Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Fake It



I often wish I had an accent. Weird fact about me - whenever I talk to someone with an accent - I automatically talk back to them in their accent! I have to stop myself and make a conscious effort to speak normally. I have no idea why. Maybe I was a Brit or Aussie in a former life. This is the perfect poster for a poseur like me!

13 comments:

Chelsea said...

A couple friends and I have been known to fake accents for a day or two. It's just too much fun!

Amanda said...

Hahaha..that's hilarious! I actually love impersonating a british accent. It's the only one I can do and I tend to read harry potter in my head with a british accent lol!...I was just looking at the "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters yesterday on Etsy. :)

ConstanceUK said...

Bloody hilarious!!

Aleksis said...

Too funny, I mentioned something similar to my boyfriend the other night ...I don't imitate accents, but pitches, if someone says "Hi!" in a very shrill voice I will say it the same exact way back lol I always hope they don't think I'm mocking them haha

*~Dani~* said...

I find I do that as well. Mostly unconsciously. Drove my husband nuts in the Dominican Republic. Oh well.

j'taimee said...

hahaha. i do that all of the time!

itslikeart said...

haha thats really funny! Although I am british, so can i fake an american accent??

I am Trish Marie said...

I catch myself doing this a bit, too! I thought it was just me.

Lilapuppy said...

I do this too. I try to stop but cannot...

stewart and james said...

ha! my husband always does this. he works with a lot of hispanic men who are struggling to learn our language so i always scold him for making it even harder for them to ever really speak and understand English. now i might start laughing instead knowing he is at least in fabulous company!
-a

umama said...

I love this! My sister and I are always faking accents. She will come out of nowhere with it, and I just have to keep up!

Kate said...

lol... this is fun. My sister can carry on with another accent too and she does this during dinner time when everyone is around the table. We have great fun with her on that.

The Lil Bee said...

OMG Paul does this, too!! It is so strange and hysterical to me!!