receptionist, then moved on to faking it
bettyellen
May 2014
#43
Well, you expect actors and public speakers to get voice coaching. People to pretend they are from
bettyellen
May 2014
#46
Oh god, what an asshole. Fake Irish and looking for babes with drinking problems to boot.
bettyellen
May 2014
#47
I know a woman like that! She lives with my cousin. The strangest thing is we all know
mackerel
May 2014
#54
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