Speaking in a foreign accent?
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I'll pop an accent here and there, both intentionally and not (when drunk I can't help but go Irish) but for the most part, I find it annoying, especially when people who are doing a Scottish accent are doing a bad Connery, or when doing a British, Austin Powers shows up.
I will however drop a Borat unintentionally, then find it fucking annoying and continue with it, that's the only exception to not doing an annoying accent on purpose.
I'm quick with accents, people who have only heard me talk once (i.e. store clerks, random phone calls, others of that nature,) often ask if I'm from out of town, state or country.
Most are done for fun, but can oh! so easily be turned to evil... I've got this Chinese-hating Japanese guy I'll do every once in a while.
Ebonics is the language of the illiterate and uneducated, so I try not to do it, it can only be offensive imo.
I will however drop a Borat unintentionally, then find it fucking annoying and continue with it, that's the only exception to not doing an annoying accent on purpose.
I'm quick with accents, people who have only heard me talk once (i.e. store clerks, random phone calls, others of that nature,) often ask if I'm from out of town, state or country.
Most are done for fun, but can oh! so easily be turned to evil... I've got this Chinese-hating Japanese guy I'll do every once in a while.
Ebonics is the language of the illiterate and uneducated, so I try not to do it, it can only be offensive imo.
I speak in foreign accents when I'm bored because I pick them up fairly well when I hear them a lot. I can pull off Japanese pretty well for example.
That being said though it is usually just for fun it can be offensive when done horribly like some of the British accents I've heard here.
That being said though it is usually just for fun it can be offensive when done horribly like some of the British accents I've heard here.
Radeonx said:
Hitler was Austrian. It's weird for Hitler to even be associated with Germany. I was taught in my schools that WW2 was the allies versus the axis powers, Churchill versus Hitler, freedom versus fascism, and Britain versus the Nazis, never versus Germany. That's very odd to me.Peteron said:
I do exactly the same thing, which has gotten me in trouble before.John Marcone said:
"Are you mocking me?" "Oh god, no, no, no". /flee
OT: So yes, I do pick up accents, although it's more of a bad behavior than a intentional thing. When I *do* try to use accents for fun it's usually pretty bad; I can only hold an English accent for any amount of time before slipping into something else.
Well, I used a cheesy asian one. Probably sounded more japanese than chinese, but it was because I was playing an asian character based on Wei officers of the Three Kingdoms in DnD. (He was from Kara-Tur and ended up in...Mordor ((my brother uses a LOTR map for the sake of ease)))
For most Aussies the attitude towards anyone trying to do an Aussie accent is that 'imitation is the sincerest form of asking for a smack in the teeth'.thylasos said:
I have a few British accents I use, along with Scottish and Irish accents, but the accents are usually blended together until I settle into it and separate the accents.
I also sometimes use a Russian accent when meeting new people, which works because my last name is a Russian name. I keep this going for a while then break into my normal voice (non-ocker-Australian) and leave them wondering what happened to my voice.
I can also do a full ocker-Australian voice, because why not right? It's really fun to use that accent so I can get away with saying "yeah nah, you're a **** mate".
I also used to do impersonations and was pretty good at a few of them. I could do a really good Captain Jack Sparrow and a passable Michael Caine, but my forte was characters from The Mighty Boosh. My Tony Harrison is still flawless. I can also do the Spirit of Jazz, the Hitcher, Dixon Bainbridge and the Moon. Although I'll always hate the moon.
Playing with your voice is fun.
It's my second favourite thing of mine to play with.
I also sometimes use a Russian accent when meeting new people, which works because my last name is a Russian name. I keep this going for a while then break into my normal voice (non-ocker-Australian) and leave them wondering what happened to my voice.
I can also do a full ocker-Australian voice, because why not right? It's really fun to use that accent so I can get away with saying "yeah nah, you're a **** mate".
I also used to do impersonations and was pretty good at a few of them. I could do a really good Captain Jack Sparrow and a passable Michael Caine, but my forte was characters from The Mighty Boosh. My Tony Harrison is still flawless. I can also do the Spirit of Jazz, the Hitcher, Dixon Bainbridge and the Moon. Although I'll always hate the moon.
Playing with your voice is fun.
It's my second favourite thing of mine to play with.
Whenever someone gets on my tits by making remarks about how I use English, sometimes not knowing that it's not my native language, I start speaking with a very thick Finnish accent, pointing out how much WORSE my usage could be.
It actually also works in written form. In Finnish vii rait laik vii spiik sou tis is priti mats hau Inglish wud bii ritten if it obeid tö seim ruuls äs Finnish.
It actually also works in written form. In Finnish vii rait laik vii spiik sou tis is priti mats hau Inglish wud bii ritten if it obeid tö seim ruuls äs Finnish.
Yes, I personally do. I can do ones that are bad, but still funny in a over-the-top kind of way. German is the most fun, as I can sound angry and goofy at the same time.
I think it depends on the person. I once ran into someone who I thought was faking a British accent, and I joined in. Unfortunately, she truly was British and took it as an insult. I was too ashamed to apologize properly. I just blushed red.Flames66 said:
Sometimes when I'm talking with someone who has an accent, I'll unintentionally pick it up when I speak certain words. I always feel like I'm an asshole when I do it too--it always makes me feel like I'm coming off as condescending.
while playing a game, if the person insulting me (and trust someone Always is) is an american and they say something stupid (If they are the 12 year old kind then everything they say is stupid) I'll mockingly agree with them using a heavy southern accent.
And depending on the person I'll change the accent to french, spanish or german etc.
(Use american as main example becauseit's pretty much always an american)
And depending on the person I'll change the accent to french, spanish or german etc.
(Use american as main example becauseit's pretty much always an american)