"Fake accents" happen all over the world. When I go to visit my family in the North of England I start talking with a completely different accent. Of course it could be because I was born there. I never use it here at home though although I am sure that there are phrases that may sneak in when I am speaking.
Irie Sue
Originally Posted by SLP
So with you. I was trilingual as a kid, had 6 fairly fluent languages for a time. Was born in SE Asia, my parents are from Texas, I grew up in NYC, spent summers in the deep south, time abroad in Europe in HS and now live in the midwest.
You bet your bottom dollar all of those accents, slang, colloquialisms and linguistic patterns pop up in my speech when I'm in those places or with those people and after traveling to JA for 30+ years, it happens there too. I can't help it.
