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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]Rob H.
(5,351 posts)She'd show up at parties talking to her equally obnoxious, accent-faking friends in this weird pan-European accent of her own invention and go on and on about visiting Italy or Spain or wherever. It took everything I had not to walk up to her and remind her, "You. are. from. CLEVELAND!"
The funny thing is, a friend of mine knew I was a military brat growing up but don't talk about it much, so once, when they started going on and on and ON about having visited Italy for a week or so, asked me, "Hey, Rob, didn't you live in Italy when you were a kid?" I just said, "Yep. Two years in Naples, and when we moved from Naples to Rota, Spain, we drove and camped our way there and saw a lot of cool stuff on the way."
That took the wind out of their sails in a big, big hurry.